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on From a reader – “Idea: Spiritual battle/Catholic Church fullness of faith.” Wherein Fr. Z rants.Great post. Will archive.
on From a reader – “Idea: Spiritual battle/Catholic Church fullness of faith.” Wherein Fr. Z rants.Our Bishop plans to deal with the situation with more masks and less holy water. Priests are on their own...
on Daily Rome Shot 57Ah! This is the little side chapel in the church of St. Agnese in Agone in Piazza Navona. When I...
on From a reader – “Idea: Spiritual battle/Catholic Church fullness of faith.” Wherein Fr. Z rants.Can’t tell you you’re wrong Fr Z....... because you are right. And down here in New Zealand we have the...
on From a reader – “Idea: Spiritual battle/Catholic Church fullness of faith.” Wherein Fr. Z rants.there are scattered small initiatives toward that end here in Denver. a new diocesan TLM recently started at the opposite...
on 20 Jan: St. Sebastian, invoked against the pandemicHmm... maybe a bumper sticker, "Be an Irene, not a Karen"
on OLDIE PODCAzT 127: The Eve of St. Agnes and a Bleak MidwinterFr Z, will you be returning to St Agnes in St Paul to find your mojo? Mgsr Schuler had plenty...
on 20 Jan: St. Sebastian, invoked against the pandemicOn a lighter note- Today Philip Rivers, QB for the Indianapolis Colts, retired after 17 years in the NFL. A...
on ASK FATHER: Why isn’t there a paper book with the Sunday propers in Latin and English?This site might be a useful resource.. http://www.latine.ca/
on 20 Jan: St. Sebastian, invoked against the pandemicThank you Fr. Z for this commemoration of St. Sebastian. Before I deployed to the Middle East as a platoon...
on OLDIE PODCAzT 127: The Eve of St. Agnes and a Bleak MidwinterAs it is already St Agnes Feast day here, the following is the Introit which is rather pertinent: ''Sinners wait...
on Daily Rome Shot 55Rome is a modern city in old clothes. But the old clothes are magnificent. This photograph is taken just north...
on Diei duri nox…Cool! The follow-up lineup also included these three: 1. Nobilis Albulus [Edelweiß] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqwqW4DQOcM 2. ?, her? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV5fRhwN9jw 3. Duc Me...
on Daily Rome Shot 55Makes me want to go there ASAP. Before proof of vaccination against Covid-19. All readers of this blog absolutely must...
on Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 2nd Sunday of Epiphany (NO – 2nd Ordinary)Our pastor talked about how the whole first chapter of John has many interlinking stories of Jesus inviting disciples and...
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Congratulations and thank you Father. Your blog has been very helpful to my journey of faith.
Out of curiosity – does this count the number of visits to WDTPRS, or does it count unique visitors?
In addition to Cathy’s question………
-Is the figure for page hits or hits for the entire site?
-Does it could spiders and bots?
-If it is a counter of unique IP addresses, then what is it unique to? i.e. unique for the hour, day, week etc?
‘hits’ can be a misleading and extremely vague term according to smart people who understand this stuff.
But congratulations nonetheless. You are obviously doing something right. [This is not “hits”, this is visits. This is not page views.]
I enjoy this blog and have learned much, though it is a drop in the bucket
compared to what I don’t know. It is wonderful that such a resource exists
and I think anyone who is able should support your efforts in whatever way
they can. However, I have always had the impression that I’m more of an
intruder than a welcome guest, so I’ve decided that I will continue to visit
and support this blog without commenting. As a revered American author once
said, it is better to remain silent and thought a fool than to speak and
remove all doubt.
God Bless you and good luck
15:08 — the count is 7,000,031. Congrats!
Congrats Fr. Z!
Only in three years! Awesome!
Congratulations and thank you Father. We read your blog also in Poland.
For the first time I am happy to be a statistic.
Quite definitely over one view per living person during that time period… congratulations Fr. Z!
Girgadis–
I feel the same way..
Especially distressing is the ongoing impression (from the com box–not Fr. Z.) that I as a convert am not “Catholic” enough.. even though I am a Secular Carmelite. Funny how my anti-spam word is “identity.” Plus the priest– and bishop–bashing is especially distressing..I will refrain from viewing the combox.
May God richly Bless you Father Z..I remember you daily in my Office. [Thanks you sincerely.] I’m sure you have a special place in the bosom of St Francis.
Will you do a Jerry Lewis and start crying when the tote board turns over 7,000,000?
Fr Z, thank you for everything you do. Your blog helps me immensely as it is an island of sanity in a very weird world. All the people who come here are great too, and good company during my internet time. Thanks all of you and God bless you all.
I know I did my part. I sent out a mass email to all my friends with this blog on it and recommended that they come here to get the truth about all the media spin on the Holy Father.
Fr. Z., we are blessed to have you as our virtual pastor.
Very impressive.
Is it more lucky to be the 7th visitor or the 7 millionth?
Seven MILLION visitors! Wow-that’s cool!
Thank you for all you do, Fr. Z!
Fr. Zuhlsdorf – Thank you for all you do on this blog. I post rarely but find your commentary and the information from others very helpful.