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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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- The most evident mark of God’s anger and the most terrible castigation He can inflict upon the world are manifested when He permits His people to fall into the hands of clerics who are priests more in name than in deed, priests who practice the cruelty of ravening wolves rather than the charity and affection of devoted shepherds.
St. John Eudes
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- Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on ASK FATHER: If the Canon is inaudible, would it be invalid?: “Yes, the priest is supposed to raise his voice “a little” for the “Nobis quoque peccatoribus”. “Manu dextera percutit sibi…”
- Cornelius on ASK FATHER: If the Canon is inaudible, would it be invalid?: “A slightly similar, but probably not so grave, issue I have at the TLM I assist at is that the…”
- Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on ASK FATHER: If the Canon is inaudible, would it be invalid?: “When issues like, “What if an old priest doesn’t realize…” come up, I am reminded of the image of “straining…”
- NancyWmichael on Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 3rd Sunday after Easter (N.O. 4th Sunday OF Easter): “Father made a really roaring and passionate homily about vocations to the priesthood, about parents encouraging them like any noble…”
- Phil_NL2 on ASK FATHER: If the Canon is inaudible, would it be invalid?: “How the arguments for ‘vox secreta’ line up is something that, at best, I could only give an AI-like concatenation…”
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“Until the Lord be pleased to settle, through the instrumentality of the princes of the Church and the lawful ministers of His justice, the trouble aroused by the pride of a few and the ignorance of some others, let us with the help of God endeavor with calm and humble patience to render love for hatred, to avoid disputes with the silly, to keep to the truth and not fight with the weapons of falsehood, and to beg of God at all times that in all our thoughts and desires, in all our words and actions, He may hold the first place who calls Himself the origin of all things.”
- Prosper of Aquitaine (+c.455), De gratia Dei et libero arbitrio contra Collatorem 22.61
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"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
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Recent Posts
- ROME 26/4– Day 35: Theatre of the Absurd
- ROME 26/4– Day 34: A good example
- Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 3rd Sunday after Easter (N.O. 4th Sunday OF Easter)
- ASK FATHER: If the Canon is inaudible, would it be invalid?
- ROME 26/4– Day 33: Here’s a little Latin for you
- ROME 26/4– Day 32: What a day
- ROME 26/4– Day 31: tired
- ROME 26/4– Days 30: R.I.P.
- “Masses scheduled at impossible times”… Where have I heard that before?
- ROME 26/4– Days 29: Happy Birthday Rome!
- Of Tolkien and a very young Fr. Z
- ROME 26/4– Days 27 & 28: Pope SAINT Leo IX lead an army
- Feast of St. Expeditus… belated
- ASK FATHER: Was the feeding of the 5000 just a moment of “sharing” or was it a true miracle?
- Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 2nd Sunday after Easter (N.O. 3rd Sunday OF Easter)
- ROME 26/4– Day 26:
- Wherein Fr Z is “shocked, shocked!”
- ROME 26/4– Day 25: steak and a peek
- ROME 26/4– Day 24: two beautiful saints
- ROME 26/3– Day 23: Pure hate
- Of computing time, a comma, and the invalidity of Benedict XVI’s abdication
- ROME 26/3– Day 22: thanks
- Nope. People know how doctors dress.
- ROME 26/3– Day 21: More on the Six Hour Clock app
- ROME 26/3– Day 20: WOW! JUST TOO COOL!
- Your Sunday Sermon Notes – Quasimodo Sunday (and “Low” and “Thomas” and “Divine Mercy”)
- ASK FATHER: We can eat meat on Easter Friday, but do we have to do some other penance?
- ROME 26/3– Day 19: Claming up
- Nuns of Gower Abbey have a NEW music disc/download!
- St. Augustine on military service and prayer in time of war
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.
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Monthly Archives: October 2007
Please explain Facebook to me and others
Okay… not every one at once. 1) What is it in very general terms? 2) What is it used for? 3) How does it differ from other online tools? 4) Do you use it and for what?
Irish Anglicans aim for union with Rome – UPDATED
I have always been interested in the plight, and victories, of Anglicans/Episcopalians who "swim the Tiber". The late Msgr. Richard Schuler, of St. Agnes Church in St. Paul, MN, was instrumental in helping the first Anglican priests come over to … Read More
1957 vs. 2007… or “You just want the fifties back!”
Thanks to Sacramentum vitae (the blog, not the Eucharist) I have this to share from Professor Tony Esolen at Mere Comments posts the following satire from a reader. How many times have some of us heard from the spittle-flecked lips … Read More
In Arkansas, 3 day program on Summorum Pontificum
Here is some spectacular news from the Arkansas Catholic. My emphases and comments. Arkansas priests get overview on Latin Mass Seminary professor leads three-day program on ‘motu proprio’ Published: October 27, 2007Malea Hargett By Malea HargettEditor Fifty-seven priests and two … Read More
PRAYERCAzT 04: Feast of Christ the King – 1962 Missale Romanum
Welcome to another installment of What Does the Prayer Really Sound Like? In this audio project I will simply read, and this week sing, the Latin prayers for the upcoming Sunday or feast from the 1962 Missale Romanum. If priests … Read More
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Diocese of Clifton: “liberal in the best sense of the word”
Damien Thompson of Telegraph.co.uk has a very interesting piece about how the older form of Mass is getting traction in the Diocese of Clifton, in England. A good point is made: "By allowing the Pope’s wishes to be implemented naturally, … Read More
What if…
UPDATE: I am bumping this back to the top. I was just watching some news coverage of the fires burning in California. A woman interviewed, said they were given 5 minutes warning before being evacuated. She said: "I have no … Read More
A question for readers about old Breviary rubrics
Folks, I got this question by e-mail (one of the nearly 400 today alone). I don’t have the energy to respond. Help this guy out (if you know how). I am an admirer and loyal reader of your blog. You … Read More
Chicago Workshop for Celebrants went “spectacularly well”
Good news over at Musica Sacra. Success at the Celebrant WorkshopBy CMAA on October 23, 2007 at 1:58 pm The celebrant workshop (Missa in Cantu) went spectacularly well. A total of forty priests and seminarians attended. They participated in daily … Read More
Please pray for people and an Abbey threatened by the California fires
Fr. Stephanos, of Me Monk Me Meander says prayers are needed for their monastery, Prince of Peace Abbey, in Oceanside, CA, not far from where the California fires are burning wildly: We are in San Diego County. We are safe … Read More





















