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- monstrance on WDTPRS – 4th Sunday after Easter (Vetus Ordo): “[T]he smoke of Satan has entered into the temple of God”: “Values – An often used word by the modern day US demonic Democrat Party.”
- on WDTPRS – 4th Sunday after Easter (Vetus Ordo): “[T]he smoke of Satan has entered into the temple of God”: “Allan Bloom, In his “Closing of the American Mind,” has an interesting explanation of the term “values” and how it…”
- on WDTPRS – 4th Sunday after Easter (Vetus Ordo): “[T]he smoke of Satan has entered into the temple of God”: “O almighty God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men: Grant unto thy people, that…”
- on WDTPRS – 4th Sunday after Easter (Vetus Ordo): “[T]he smoke of Satan has entered into the temple of God”: “Ut Oh…. With respect Fr Z. Sorry to be a Debbie downer but as a kid (14 years old) I…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “I love the News of the Church. I even go back and listen to them again. Well all of your…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 36 (-5): Sacristy secrets, music from nuns, and Fr. Z’s Kitchen (real “all’amatriciana”): “Love bucatini. My Sicilian Mother made many a great recipe. I have learned to reproduce many of them. In Gloucester…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 35 (-6): adventures in symmetry: “If I recall correctly, this is called rotational symmetry.”
- 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,…”
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Monthly Archives: April 2010
Beautiful and above all strong rosaries
I keep my eye open for nice rosaries, probably because I have a penchant for giving them away. Years ago I encouraged a member of the old COL Forum on Compuserve to start a rosary making business. Her work was … Read More
Technology and the New Evangelization shall meet… and go “BONG BONG BONG”!
When I was a little kid I used to listen to the shortwave radio tuned to WWV, the National Bureau of Standards time channel. The clock would tick, and then go bong…bong…bong… bong… bong…. I found it fascinating to hear … Read More
New ICEL translation has been approved
To the joy of most and the dismay of a few, it looks as if the new ICEL translation has been approved, though it won’t be available for a while yet. The Vox Clara commission, formed as a liaison between … Read More
Thanks to readers and Penjing Report
When I receive donations through the donation button on the sidebar or on some posts (especially bird related posts), I always write back an email with a note of thanks. However, lately some of my e-mails are getting kicked back … Read More
Finding a fellow traveller… no coincidence! Fr. Nichols on secularism
I found a great quote toward the end of Fr. Aidan Nichols new Criticising the Critics, which I wrote about here. This would be a good book to own and read carefully. Order from Amazon UK click HERE. "Secularization is … Read More
One reaction to the Pontifical Mass in Washington DC: “offensive… silly… undecorous”
A reader sent me a link to a reaction from a priest of the Archdiocese of Seattle to the Pontifical Mass in Washington DC for the anniversary of the pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI. The writer in question is one… … Read More
John Allen’s piece on “stampede” away from Card. Castrillón
My friend Mr. John L. Allen, Jr., the fair-minded correspondent for the ultra-lefty NCR wrote a piece about Card. Castrillon and the controversy surrounding his letter to the French bishop. Think what you will about the dreadful NCR, but I … Read More
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CNS on Pontifical Mass for Pope’s 5th anniversary
From CNS, which is pretty much the news sheet of the USCCB comes this about the Pontifical Mass in Washington, DC. Read and listen to Bp. Slattery’s sermon if you haven’t heard it yet: Bp. Slattery’s Sermon in Washington DC … Read More
Looking for reactions to the Pontifical Mass at the Shrine
I would like to ask your help. If you would care to write some reactions to the Pontifical Mass at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception for the anniversary of the Holy Father’s pontificate… if you watched it on TV … Read More
“It was a Mass that fosters vocations.”
Many of you have expressed how you wish you could have attended the Pontifical Mass at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. You have probably read various accounts posted in the Catholic blogosphere. Here is from from … Read More
Request from Fr. Z: go now to thank Bp. Slattery
The Diocese of Tulsa has created a page with Bp. Slattery’s sermon and also a moderated combox for comments. You don’t have to register. May I request you readers to go over to that site, boost their stats in a … Read More
Inhabiting the digital universe with a believing heart
I read the following from VIS. It is here in Italian: INHABITING THE DIGITAL UNIVERSE WITH A BELIEVING HEART VATICAN CITY, 24 APR 2010 (VIS) – This morning the Holy Father addressed participants in the congress: "Digital Witnesses. Faces and … Read More
If on the East coast, then why not the West coast?
L.A. Catholic wrote about the spectacular Traditional Pontifical Mass at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington DC and then mused: Wonder when the Latin Mass will next be celebrated at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels … Read More
Lunch… Chinese Noodles!
There are advantages to being in Chinatown! The is a small walkdown place where noodles are made on the spot… right out of central casting: Chinatown Express! They make dumplings too! Must try soon.
An example of a journalistic rush to judgment
A curious piece in the Financial News with a stupid headline: Vatican backs new equities index Phil Craig26 Apr 2010 Investors are being invited to put money into a new Catholic equities index that is being backed by the Vatican, … Read More
Straight from the void between their ears….
Our friends at Rorate have captured a photo of what appears to be the prelude to what may be an invasion of Earth by the Zorkons. The red cube, according to Messa in Latino, is what is currently used as … Read More
Hell is definitely cooler than heaven
From the Laudator: H. Allen Smith, "The Achievement of H.T. Wensel," in Clifton Fadiman, ed., The Mathematical Magpie (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1962), pp. 141-142 (at 142): The exact temperature of hell cannot be computed, but it must be … Read More
The UK’s Foreign Office and John 15:18
A couple days I noticed a story in the Daily Telegraph about the memos circulating in the UK’s Foreign Office about the Pope’s upcoming visit. Here is a taste. Ministers apologise for insult to Pope The Government has apologised to … Read More
Time to relax
I had the 7:30 pm Mass. Now it is time to meet friends, eat, and relax!
monstrance on WDTPRS – 4th Sunday after Easter (Vetus Ordo): “[T]he smoke of Satan has entered into the temple of God”: “Values – An often used word by the modern day US demonic Democrat Party.”
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