Search Fr. Z’s Blog
SHOPPING ONLINE? Please, come here first!
About this blog…
“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
Coat of Arms by D Burkart
CLICK and say your daily offerings!
Do you want to show some appreciation?
Do you have a faithful Catholic website that needs competent and reliable tech support?
Fr. Z’s VOICEMAIL
Nota bene: I do not answer these numbers or this Skype address. You won't get me "live". I check for messages regularly.
WDTPRS
020 8133 4535
651-447-6265
YOUR RECENT COMMENTS
ThePapalCount on Daily Rome Shot 51FrZ another photo from historic and beautiful Rome. This photo is taken on the street behind Piazza Navona. Behind the...
Julia_Augusta on ASK FATHER: Why isn’t there a paper book with the Sunday propers in Latin and English?I’ve had the Lasance missal for a few years. It’s small, portable but has tiny print. I use it not...
APX on ASK FATHER: Why isn’t there a paper book with the Sunday propers in Latin and English?I inherited my grandma’s which was rather interesting because it came in a box, which had other interesting old time...
jhayes on ASK FATHER: Why isn’t there a paper book with the Sunday propers in Latin and English?The first two Missals listed (Angelus Press, Baronius Press) are the 1962 text approved by Summorum Pontificum. The third (FSSP,...
Jack in NH on ASK FATHER: Why isn’t there a paper book with the Sunday propers in Latin and English?They’re out there, but a tad hard to find. Bought mine in a thrift shop. Printed in 1936, in Belgium,...
xavier on Question for readers: book searchFather I found this article about the original French book http://motupropriochicoutimi.over-blog.com/article-26463557.html It's been out of print in Quebec do it...
kurtmasur on Another sign of the timesSo if I understand correctly, they are thinking about cancelling the private Masses that go on in the early morning...
moon1234 on ASK FATHER: Why isn’t there a paper book with the Sunday propers in Latin and English?My preference for a hand missal is the the 1964 St. Joseph Daily missal. It has the propers in "Modern"...
Bret Ramsey on 14 January – Festum Asinorum #FeastoftheAss Day!I thought this was an interesting historical side note which happened on this very day in 1870. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-appearance-of-the-democratic-donkey
GregB on ISS NEWS: 4 at once!SpaceX has also launched a lot of other commercial and governmental payloads. They are currently building out their own satellite...
WVC on ASK FATHER: Help for a blind priest who wants to learn the Traditional Latin Mass – UPDATED@Torpedo1 - Thanks for the info. Watching folks reading braille is like magic to me. Human ingenuity and determination are...
Semper Gumby on “Those who support Donald Trump should no longer be allowed to publish books or use the Internet or fly on airplanes.”To further expand on aviva meriam's remark about the local level, a Tale of Two Towns. First, from yesterday at...
Sid Cundiff in NC on Daily Rome Shot 50Where?
Gab on Daily Rome Shot 50There is so much going on in this beautiful picture, I wish I knew which church it is.
Torpedo1 on ASK FATHER: Help for a blind priest who wants to learn the Traditional Latin Mass – UPDATEDAs someone who's a daily braille user, this is an awesome post! In answer to an above commenter's question, yes,...
Suburbanbanshee on “Ab arbore autem fici discite parabolam…”Re: Elizabeth D and Oklip955 — I do think it would be a good idea to note men who were...
bookworm on Did you think you would see something in your lifetime like this?Thank you, Miryam, for your thoughts and prayers!
Suburbanbanshee on “Ab arbore autem fici discite parabolam…”Re: Elizabeth D and Oklip955 -- Actually, when the Church offers "Mass of a Doctor," there is no difference in...
Suburbanbanshee on Daily Rome Shot 50No livestream. Hope Father is okay, and that YT isn't being banhappy (again, still, yet, always).
Suburbanbanshee on Various prayers or “Orationes diversae” in the traditional Missale Romanum"Distress" is for problems. "Need" is for additions. You're not necessarily in distress if you don't have a car, if...
Books which you must have.
Get ready…
Don’t rely on popes, bishops and priests.
“Who is going to save our Church? Not our bishops, not our priests and religious. It is up to you, the people. You have the minds, the eyes, and the ears to save the Church. Your mission is to see that your priests act like priests, your bishops act like bishops.”
- Fulton Sheen
Therefore, ACTIVATE YOUR CONFIRMATION and get to work!Send Snail Mail to Fr. Z
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
Tridentine Mass Society of Madison
733 Struck St.
PO BOX 44603
Madison, WI 53744-4603
For email HERE
“The modern habit of doing ceremonial things unceremoniously is no proof of humility; rather it proves the offender's inability to forget himself in the rite, and his readiness to spoil for every one else the proper pleasure of ritual.”
