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Monthly Archives: November 2008
Frozen in time
A reader sent the following photo and comment. I thought it germane to our discussion of concelebration, in another thread, and the interest of many that the older form of Mass be offered everywhere. St Charles Seminary, Carthagenia, Ohio. former … Read More
Thanksgiving Mass alert
Today, Mass will be at 1800 GMT 1300 EST. I will be saying Mass in thanksgiving for benefactors.
PODCAzT 74: A hymn to Christ the King dissected – before and after Vatican II; a proclamation; “Seize the Day” in Scots
A change of pace today, between the last Sunday of the liturgical year and the first Sunday of Advent! I dissect a hymn in the Liturgy of the Hours for the Solemnity of Christ the King in the newer, post-Conciliar … Read More
Request for Propers
A reader wrote to ask if anyone has the Latin propers for St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and St. John Neumann for the Liturgia horarum at hand?
Mass at quarter past the hour
I am about to say Mass at quarter past the hour. Please unite your prayers to the Holy Sacrifice. Ask your angels to be present in your stead. There are no distances.
About my UK and USA skype call-in numbers
I got this e-mail from skype, which I use a lot: The online number: +442081231545, +16513144554 will expire in 7 days. To keep using this number, please log into your account to extend the subscription. I originally got these numbers, … Read More
QUAERITUR: Confession of tendencies and spiritual direction
From a reader following on recent entries about confession: Dear Fr. Z, I try to go to confession often – biweekly if not weekly. I, like another commenter on your post, usually confess tendencies along with sins. Is confession an … Read More
INTERNET PRAYER: LITHUANIAN
I am very pleased to announce that a kind reader sent a copy of the now famous and wides-spread Internet Prayer in a new language! We now have Lithuanian! The prayer was originally written in Latin. It has now been … Read More
Advent on your iPhone
Those of you who have an iPhone may want to know about a fun application for Advent for $0.99. With a tip of my biretta to Hugh Hewitt o{]:¬) I learned about ihabitus While not explicitly Catholic, I read on … Read More
My position? It should be safe, legal and rare!
I was sent the following great photo by The Crescat. o{]:¬) In religious communities and seminaries, anywhere many priests were living, there were chapels with multiple altars where the priests could say Mass each day. Seminarians and novices would generally … Read More
Fr. Z’s 20 Tips For Making A Good Confession
In light of Archbp. Nienstedt’s initiative, and the good discussion it is raising here, I thought I would repost my list, useful to some, called… Fr. Z’s 20 Tips For Making A Good Confession o{]:¬) We should… 1) …examine … Read More
Archbp. Nienstedt’s initiative about confession: “a total re-catechesis”: part 1
We have all heard of C & E Catholics. There are those Catholics who think about going to church twice a year, Christmas and Easter. Many more feel the impulse to make a confession before the Masses of these great … Read More
Antonio Card. Cañizares Llovera, Archbishop of Toledo, on “Christophobia”
What sort of man is the one rumored to be taking over the Congregation for Divine Worship? In Spain he has been called the "Little Ratzinger". Here is a new tessera for the mosaic: Spanish cardinal criticizes removing crucifixes from … Read More
Novus Ordo orchestral Mass alert
Funny how things work out. I was just talking about this Mass the other day. This is from a priest reader: Dear Father Zuhlsdorf, Here at Holy Redeemer [in El Dorado, AR] we will celebrate the first Sunday of Advent … Read More
“The Lord doesn’t resign Himself to lose us”
Nothing any of us little mortals can do is so bad that the infiinite power and love of God cannot forgive. While there is breath and live in us, He does not stop offering us sufficient graces whereby we may … Read More
TLM report: Westminster Cathedral
I received this from the Latin Mass Society: 24 November 2008 Latin Mass Society Celebrates Its Annual Requiem Mass in Westminster Cathedral Father Antony Conlon, National Chaplain of the Latin Mass Society, celebrated a High Mass of Requiem in the … Read More
Lost toolbag spotted and aurora watch!
Space Weather News for Nov. 25th ISS TOOLBAG: A backpack-sized tool bag inadvertently dropped from the International Space Station last week is orbiting Earth and has been sighted from the ground. The tool bag is surprisingly bright, about 6th or … Read More
Bp. Slattery: ad orientem in the Cathedral of Tulsa
In the news bulletin of the Cathedral of Tulsa, there is news that His Excellency Most Reverend Edward Slattery "…will celebrate the 10 a.m. Mass ad orientem (that is, facing the same direction as the people) during Advent and Christmastime. … Read More
A note from a priest about the “gloom spreaders”
From a priest reader. My emphases and comments: Reverend and Dear Father Zuhlsdorf, Firstly, thank you for your blog, which I enjoy reading very much. I first became aware of it through a search for some or other phrase in … Read More
Report on the TLM with Mozart’s “Sparrow Mass” in Kalamazoo
UPDATE: I added the audio of the sermon for the Mass. ____________ Our friends at St. Mary’s in Kalamazoo have sent photos and sound clips of the Mass yesterday for the Last Sunday after Pentecost (1962MR). The music was Mozart’s … Read More
