Daily Archives: 27 November 2012

This day in 1095

Posted on 27 November 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

On this day in 1095 Pope Urban II made a speech.
The setting was the Council of Clermont in France.
Urban, indeed all of Europe, was alarmed at the aggression of the Turks in the East, who had taken the Holy Land … Continue reading →

Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Linking Back, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, The future and our choices, Year of Faith | Tagged Courageous, crusades, Knights of Divine Mercy, Urban II | 11 Comments

Remember 1859? 2013 will be the peak of solar activity.

Posted on 27 November 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I doubt many people reading this have personal memories of September 1859. The question was rhetorical. And yet that date should now stick in your mind.
in 2013 your earth’s yellow Sun’s activity, such as solar flares and coronal Mass ejections, … Continue reading →

Posted in Look! Up in the sky!, TEOTWAWKI | Tagged August 2003, Coronal Mass Ejection, electromagnetic pulse, EMP, TEOTWAWKI | 28 Comments

Some Z-Swag “in the wild”!

Posted on 27 November 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

My good friend, His Hermeneuticalness, the great Dean of Bexley and p.p. of Blackfen, the unabashedly Unreconstructed Ossified Manualist, Fr. Tim Finigan, posted at his excellent blog shot of some of my Cafepress Z-Swag caught “in the wild”.
Go there for … Continue reading →

Posted in In The Wild, Just Too Cool, Mail from priests | Tagged Fr. Finigan, swag, Z-Swag | 3 Comments

“Behold, He is in the inner chambers” – Blasphemy and Obama

Posted on 27 November 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I read a story about some dopey “comedian” who called Pres. Obama our “lord and savior”. He said exactly, …
First of all, give an honor to our God and our lord and savior, Barack Obama. Barack Obama.
This was not in … Continue reading →

Posted in De Novissimis: Four Last Things, Dogs and Fleas, Our Catholic Identity, The future and our choices | Tagged blasphemy, Pres. Obama | 79 Comments

“In foramine terrae habitabat hobbitus.”

Posted on 27 November 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Reading The Hobbit was one of the most important things I did in my life. In another book, Tolkien used the image of the pebble that starts the avalanche. That is what The Hobbit was for me. Among the rocks The … Continue reading →

Posted in Just Too Cool | Tagged J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings | 18 Comments

New meaning for “Black Friday”: Planned Parenthood’s discount coupon

Posted on 27 November 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Planned Parenthood is in the business of abortion. Big business abortion is the name of their game.
Here is something I saw on the site of The Christian Post:
Planned Parenthood Clinic Offers ‘Black Friday’ Discount for Birth Control, Abortions
The traditional first-day … Continue reading →

Posted in Emanations from Penumbras | Tagged abortion, big business aborton, Black Friday, Planned Parenthood | 18 Comments

QUAERITUR: Vernacular Proper in the TLM?

Posted on 27 November 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
I am considering starting an EF daily Mass in my parish. I am considering offering it as per usual with the exeption of using the vernacular for the propers (introit, collect, gradual, communion, post communion) and the readings. … Continue reading →

Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000 | Tagged Extraordinary Form, TLM, Usus Antiquior, vernacular | 55 Comments

Pont. Comm. “Ecclesia Dei” on going to SSPX Masses and “straw subdeacons”

Posted on 27 November 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Our friends at Rorate, who are often on top of this sort of thing, reveal a letter sent by the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” to a questioner. The letter is unsigned, though it has the stamp of the Commission.
Here, as … Continue reading →