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- Elizium23 on ROME 24/4– Day 34 (-7): The burial place of… PLATO?!?: “My baptismal anniversary. I’m mostly Scottish/Irish Catholic, birthed and educated by the Mercy Sisters during the height of the Troubles.…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 35 (-6): adventures in symmetry: “Father, it was perfect symmetry for two people. One cup handle facing one way and the other the other way.”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 35 (-6): adventures in symmetry: “From a reader: “What are in the frames between the vestments?” Those are the priest’s vesting prayers. I’ll show more…”
- on WDTPRS: 4th Sunday of Easter (Novus Ordo) – Mighty humble Shepherd, humble mighty flock: “Fr Z you are an inspiration in your knowledge about and love for the things of God and the church.…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 32 (-9): Happy Birthday Rome!: “Holy cow that pasta. I wish we had smell-o-vision and taste-o-vision.”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “The German grind continues. It is in their nature.”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Scary about the women. What I mean is this: it would be disheartening enough just to find out that a…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “I wonder what’s going on with these women. Don’t they know that the greatest example of womanhood is Our Blessed…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Fr.Z sez: It is really sad that some people still push this rock up the hill. Reminds one of Sisyphus,…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Alas, those men pushing for ordaining women. STILL trying to get women to do all the work. My mother warned…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Dear Dcn PB, I don’t see how the reality can be described differently than by saying that the one sacrament…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Most people, whether pro or con, misunderstand the history and practice of the female diaconate. The deaconess was a separate…”
- on Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 3rd Sunday after Easter (N.O. 4th of Easter) 2024: “I remember only the joke at the beginning of the homily: Priests get four weeks of vacation per year. Some…”
- on “you must not remember your forefathers…” Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “My children at one of the solid Chesterton Academies have been taught science and theology by an amazing young Catholic…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “What is it that changed about the Catholic Herald? Interesting interview by George Farmer. (If only the faithful could be…”
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Monthly Archives: June 2007
Give me thy grace, good Lord: To set the world at nought
On the Z-Cam in the Sabine Chapel, I have an audio loop playing 24/7. Right now one of the sections in the loop features a famous prayer for detachment by St. Thomas More, whose feast is celebrated today. With a … Read More
Italian H.S. graduation exam includes Seneca in Latin
The "maturità" exams (state exams) have been underway for 18-19 year olds graduating from the liceo (more or less high-school). In the interdisciplinary exams for the Liceo Classico, the kids had a piece of Seneca from De beneficiis 6.3 to … Read More
L’Occidentale: Why Pope Benedict would want to derestrict the “Tridentine” Mass
In the interesting Italian newssite L’Occidentale there is a piece by Pietro de Marco about why Pope Benedict XVI would want to derestrict the older form of Mass. It is as if this fellow had been reading my articles. Actually, … Read More
YEEECH
I having been getting feedback about my comments (here and here) about H.E., Bishop Traumant, "The Chair", and his inimical attitude toward the Holy See’s translation norms in Liturgiam authenticam. Since His Excellency thinks "John and Mary Catholic" are not … Read More
The Zen of President Bush
This is a really interesting story in the WaPo about President bush and one of WDTPRS’s favorite cardinals, H.E. Joseph Card. Zen Ze-Kiun. Biretta tip to Argent o{]:¬) A Chinese Cardinal Meets the Real Bush By Robert D. Novak Thursday, … Read More
Well… maybe Bp. Trautman is right after all
His Excellency the Bishop of Erie, Most Reverend Donald W. Trautman is an enemy of the Holy See’s translation norms. He is energetic in recruiting people to reject the Holy See’s norms. His basic problem with the norms is that … Read More
His Excellency Bishop Trautman’s article in America
His Excellency Donald W. Trautman, the Erie bishop in Pennsylvania, Chairone of the Bishops Committee on Liturgy, and general enemy of the Holy See’s norms for liturgical translation had an article in that bastion of liturgical wisdom America magazine. I … Read More
At the LA Cathedral, a gathering of “dogs of all faiths”
Gather Faithfully Together at the Yellow Armadillo, The Rog Mahal, yes, the L.A. Cathedral. Biretta tip to my friend Diogenes. o{]:¬) When I was in S. California some years back a friend took me to see the Cathedral, but before … Read More
Another amazing translation call in a Holy See document, or, “Who did this translation? babelfish?”
