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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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YOUR RECENT COMMENTS
- on Sonnet about the papal funeral procession: “As Bryan D. Boyle notes, a pickup truck. Really? A Dodge Ram pickup truck? Don’t they have proper hearses in…”
- on Sonnet about the papal funeral procession: “How fitting, on the back of a pickup truck, not even proceeding at a dignified speed, for the Vicar of…”
- on ROME 25/4– Day 20: Tolling and rolling: “Probably in the early 50’s, we got out of class to sing the funeral masses. I remember singing the Requiem…”
- on ROME 25/4– Day 20: Tolling and rolling: “Where did they get a Tripple Crown for the Catafalque….???”
- on Orationes pro eligendo Romano Pontifice – Prayers for the Election of a Roman Pontiff (Fr. Z’s and Card. Burke’s): “… Or, from the Missal: Collect of the Votive Mass for the Election of a Pope (Via SSPX) Orémus. SÚPPLICI,…”
- on Orationes pro eligendo Romano Pontifice – Prayers for the Election of a Roman Pontiff (Fr. Z’s and Card. Burke’s): “Thank you Fr Z for this powerful prayer. Hoping for a Marian Apparition next week in the Sistine Chapel.”
- on PASCHALCAzT 2025 – 54: Low Sunday – “scandal, hypocrisy, bland liturgies, false teaching, broken families, sin and sinners everywhere.”: “It’s nice to have a “thank you”. Thank you for that.”
- on Sonnet about the papal funeral procession: “Pasquino, in the anguished pose of an introvert who is eternally embarrassed for being required to live out his days…”
- on Orationes pro eligendo Romano Pontifice – Prayers for the Election of a Roman Pontiff (Fr. Z’s and Card. Burke’s): “Thank you, Father Z, for posting these and other prayers to help your readers join together to do their part…”
- on ROME 25/4– Day 19: Low Sunday – with a grand digression: “Yesterday for Low Sunday we had a wonderful Solemn Mass. We are truly blessed at our parish with currently 4…”
- on PASCHALCAzT 2025 – 54: Low Sunday – “scandal, hypocrisy, bland liturgies, false teaching, broken families, sin and sinners everywhere.”: “Thank you Father for these podcasts which have been part of my morning breakfast routine since Lent began.”
- on ROME 25/4– Day 17: Easter Friday: “For you who commented on the chess puzzle, see the main entry again for more information.”
- on ROME 25/4– Day 16: Easter Thursday: “thank you Suburbanbanshee. i looked around. i couldn’t find Clement X’s cardinalatial rank when he was elected, but with that…”
- on ROME 25/4– Day 19: Low Sunday – with a grand digression: “The rock band Rush starts a song with the 3 letter identifier for Toronto Airport in Morse Code – Y…”
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Beautiful shot of the dome of the Pantheon, Father. Did you have a sore neck afterwards? ;-)
I dunno… I look at that, and the first thing that comes to mind is:
Quid tu facis, Dave?
Jeff Pinyan:
It took me a minute to get the reference. Orthodox Catholicism meets science fiction. I don’t like acronyms or shortcuts but I have to say you did have me laughing.
Pax.
That spot is the best place to be when it snows in Rome.
sheesh, after more than 20 centuries, you’d think they’d find a way to patch that hole. dang contractors. ;)
Woooow!….Sooo… that’s… what a black hole looks like..!!
Cool!!
Roman Optometrist to Fr. Zuhlsdorf:
“Father… when you mentioned that you were extremely impressed with the Catholic Churches of Rome, I never really expected you to be AS IMPRESSED as you actually are!
“You have the most extraordinary Retina’s I’ve ever seen!
“However, as a precaution…I have to warn you: You absolutely MUST WEAR SUN GLASSES if you’re thinking about visiting the Sistine Chapel!!”
I’m reminded of the first thought I had when walking into the Pantheon while on a choir tour in Italy.
When I entered I thought to myself, if a priest of the type I had been dealing with had been assigned that parish, he would have walked in, taken one look, and said, “Better have a capital campaign to get that roof fixed.”
“Ille hic est Raffael, timuit quo sospite vinci, rerum magna parens et moriente mori.”
Nice picture, Father. The dome looks so much better now that it is cleaned.
[LOL’s @ Jeff Pinyan.]
The model of the Pantheon is a great way to keep priests from wanting an altar right in the middle of the church. LOL.
Amen to the Roman Sacristan!
Fom Wikipedia: “The exact composition of the Roman concrete used in the dome remains a mystery. An unreinforced dome in these proportions made of modern concrete would hardly stand the load of its own weight, since concrete has very low tensile strength, yet the Pantheon has stood for centuries. It is known from Roman sources that their concrete is made up of a pasty hydrate of lime, with pozzolanic ash (Latin pulvis puteolanum) and lightweight pumice from a nearby volcano, and fist-sized pieces of rock. In this, it is very similar to modern concrete. The high tensile strength appears to come from the way the concrete was applied in very small amounts and then was tamped down after every application to remove excess water and trapped air bubbles. This appears to have increased its strength enormously.”