- C.S. Lewis
This blog has to earn its keep!
PLEASE subscribe if it is useful.
That way I have steady income I can plan on, and you wind up regularly on my list of benefactors for whom I pray and for whom I periodically say Holy Mass.
For a one time donation...
I set up a
CONTINUE TO GIVE
account, which functions rather like PayPal. Some of you use it. Here is a QCode you can use with your smart phones. Try it!
Also, to receive a link to donate via Continue To Give using your smart phone SEND MESSAGE:
4827563 TO: 715-803-4772 (USA)
Some donations also come through CHASE. That works well. I don't think they take any percentage as fees.As for Latin…
"But if, in any layman who is indeed imbued with literature, ignorance of the Latin language, which we can truly call the 'catholic' language, indicates a certain sluggishness in his love toward the Church, how much more fitting it is that each and every cleric should be adequately practiced and skilled in that language!" - Pius XI
"Let us realize that this remark of Cicero (Brutus 37, 140) can be in a certain way referred to [young lay people]: 'It is not so much a matter of distinction to know Latin as it is disgraceful not to know it.'" - St. John Paul II-
Recent Posts
- Wherein Fr. Z gives an update about life and changes
- ASK FATHER: Why isn’t there a paper book with the Sunday propers in Latin and English?
- Another sign of the times
- Daily Rome Shot 51
- Question for readers: book search
- LIVE VIDEO – 15 Jan 2021 – 1200 NOON CST – Traditional Latin Mass – St. Paul, Hermit (Intention: benefactors)
- 14 January – Festum Asinorum #FeastoftheAss Day!
- Daily Rome Shot 50
- Various prayers or “Orationes diversae” in the traditional Missale Romanum
- WDTPRS: Collect for the Votive Mass “to beg the grace of dying well”
- LIVE VIDEO – 13 Jan 2021 – 1200 NOON CST – Traditional Latin Mass – Baptism of the Lord (Intention: benefactors)
- Daily Rome Shot 49
- ISS NEWS: 4 at once!
- WDTPRS: Prayer for enemies – Part III
- ASK FATHER: Help for a blind priest who wants to learn the Traditional Latin Mass – UPDATED
- LIVE VIDEO – 12 Jan 2021 – 1200 NOON CST – Traditional Latin Mass – Votive for the grace of a good death
- “Ab arbore autem fici discite parabolam…”
- WDTPRS: Prayer for enemies – Part II
- ASK FATHER: Baptism by immersion but water didn’t touch the head
- LIVE VIDEO – 11 Jan 2021 – 1200 NOON CST – Traditional Latin Mass – Votive for whatever necessity
- Daily Rome Shot 47
- Fr. Z kudos for a great idea about abandoned churches
- CQ CQ CQ: #HamRadio – 10 Jan – Sunday ZedNet reminder & Fr. Z makes a suggestion
- LIVE VIDEO – 9 Jan 2021 – 1200 NOON CST – Traditional Latin Mass – Holy Family
- Daily Rome Shot 46
- Did you think you would see something in your lifetime like this?
- ASK FATHER: What is the Church’s role in creating the cancel culture?
- WDTPRS: Prayer for enemies
- LIVE VIDEO – 9 Jan 2021 – 1200 NOON CST – Traditional Latin Mass – Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday
- Daily Rome Shot 45
Let us pray…
Grant unto thy Church, we beseech Thee, O merciful God, that She, being gathered together by the Holy Ghost, may be in no wise troubled by attack from her foes. O God, who by sin art offended and by penance pacified, mercifully regard the prayers of Thy people making supplication unto Thee,and turn away the scourges of Thine anger which we deserve for our sins. Almighty and Everlasting God, in whose Hand are the power and the government of every realm: look down upon and help the Christian people that the heathen nations who trust in the fierceness of their own might may be crushed by the power of thine Arm. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. R. Amen.Yes, Fr. Z is taking ads…
Be a “Zed-Head”!
CHALLENGE COINS!
My "challenge coin" for my 25th anniversary of ordination in 2016.
Want one? I do exchanges with military and LEOs, etc.
PLEASE RESPOND. Pretty pleeeease?
Loading ...
This is really useful when travelling… and also when you aren’t and you need backup internet NOW! I use this for my DMR “Zednet” hotspot when I’m mobile. It’s a ham radio thing.
If you travel internationally, this is a super useful gizmo for your mobile internet data. I use one. If you get one through my link, I get data rewards.
Please use my links when shopping! I depend on your help.
WDTPRS POLL
Loading ...
Fr. Z’s stuff is everywhere
Help support Fr. Z’s Gospel of Life work at no cost to you. Do you need a Real Estate Agent? Calling these people is the FIRST thing you should do!