I am not making this up. The Holy See’s new document Guidelines for the pastoral care of the road from the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People and its president Renato Raffaele Cardinal Martino. After … Read More
Bp. Serratelli steps up
His Excellency Arthur J. Serratelli, Bishop of Patterson (NJ) since 2004 has begun a series of articles on the sense of the sacred. I tip my biretta in his direction for this good initiative. o{]:¬) Here is an excerpt from … Read More
The Five Rules of Engagement in German
The Five Rules have been translated into the mother tongue of the Vaterland! Biretta tip to Credo ut intellegam. Fünf Regeln für den richtigen Umgang mit dem erwarteten Motu Proprio 1. Freuen Sie sich, weil unser liturgisches Leben bereichert worden … Read More
Learning to read Mass
With the future publication of the Motu Proprio to derestrict the older form of Mass, many younger priests (i.e., without baggage) will be wanting to learn how to celebrate it. While I really enjoy the old phrase "read Mass" for … Read More
PODCAzT 35: Cyprian on the Our Father; MP Rules of Engagement
http://www.wdtprs.com/podcazt/07_06_17.mp3 In the PODCAzT we examine a selection from St. Cyprian of Carthage’s treatise on the Lord’s Prayer, De oratione dominica. Afterward, I make some comments about liturgical prayer. Then I gloss my 5 Rules of Engagement for When and … Read More
Fr. Z’s 5 Rules of Engagement for When and If the Motu Proprio Comes
It is time to repost Fr. Z’s 5 Rules of Engagement for When and If the Motu Proprio Comes: 1) Rejoice because our liturgical life has been enriched, not because "we win". Everyone wins when the Church’s life is enriched. … Read More
Una Voce reports conversation with Holy Father about Motu Proprio: soon
The reps of Una Voce were in Rome. They met with… well… read what they reported on their site (emphases mine): FIUV Meetings in Rome – 200711th/13th June 2007 short preliminary report Dear Friends, Leo Darroch, Monika Rheinschmitt and I … Read More
Motu Proprio before the Pope goes to Castelgandolfo for the summer?
Over at Petrus (coincidently the name of a very good Bordeaux) there is a report by Bruno Volpe that the Holy Father will publish the Motu Proprio before he leaves the Apostolic Palace in Rome for his summer break in … Read More
Motu Proprio “this year”, another rumor 14 July
KATH.NET reports that Fr. Federico Lombardi, SJ, the official spokesman for the Holy See, says that the Motu Proprio should be out "this year". P. Federico Lombardi, der Pressesprecher des Vatikans, bestätigte am Mittwoch gegenüber KATH.NET, dass der Papst das … Read More
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
Some time ago I reported the publication of the reissue of Ludovico Trimeloni’s Compendio di Liturgia Pratica (Milano: Marietti 1829, 2007). If you want to know how to do something traddy, look in this book. I said that I would … Read More
The Fortress of Solitude: real?
It is amazing how sometimes you run into things that seem to be straight out of fiction. Compliments to the blog Proceedings of the Athanasius Kircher Society for these photos of giant gypsum crystals in the Naica zinc mine in … Read More
Some numbers
Sometimes my dislike for the NY Yankees gets the better of me. Team 2007 Team Salary PCT on 12-6-2007 PCT * Salary Wins Price per win so far NY Yankees 195,229,045 .492 96,052,690 30 6,507,635 MN Twins 71,439,500 .492 35,148,234 … Read More
Elizium23 on ROME 24/4– Day 34 (-7): The burial place of… PLATO?!?: “My baptismal anniversary. I’m mostly Scottish/Irish Catholic, birthed and educated by the Mercy Sisters during the height of the Troubles.…”
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