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“This blog is like a fusion of the Baroque ‘salon’ with its well-tuned harpsichord around which polite society gathered for entertainment and edification and, on the other hand, a Wild West “saloon” with its out-of-tune piano and swinging doors, where everyone has a gun and something to say. Nevertheless, we try to point our discussions back to what it is to be Catholic in this increasingly difficult age, to love God, and how to get to heaven.” – Fr. Z
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2 March – Blog Maintenance & Migration Day – DONE! “Cleanup in aisle 2,5,6…7…9…”
UPDATE: A few days ago we tested a migration. It all went well. Now we have done the real migration. A lot of links broke, especially to images. I am manually fixing them. The look is the same. There may … Read More
“And that, to be restored, our sickness must grow worse…”
From The Four Quartets East Coker […] IV. The wounded surgeon plies the steel That questions the distempered part; Beneath the bleeding hands we feel The sharp compassion of the healer’s art Resolving the enigma of the fever chart. Our … Read More
LENTCAzT 2026 – 13: Monday in the 2nd Week in Lent – “Everything became clear to me.”
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. We hear about San Clemente, the Roman Station. If you ever get to Rome, this is a must visit church. It will be one of the most interesting … Read More
A ‘Cri de Coeur’ from the heartland
From a reader on this 2nd Sunday of Lent. (Note: because of the blog migration Early Tuesday 2 March, comments posted after 0600 EST 11 UTC) will not migrate. That’ll give you time to “think before posting”.) Wanted to pass … Read More
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LENTCAzT 2026 – 12: 2nd Sunday in Lent – Benedict XVI from Lent of sad 2013
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today the Roman Station is Santa Maria in Domnica on the Coelian Hill. Then we hear from Pope Benedict’s Message for Lent of 2013, that sad and fateful … Read More
LENTCAzT 2026 – 11: Ember Saturday 1st Week in Lent – “Know Thyself!”
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today brief comments on the Roman Station, St. Peter’s on the Vatican Hill, and about the ancient Ember Days, and their “arc” according to Joseph Ratzinger. Then Card. … Read More
On this Ember Friday we are 38 days out from Easter. What does the number 38 mean to St. Augustine?
With this Ember Friday we are 38 days out from Easter. In the Gospel for today in the Traditional Latin Mass we have the scene from John 5 about the paralytic man waiting by the pool for the angel to … Read More
“The bread was fresh and was good. The cheese was not and was excellent.”
There is an old phrase… The bread was fresh and was good. The cheese was not and was excellent. I have to share this. Italy ?? Gorgonzola cheese is widely believed to have been first produced in 879AD in the … Read More
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