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YOUR RECENT COMMENTS
- BeatifyStickler on ROME 24/4– Day 36 (-5): Sacristy secrets, music from nuns, and Fr. Z’s Kitchen (real “all’amatriciana”): “Dinner looks exceptional. Newfoundland has great history, you should go. Will be listening to the Sisters.”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “I’ve heard it said there are as many galaxies as grains of sand. Here is interesting facts about our Milky…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 36 (-5): Sacristy secrets, music from nuns, and Fr. Z’s Kitchen (real “all’amatriciana”): “Thanks for the all’amatriciana”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Thanks Father Z, cosmology lesson as only you can impart.”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 35 (-6): adventures in symmetry: “Hmmm. Those kind of tassels have always reminded me of fancy curtain tiebacks so I have avoided making them but…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Fr.Z sez: …The Voyagers are destined—perhaps eternally—to wander the Milky Way and then become characters in Star Trek…. V’ger!! https://youtu.be/gxAaVqdz_Vk?t=96”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Being from Florida, I remember when both Voyagers launched – you could see them from our house. At that time,…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Too bad the Curia has drifted too far from its power source…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Voyager 2 launched on 20 August 1977, from Cape Canaveral. Voyager 1 launched from Cape Canaveral on 5 September 1977.…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “I guess Voyager I gives new meaning to the poem High Flight. Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Now this is very interesting. Not just looking up at some small dots of light overhead!”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 34 (-7): The burial place of… PLATO?!?: “The final resting place of Plato puts me in mind of a memorable excerpt I once read about Aristotle in…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 34 (-7): The burial place of… PLATO?!?: “Someone pointed out the St. George’s Day Google Doodle with its background account to me – with one of the…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: ““George Farmer, aka Candace Owen’s husband. He is a revert” If I’m reading the interview correctly, first a convert, then…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Not to detract from anything Imrahill said, but well, the papally-attested infallible ordinary magisterium about a catholic truth, not the…”
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Monthly Archives: May 2008
Prayer request: Transalpine Redemptorists
I got this by e-mail: Dear Father Z: Could you please ask for prayers for the Transalpine Redemptorists during this time as they seek as agreement with Rome. They are being given a dreadful time by some groups and have had some … Read More
Prayer request
Please pray for a priest who is a supporter of Summorum Pontificum who is undergoing serious persecution. Many priests in years past have endured this. I sure know what it is like. Support is needed.
Some blog problems
Folks, the technical problems continue. Please be patient. I know people are having a problem with the combox and the anti-spam authentication word. We will do our best to get everything back to being ship-shape and Bristol fashion.
CNS on the Communion kneeling at the Pope’s Corpus Christi Mass
This is in from CNS with my emphases and comments. UPDATE: 23 May 1857 GMTI looked through all the photos posted by Felici of all those receiving Holy Communion from the Holy Father. I did not find a single person … Read More
Oriole sightings, and others
Just when I thought Mr. Oriole was being elusive. Mr. Oriole has a sweet beak. He likes what Hummingbirds get and goes after slices of oranges. The Mourning Doves are getting ready to make more Mourning Doves. Mr. Pewee has … Read More
QUAERITUR: Clerical funerals
I received this question: For the funeral of a cleric, I know that the body is dressed in the liturgical vesture proper to their order and rank. Does this include a particular color for the vestments or is it what … Read More
Corpus Christi Mass: Benedict XVI gives Communion only on the tongue to people kneeling
During the Holy Father’s Corpus Christi Mass, the Holy Father gave Communion only to people kneeling at a kneeler set up before him. This is a very interesting development. The Holy Father has been trying to provoke conversation and a … Read More
Benedict XVI celebrating Corpus Christi in Rome – Communion at kneeler & on the tongue
The Holy Father is celebrating the Mass of Corpus Christi in Rome. Remember… today is Corpus Christi, not Sunday, in the traditional Roman calendar. His sermon, in Italian. There will be a procession with the Blessed Sacrament at the end … Read More
Prayer request
Please pray for Fr. McAfee, a frequent commenter here. A reader wrote to let us know that he had a stroke.
Bird Update
"So, how are things at the feeder these days?" Glad you asked. Here are a few of the latest pix. We know him very well now. This is Mr. Indigo Bunting. We saw the Missus the other day, but she … Read More
The Pope to put limits on concelebrations
At last! This from the Italian Panorama. Farewell to big time Masses – The Pope to place limit celebrations No more big "show" Masses: The Pope want to put the brakes on huge concelebrations with hundreds of priests, often far … Read More
Technical issues
Folks, I think there are some technical problems with the server today. I am getting reports that something is wrong with the combox. I am also having problems with my e-mail. It might take a while to work this out. … Read More
Where are you?
Here is a snapshot from the last 10 minutes or so of some places where readers are. Keep in mind that the locations are approximate. I cut out some that say simply "Germany", or "Unkown". Cheltenham, Gloucesters… Minneapolis, Minnesota Washington, … Read More
Some levity – The Jeffersons alla Der Führer
Biretta tip to The Anchores for this…. Seriously, don’t take a drink of anything while this video starts up. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCJTR3XeiAc]
Washington DC: TLM on Corpus Christi Thursday
From a reader: Hello Father Zuhlsdorf, I was hoping you might alert your readers of a High Traditional Latin Mass on Thursday, May 22, 2008, the Feast of Corpus Christi, at Saint Mary, Mother of God Catholic Church in Washington … Read More
Card. Egan transfers 10% of priests: settling scores or clearing the deck
This is in from the NYT: A Sudden Transfer of 40 Priests Brings Egan Unrest From Within By DAVID GONZALEZPublished: May 21, 2008 Cardinal Edward M. Egan has reassigned almost 10 percent of the active priests in the Archdiocese of … Read More
Thanks are due
A few kind people have used the donation button lately, and I am grateful. It helps. Also, I got a book from off the amazon wish list. Many thanks to KK of MO for The Latin Mass Explained by George … Read More
Sts. Christopher Magallanes, priest, and companions, martyrs
Today is the feast of Christopher Magallanes, priest, and companions, martyrs. St. Christopher Magallanes was joined in martyrdom by twenty-one diocesan priests and three devout laymen, all members of the Cristeros movement, who rose up in rebellion against the anti-Catholic … Read More
TLM in Winchester Cathedral, UK! (PS: This is the Anglican Cathedral)
Just when the Catholic Cathedral in Cardiff hits the LMS from the blind side, over in Winchester, at the Anglican Cathedral, something very different is happening. I got this e-mail from a kind reader: It is reported that this is … Read More
TLM in E. Harlem, NYC: an account
The inimitable Amy Welborn o{]:¬) gave me the heads up on this entry at The Bovina Bloviator. The writer is a recent convert, from last Easter. Sunday, May 18, 2008Is it Possible to be More Catholic than This? Image from … Read More
BeatifyStickler on ROME 24/4– Day 36 (-5): Sacristy secrets, music from nuns, and Fr. Z’s Kitchen (real “all’amatriciana”): “Dinner looks exceptional. Newfoundland has great history, you should go. Will be listening to the Sisters.”
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