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“He [Satan] will set up a counter-Church which will be the ape of the Church because, he the devil, is the ape of God. It will have all the notes and characteristics of the Church, but in reverse and emptied of its divine content. It will be a mystical body of the anti-Christ that will in all externals resemble the mystical body of Christ. In desperate need for God, whom he nevertheless refuses to adore, modern man in his loneliness and frustration will hunger more and more for membership in a community that will give him enlargement of purpose, but at the cost of losing himself in some vague collectivity.”
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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
"Let us realize that this remark of Cicero (Brutus 37, 140) can be in a certain way referred to [young lay people]: 'It is not so much a matter of distinction to know Latin as it is disgraceful not to know it.'" - St. John Paul II
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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.
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Merry Christmas, Father. May God bless you abundantly this coming new year !!
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Merry Christmas, Father and all readers!
God bless you, Father. Merry and Holy Christmas.
Have a blessed Christ Mass Fr. Z and everyone!
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Merry Christmas Father Z!
Thanks for all you do.
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Blessed Christmas to you, Father, and Merry Christmas to all readers!
Merry Christmas, Father, and merry Christmas to all!
What a gift your blog is. Just what I always wanted. God bless you! Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!
May the Infant Christ, His Holy Mother, and Saint Joseph give you all every grace and blessing.
I promise remembrance in my Christmas Masses.
way to jump the gun father. ill repost in a few hours when christmas arrives here :P
Merry Christmas, Father Z., thank you for your blognanimity par excellence! Merry Christmas to all, and ‘may God bless us, every one.’
Merry Christmas, Fr. Z! I was at the Basilica of the National Shrine in the late afternoon, before visiting a friend who is recovering at the National Rhab Hospital after being hit by a car. The Shrine was actually kind of cozy and warm–lots of families. Peaceful. Prayful.
God bless all our care-givers in hospitals and such. May they know and give the peace and compassion of Christ.
A most blessed and grace-filled Christmas season be yours, Father Z!
Merry Christmas, Father Z. and all readers. In the months that I have been reading this blog you have given me more information, more inspiration, and more laughs, hence more topics for conversation than a host of other sources combined.
A most blessed and Merry Christmas to you, Fr. Z, and to everyone!
May the Infant Jesus bless you all abundantly, and prepare you all for 2010. Merry Christmas.
Have a blessed and joyful Christmas, Father!
Merry Christmas, Father Zuhlsdorf, and thank you for all your patience and attention throughout the year. May God bless you and your loved ones and all your faithful readers. You seem to have formed an informal religious community.
Peace and joy to you Father Z and to all.
A blessed and grace-filled Christmastide be yours Fr. Z!
Merry Christmas Father.
And to you too Father Z! I wish for Christmas…another Z chat. Miss it sooo much. It’s been months for me.
Have a blessed Season to every WDTPRSers!
I would like to wish a Merry and Blessed Christmas to all!
Merry Christmas to all!
Merry Christmas, Father!
Merry Christmas Father and may your New Year be full of God’s Blessings.
It’s now officially Christmas Day in our special little Newfoundland time zone. Merry Christmas to Father and all the faithful readers.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all! May our Blessed Mother’s intercession bring us Victory in defeating an abortion-friendly “Health” bill.
Thanks, Fr. Z, for all you do for your “Extended Parish!”
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Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas, Fr. Z, and to all of the readers here!
Merry Christmas, Fr. Z. Thanks for all your work. A blessed Christmas to all your readers as well.
Merry Christmas, Father!
Merry Christmas Fr. Z and all WDTPRSers!
Blessed Christmas, Father Z.! Safe travels in Manhattan….
Merry Christmas Father, and to all, God Bless.
Merry Christmas, Father! Wishing you a wonderful and blessed day. Thank you so much for this blog.
Merry Christmas, Father!
Marry Christmas to Fr. Z and all WDTPRS readers, and a Blessed Christmastide to all! May today – and the next 40 days of Christmastide be a joy to all.
Have a blessed Christmas, Father!
Merry Christmas, Father!
Merry Christmas!
Happy Christmas Father!
Happy Christmas Father Z.
Merry Christmas, Father!
And likewise to you, Father Z! Thank you for having been so informative over the past year.
Merry Christmas Father Z, may you enjoy many blessings.
“Mary CHRIST-MASS’, Fr. Z! We of the ‘virtual flock’ send you our love and prayers!
Merry Christmas Father Zuhlsdorf and all. And thank you Fr., and all, for this wonderful blog during 2009.