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Traditional Sunday Holy Mass Propers † Dominica in Sexagesimae ~ Sexagesima Sunday † Statio ad S. Paulum ~ Station at Saint Paul Without-the-Walls Anno Dómini 27 February 2011 Color: Violaceus ~ Violet Vestments ~ II Classis ~ Second Class Observance Exsurge, quare obdormis, Domine? exsurge, et ne repellas in finem ~ Arise, why sleepest Thou, O Lord? arise, and cast us not off to the end "....Vobis datum est nosse mysterium regni Dei ~ To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God...." In Commemoration † Saint Gabriel Francis Possenti of Our Lady of...

NEW ORLEANS -- The Algiers Point militia put away its weapons Friday as Army soldiers patrolled the historic neighborhood across the Mississippi River from the French Quarter. But the band of neighbors who survived Hurricane Katrina and then fought off looters has not disarmed. "Pit Bull Will Attack. We Are Here and Have Gun and Will Shoot," said the sign on Alexandra Boza's front porch. Actually, said the woman behind the sign, "I have two pistols." "I'm a part of the militia," Boza said. "We were taking the law into our own hands, but I didn't kill anyone." She did...