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Category Archives: Wherein Fr. Z Rants
22 February 2012
PODCAzT 128: “Veterum sapientia”! 50th Anniversary. On Latin in the Church. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
Nolite oblivisci hodie quinquagesimum esse anniversarium promulgationis Apostolicae Constitutionis Veterum Sapientia!
Surely one of sorest points of our enduring shame as a Church is the way our shepherds have entirely ignored John XXIII’s Apostolic Constitution Veterum sapientia.
It isn’t long… but documents … Continue reading
7 February 2012
Nancy Pelosi: ‘I am going to stick with fellow Catholics’ in Pres. Obama’s war on Catholics. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), catholic and openly an abortion absolutist, is from the Archdiocese of San Francisco, but she spends most of her time in Washington DC. She has at least quasi-domicile in the Archdiocese of Washington DC.
She is Archbishop Niederauer’s … Continue reading
Posted in "But Father! But Father!", 1983 CIC can. 915, Dogs and Fleas, Emanations from Penumbras, Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, The Drill, The Last Acceptable Prejudice, The future and our choices, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged apostacy, Archbp. Niederauer, Archd. San Francisco, Archd. Washington DC, can. 915, Card. Wuerl, Nancy Pelosi, Pres. Obama, religious liberty
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28 January 2012
Benedict XVI on the huge crisis we face as a Church. Wherein Fr. Z gets on his knees and begs you to act.
In his address to the Plenary meeting of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, His Holiness said this, which is merely one paragraph of his address in my rapid translation:
As we know, in vast areas of the world … Continue reading
25 January 2012
QUAERITUR: The Leonine Prayers after Mass in the Ordinary Form. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
From a reader:
I recently went to FOCUS student leadership summit and Curtis Martin, the founder, told the story behind the Leo XIII’s prayer to St. Michael. Well the students at the summit loved the prayer, and spontaneously started praying it … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Brick by Brick, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, The future and our choices, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged devotions, Leonine Prayers, Memorare, prayers after Mass
27 Comments
22 January 2012
What is Pres. Obama’s attack on the 1st Amendment really about?
I’ve been thinking about how Pres. Obama is no longer even pretending to seek “common ground”, as he said when he duped Notre Dame against the will of the American Bishops. Pres. Obama, through his surrogate catholic Sec. of HHS, … Continue reading
Posted in Religious Liberty, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged 1st Amendment, Pres. Obama, religious liberty
52 Comments
19 January 2012
PODCAzT 126: Benedict XVI’s important address to US Bishops on Religious Freedom and the Church in the Public Square
In this PODCAzT we drill into an important address given by Pope Benedict XVI on 19 January 2012 to the bishops of Regions 4-6 in the United States.
This was Benedict’s second major discourse to US bishops who are making their ad limina … Continue reading
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Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Brick by Brick, Emanations from Penumbras, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Pope of Christian Unity, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill, The Last Acceptable Prejudice, The future and our choices, Universae Ecclesiae, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged ad limina, bishops, freedom of religion, liturgy, public square, religious freedom, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, worship
3 Comments
18 January 2012
“Here comes everybody!”
I get lots of hate mail and I share very little of it. Why waste our time? After glancing at 99.999% of the missives in this category I think, “There’s 8 seconds of my life I will never … Continue reading
9 January 2012
QUAERITUR: What to do about bad homilies?
A reader writes asking about “bad homilies”:
Every once in a while, you get a real clunker, one that isn’t just theologically weak, but turns what should be a feast into over microwaved junk. What is the proper response?
You want to … Continue reading
Liturgical road-kill! (WARNING! Not for the timid.) Wherein Fr. Z rants.
Have you ever had the experience of driving down the interstate and spying from afar some dark lump alongside the road?
You know that it is some unfortunate critter who met its high speed end at the hands of the Michelin … Continue reading
4 January 2012
Votes matter
The results of the Iowa Caucuses were incredibly close, a virtual tie: Romney by 8 votes… .000065%.
I have friends who have opined that they may opt out of the voting process in this election cycle.
That is a really bad idea.
The … Continue reading
27 December 2011
QUAERITUR: Should I write to the bishop about urging priests to hear confessions?
From a reader:
Would it be appropriate to write a bishop asking if diocesan priests
under his leadership be encouraged to hear confessions more regularly? Most parishes seem to only have confessions on Saturday afternoons. I know our priests are busy, but I read … Continue reading
“the time has come for us to be courageous in working for a true reform of the reform and also a return to the true liturgy of the Church”
A friend and I have been talking about the provisions of Summorum Pontificum and the need to press press press them forward again. We need to keep pressing and working.
On that note, I was delighted to read at NLM that … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Brick by Brick, Just Too Cool, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, SESSIUNCULA, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The future and our choices, Universae Ecclesiae, WDTPRS KUDOS, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged Card. Ranjith, Extraordinary Form, Marshall Plan, Vetus Ordo
16 Comments
26 December 2011
WDTPRS POLL: How did you fulfill your Christmas/Sunday Mass obligation? (With a short rant about Hell.)
Catholics are obliged to attend Holy Mass on Sundays and also certain other “days of precept”, also called Holy Days of Obligation. We fulfill our obligation by attending Mass (or Divine Liturgy of course) on the day itself or … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, De Novissimis: Four Last Things, GO TO CONFESSION, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Our Catholic Identity, POLLS, The future and our choices, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged Christmas, hell, Holy Days of Obligation, judgement, mortal sin, Sunday Mass Obligation
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19 December 2011
QUAERITUR: Can a priest act as a deacon in the Novus Ordo? Wherein Fr. Z confesses (and rants).
From a reader:
Does the [Novus Ordo] preclude the possibility of a priest serving as a deacon and not concelebrating?
From the Caeremoniale Episcoporum:
“22. Presbyteri, qui celebrationes episcopales participant, id solum quod ad presbyteros spectat agant; (SC n. 28) absentibus vero diaconis, … Continue reading
18 December 2011
WDTPRS: Last Days of Advent: 18 December – Liberation Theology
In these final days of Advent preparation, the Church prays with great intensity. It is one of the “greater feria” of Advent, the home stretch, as it were.
Here is today’s
COLLECT (2002MR):
Concede, quaesumus, omnipotens Deus,
ut, qui sub peccati … Continue reading
