Category Archives: Non Nobis and Te Deum

Saints of pots and pans, shipwrecks, beheading, and music both mystical and sublime

Posted on 17 September 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I bring to your attention four saints on the calendar listed in the 2005 Martyrologium Romanum.
1. Sancti Roberti Bellarmino, episcopi et Ecclesiae doctoris, e Societate Iesu, qui praeclare de theologicis temporis sui controversiis peculiari ac subtili habitu disputavit; cardinalis renuntiatus, … Continue reading →

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Canadian Anglicans vote to unite with Rome

Posted on 9 September 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From the blog canterbury tales:
A recent meeting of leaders in the Anglican Catholic Church of Canada (ACCC) voted to unite with the Roman Catholic Church through the Apostolic Constitution created by Pope Benedict XVI.  [Do I hear an "Amen!"?]
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Read more … Continue reading →

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Houston: Extraordinary Form PARISH to be established by Card. DiNardo

Posted on 23 August 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Speaking of Houston, I just noticed that our friends at Rorate posted this.
For your Brick by Brick file.
Wonderful news for the faithful of the largest city in the great state: a full Parish, exclusively dedicated to the Traditional Roman Liturgy … Continue reading →

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MUST READ: Young person’s account of harassment and violence at WYD

Posted on 21 August 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Nolite mirari fratres si odit vos mundus.
Wonder not, brethren, if the world hate you.
1 John 3:13
In Madrid during WYD the were no lack of twisted, benighted wing-nut protesters harrassing the pilgrims and young people.
One of the readers here has a … Continue reading →

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ZAGANO WATCH: UPDATE!

Posted on 17 August 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I am told that Phyllis Zagano, who works for the National Catholic Reporter, is still calling around in order to make trouble for me and harm my reputation.
I wrote about her here.
You will recall that her personally aimed jihad began … Continue reading →

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How to treat sinners

Posted on 16 August 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

A quote via Good Jesuit Bad Jesuit from St. Ignatius of Loyola which reminds me of how imperfect I am in charity.
“Treat sinners as a good mother treats her child when sick; she bestows on him many more caresses than … Continue reading →

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Waiting for Zagano

Posted on 11 August 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

For some time now I have been getting emails and phone calls from friends with reports that someone who writes for the National Catholic Reporter aka Fishwrap, Phyllis Zagano, has been sniffing around looking for dirt about me.  Zagano hasn’t … Continue reading →

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WDTPRS – The Doxology, Great Amen, and YOU: The mighty voice of the one True Priest

Posted on 28 July 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Here is my latest hecatomb for The Wanderer to which you may subscribe digitally.
I worked my way through an examination of the new, corrected translation of the Order of Mass, including the Roman Canon.  Then I returned to look at, … Continue reading →

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QUAERITUR: Giiving a gift to the priest after a baptism

Posted on 28 July 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
Do you recommend giving a stipend to the priest and/or parish when an infant is baptized? If so, how much is a good amount?
This is the old question of “stole fees” which I have presented on this blog … Continue reading →

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“Memento mori!”

Posted on 18 July 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Throughout history our insightful forebears have inserted into rituals which exalt some mere mortal  certain elements intended to deflate, remind that we are mortals.
For example, in ancient Rome during a general’s triumph a slave stood beside the triumphator in his … Continue reading →

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