Category Archives: What Fr. Z is up to

22 February 2012

Ash Wednesday glimpses and papal liturgical music observations

Posted on 22 February 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

First, lunch was a cup of soup and a grilled cheese sandwich.

This was consumed while viewing the Holy Father’s Mass at Santa Sabina, the Roman Station. The day began at the nearby San’tAnselmo on the Aventine Hill for the collect. There … Continue reading →

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16 February 2012

What’s on your reading/listening list right now?

Posted on 16 February 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Slated for reading on my Kindle right now:

I think he might have not quite understood St. Thomas More’s notion of Utopia, but he is exceptionally good.

More Mitch Rapp from my homey, Vince Flynn. Prequel.

Hoping it will be a tenth as … Continue reading →

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7 January 2012

Stacks

Posted on 7 January 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

This is the stack on my desk at my left elbow.

And this isn’t even my “to read” stack!
You can tell I was working on something at the time these started to pile up.

Technorati Tags: books

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31 December 2011

The Feeder Feed: Theban Sphinx Edition

Posted on 31 December 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

You know the story of Oedipus.
Here is a terracotta bell-krater from Paestum in S Italy. It is attributed to Python in the last quarter of the 4th c. BC.

Closer.

In S Italy the tragic Oedipus was sometimes depicted in the … Continue reading →

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30 December 2011

The Feeder Feed: Rose Without Thorns Edition

Posted on 30 December 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Here is a lovely statue of Mary, portrayed as a Queen, with her scepter of a stem of roses. She was made in about 1350. This statue is related to one in silver given by Jeanne d’Evreux to the … Continue reading →

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29 December 2011

Impossible lunch

Posted on 29 December 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I came today to Veselka in the East Village. It is jammed but I slid into a seat at the counter. I am across from the grill where a very competent fellow is doing well. It brings … Continue reading →

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28 December 2011

The Feeder Feed: Venetian Christological Goldfinch Edition

Posted on 28 December 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

At the Met in NYC there is a nice exhibit of paintings and drawings of the Venetian school.
Here is a Madonna and Child Enthroned by Lorenzo Veneziano (+1372), obviously a Venetian painter.

There are touches of the byzantine in this portrayal.

Here … Continue reading →

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27 December 2011

Catholic League’s 5th Ave Nativity Scene

Posted on 27 December 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I posted some time ago about the Catholic League’s Creche or Nativity Scene in New York City.
I went to find it today.

Many people stopped to look qt it and take photos.

I added a FourSquare location when I saw that nobody … Continue reading →

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26 December 2011

The Feeder Feed: Met “Hoopoe” Edition

Posted on 26 December 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

In the new Near East section at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, you are able to view “The Concourse of the Birds”, which is on a folio of the Mantiq al-Tair (Language of the Birds) of ‘Attar, painted in about … Continue reading →

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23 December 2011

The Feeder Feed: tortured dove edition

Posted on 23 December 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I am at the Metropolitan Museum in NYC, before a painting by Rubens (+1640) of the Holy Family with Sts John, Elizabeth, and a dove.
Rubens has returned from some time in Italy, which affected his colors and composition, and probably … Continue reading →

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A favorite place in NYC

Posted on 23 December 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Bryant Park has made its way onto my list of favorite places in New York. Surrounded by interesting architecture and with great sightlines between the buildings, there are always interesting things going on in different seasons.
Right now people are … Continue reading →

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