GREAT causes to support
Monthly Archives: November 2006
China: Bishop abducted and escapes
Biretta tip to Argent for this alarming story from China… o{]:¬\ who in turn got it from AsiaNews. Read this and think about whether the PRC is really interested in proper relations wtih the Catholic Church. Rome (AsiaNews) – A … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
4 Comments
Common Declaration of Benedict and Bartholomew
The text was originally released in FRENCH only. As I write, I am listening to it being read in English via Vatican Radio. Here is the text, which I publish after the reading is completed for reasons of the Press … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
5 Comments
Address of Pope Benedict before the Ecumenical Patriarch
ADDRESS OF POPE BENEDICT before the Ecumenical Patriarch (my emphasis and comments) This Divine Liturgy celebrated on the Feast of Saint Andrew the Apostle, Patron Saint of the Church of Constantinople, brings us back to the early Church, to the … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
6 Comments
Divine Liturgy in Constantinople
I am right now watching the end of the Divine Liturgy of the Ecumenical Patriarch as Pope Benedict attends. The liturgy has ended and the Patriach is giving an address. My (spoken) Greek is a little rusty. But so far … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
12 Comments
Another caption call
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
16 Comments
The “Fourth” Secret of Fatima
I occasionally read books about the so-called “Third Secret” uttered by Our Lady of Fatima. Lot’s of people believe that the real text of the “Third Secret” has still not been made public despite the hoopla a few years ago … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
30 Comments
Bp. Carlson asks for prayers
Bp. Carlson underwent preventative surgery today, asks for prayers From the Saginaw Catholic Times:Saginaw Bishop Robert J. Carlson will undergo surgery on Tuesday, Nov. 28, to remove a section of his colon. There is no cancer in the area … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
6 Comments
Job security
I already wrote about this little piece on the Vatican website before, but in light of the departure of His Holiness for Turkey I reviewed it and am driven to ask you a question. Here is the first line of … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
8 Comments
“The Nativity Story” and more about Mary’s “painful” childbirth
I had lunch today with a great Marian expert from Syria, a Greek Melkite Antiochian Catholic who is a professor at the Oriental Institute here in Rome. I asked him about the Eastern teachings and traditions about Mary’s giving birth … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
13 Comments
Request for a caption
The Holy Father is on his way to Turkey. Have a caption? "Don’t worry. See you next Friday … my place!"
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
26 Comments
They are noble, these … basilicas in the mist…
As I have told you, Rome has been foggy… and YES, I am aware of the irony of that statement. As I was writing another entry, I saw that the basilica dome was slowly becoming visible as the morning mists … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
2 Comments
Pro Pontifice
From the the Enchiridion of Indulgences, #25: A partial indulgence is granted to the Christian faithful who, in a spirit of filial devotion, devoutly recite any duly approved prayer for the Supreme Pontiff (e.g., the Oremus pro Pontifice): V. Let … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
3 Comments
Parish Mission Statements
I stumbled on an interesting blog called The Lair of the Catholic Cavemen where some tough talk is going on. It’s refreshing. The entry that caught my eye concerned parish "mission statements" which I have always found pretentious and silly, … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
22 Comments
In honor of the Pope’s visit to Turkey
Posted in My View, SESSIUNCULA
Comments Off on In honor of the Pope’s visit to Turkey
China: “…a fatal blow to dialogue…”
The Pope is heading to the cusp of Asia and Europe. There are delicate political and religious issues at stake. Meanwhile, at the other end of Asia…. there are delicate political and religious issues at stake. The Chinese are at … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
3 Comments
Walking to work
I walk everywhere in Rome. I get on a bus about three times a year,.. if I must. I walk to work. That includes the Press Office of the Holy See. No, I don’t work for the Press Office, so … Continue reading
Posted in My View, SESSIUNCULA
5 Comments
Getting worked up over “The Nativity Story”?
The Catechism of the Council of Trent has an interesting paragraph suggesting that we not over complicate the situation: Article 36. How To Think and Pray About Christ’s Virginal Conception These points of teaching comprise the substance of what appeared … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Comments Off on Getting worked up over “The Nativity Story”?
Roman fog
We have had a lot of spooky fog at night this last couple weeks. Here’s an interesting shot last night from (different) window looking toward St. Agnes in the P.za Navona. UPDATE: For an update on the difference one night … Continue reading
Posted in My View, SESSIUNCULA
6 Comments
Trent & “Nativity”: Did the Blessed Virgin experience labor pains?
In the new movie "The Nativity Story" which premiered yesterday at the Vatican, the Blessed Virgin is depicted as having pain from labor and childbirth. It must be granted that the pain she is depicted as having was not has … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
29 Comments