"I said rose… ROSE…."

Still… it is good to see Laetare observed in a special way.
And I guess there are roses that color, after all.

Don’t forget to follow Fr. Z on
TWITTER: @fatherz
PLURK: fatherz
I do that facebook thing too, but it leaves me scratching my head.
Also… I don’t answer my skype calls for wdtprs but I listen to voicemail and sometimes use the really interesting … Continue reading →

About 100 people have sent me a note about the Bishop of Killala in Ireland being told by the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei that,  nooooo…. he really can’t prevent the implementation of Summorum Pontificum.
I posted on this a couple days … Continue reading →

The Dean of College of Cardinals, Card. Sodano, is 81.  He cannot enter or vote in a conclave.
The Sub-Dean is Card. Etchegaray, 86.  He cannot enter or vote in a conclave.
If, quod Deus avertat, a conclave were necessary now, how … Continue reading →

Since the Holy See isn’t making this known, CNA had this:
Harvard Researcher agrees with Pope on condoms in Africa  [Not a CUA prof, a HARVARD prof.]
Cambridge, Mass., Mar 21, 2009 / 10:11 am (CNA).- Pope Benedict’s recent brief remark … Continue reading →

From Holy Ghost Church in Bytom, Poland
I like the little roses on the altar.

SSPX Bp. Williamson posts on his blog.
My emphases and comments.
Eleison Comments LXXXIX
"Don’t cry for me , Argentina", nor readers of "Eleison Comments" in any other part of the world, because you may have thought that the last two months have … Continue reading →

Many many thanks to the kind readers, CF and RR, who sent me the Gooseberry Jam and the Devon Cream.
On St. Joseph’s Day I permitted myself a treat.  I made scones and dressed them with the above.
No photos, sorry.  I … Continue reading →

Kids… optimists…
A surreal but fun item from Wormtalk and Slugspeak:
Yet another surreal moment (thanks, JRRT)
This morning my son and daughter were playing "Mama warg, baby warg."  Yes, they were pretending that they were bloodthirsty super-wolves, ravening through Middle-earth (though mostly … Continue reading →

Cardinal Vingt-Trois of Paris has said that the press reaction to the Holy Father’s comments on AIDS and condoms in Africa is really pay back for the success he had in France.