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- Father George David Byers: Question on how it’s done. Anecdotal. It was 1963 that I would start walking up in the Communion line in St Mary’ ;s Cathedral in central Minnesota – at...
- Semper Gumby: Fr. Kelly: Well said. As others are doing, time to pull a Bishop Sheen book off the bookshelf. Maybe buy a couple more for parish and public libraries or for the waiting room at the...
- The Astronomer: Pardon my wording, Father, but since the altar rails were removed, and the concomitan t decline in belief in the Real Presence and laity no longer going to Confession the way it was...
- Semper Gumby: RLseven: Actually it’s not a stretch. Recall, Libs riot when conservati ve speakers arrive on certain campuses, engage in occult rituals against the current administra tion,...
- bookworm: Personally , I would vote for “mov ing the tabernacle off the main altar/to the side” ; as the #1 worst thing that diminished reverence for the Eucharist — worse than...
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- veritas vincit: I absolutely agree that restoring alter rails is a good thing, making the reception of the Holy Eucharist orderly and reverent. But strictly speaking, that is a different matter...
- Charles E Flynn: The church I attended as a child and in which I served as an altar boy had a beautiful altar rail. It was removed when the Novus Ordo began its hopefully limited engagement . In...
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- Ages: Let’ s not stop with altar rails̵ 1;Rood Screens! I would love to see their restoratio n.
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- Ellen: I grew up in the 1950s and we never had a cloth. I had never heard of it until I went to a small church for the TLM one Sunday a couple of years ago.
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- JustaSinner: The change from Communion Rail to standing took place when I was young, but what struck me at that time was how we went from kneeling 8211;servi le to the Eucharist, to McDonal...
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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
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- ASK FATHER: Do I sin if I think that Benedict XVI on purpose didn’t resign the papacy?
- Reflections on the symbolism of the altar rail or Communion rail and some practical suggestions
- ADVENTCAzT 2019 06: “Jesus thirsts for us to thirst for Him.”
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- ADVENTCAzT 2019 05: Angelic suggestions or our own thoughts?
- MADISON – 4 Dec – 6:30PM – Solemn Requiem Mass for Bp. Robert C. Morlino
- ADVENTCAzT 2019 04: When liturgical participation became “doing”
- Fulton Sheen’s Beatification put on hold at the request of “some bishops”.
- ACTION ITEM! #GivingTuesday suggestions from @FatherZ
- ADVENTCAzT 2019 03: “Make straight the path”
- New gear from Rome: Vimpae and BUCKLES!
- D. Grand Rapids – Priest denies Communion to Lesbian judge married to a woman. He’s now under attack.
- VIDEO: Transit of Mercury
- VIDEO: Bp. Hying of @MadisonDiocese – “Let Advent Be Advent”
- Two good commentaries today on the works of @JamesMartinSJ
- ADVENTCAzT 2019 02: When a friend harms you, it hurts all the more.
- PRAYER REQUEST: Bp. Paul Sirba, R.I.P.
- Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 1st Sunday of Advent 2019
- ADVENTCAzT 2019 01: “If we love Him, He will come to us”
- Strange business this: a non-blessing blessing. A Fr. Z mini-rant to priests.
- Advent is here again. ACTION ITEM!
- Jesuits and Drag Queens. Tautology?
- 30 Nov 1969 – 50th Anniversary of imposition of the Novus Ordo – PODCAzTs Revisited
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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.Yes, Fr. Z is taking ads…
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Daily Archives: 15 June 2009
REMIND: Year of St. Paul
Even while we prepare for the beginning of the Year for Priests, this is still the year of St. Paul. In your diocese your bishops may have designated churches or shrines where you can gain the Pauline Year indulgence. Don’t … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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10 October – DETROIT – Call To Holiness
On 10 Oct 2009 I am speaking at the Call To Holiness Conference in Detroit Hopefully during my stay there we can have a Detroit BLOGNIC!
Posted in What Fr. Z is up to
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Blackfen, England – Fr. Finigan’s 25th Jubilee
I would very much like to be able to travel to the UK for Fr. Timothy Finigan’s 25th Jubilee of ordination. As you know, His Hermeneuticalness is the great priest blogger of the UK. I will be relying on readers … Continue reading
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Latin learning tools
Recently I have had e-mail from readers asking for advice about studying Latin this summer. My best advice is, no matter what books you use, work out loud and everyday. Working out load, reading and listening, gets those pathways open. … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
29 Comments
Bp. Serratelli on the new English translation of the Missale Romanum
From the online edition of Adoremus Bulletin comes an essay on the upcoming revised English translation of the Missale Romanum by the great Bishop of Patterson, H.E. Most Rev. Arthur Serratelli, chairman of the US Bishops’ Committee on Divine Worship. … Continue reading
Posted in Our Catholic Identity, SESSIUNCULA, The Drill, WDTPRS
Tagged Adoremus Bulletin, Bp. Serratelli, Liturgiam authenticam, translation
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Baptism question follow up
I am getting a lot of mail about my latest rant on baptism. I enjoyed this one, especially. Text and photo from a reader with my emphases and comments: Good Morning Fr. Z – Just read your rant about Baptism. … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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Austrian bishops in Rome – not an ad limina
Every 5 years the bishops of a region are to make a pilgrimage "to the threshold of the apostles", their ad limina apostolorum visit. They meet with officials of curial offices and with the Pope to discuss matters pertaining to … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
34 Comments
Various wings
A couple quick shots. More than birds are flying right now. It looks like the migration is on. I am pretty sure this is a Cedar Waxwing. I just got a glimpse. This heron decided to take a hike as … Continue reading
Posted in The Feeder Feed
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QUAERITUR: baptism practices… AGAIN. Fr. Z rants.
WARNING – this has been updated and must be corrected!READ THIS BEFORE READING ANYTHING ELSE BELOW. If water does not touch the head, baptism is invalid. But most of my comments below still have their use. __________________ From a reader: … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: Malachi Martin and his novel Windwsept House
From a reader: I’ve been doing some reading of Malachi Martin and in his novel Windwsept House he says that a Black Mass was celebrated in the Vatican. He was interviewed about this and he says it’s true and that … Continue reading
Bishop tells students: challenge false teachings
Usually when I received an e-mail that contains only a link, without other comments, I just delete the e-mail and move on. But I am glad that I opened this one. A reader alerted me to the following from a … Continue reading
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