Super biretta tip to Jimmy Akin!
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5gCeWEGiQI]
About this blog…
“This blog is like a fusion of the Baroque ‘salon’ with its well-tuned harpsichord around which polite society gathered for entertainment and edification and, on the other hand, a Wild West “saloon” with its out-of-tune piano and swinging doors, where everyone has a gun and something to say. Nevertheless, we try to point our discussions back to what it is to be Catholic in this increasingly difficult age, to love God, and how to get to heaven.” – Fr. Z
Coat of Arms by D Burkart
NEW OPPORTUNITY – 10% off with code: FATHERZ10
Polls
Loading ...Donate using VENMO
CLICK and say your daily offerings!
A Daily Prayer for Priests
Do you have a faithful Catholic website that needs competent and reliable tech support?
Fr. Z’s VOICEMAIL
Nota bene: I do not answer these numbers or this Skype address. You won't get me "live". I check for messages regularly.
WDTPRS
020 8133 4535
651-447-6265YOUR RECENT COMMENTS
on Fishwrap posts about a profound spiritual experience, probably demonic, but profound: “Can I give you a Fishwrap story, off topic but definitely about Fishwrap? In the 1969-70 school year I was…”
on “But once you get that first star on, things change.” … “But once you get that miter one, things change.”: “The star and the mitre share, or should share, an interest in Just War Theory. Two brief paragraphs first for…”
on More hijinx in Saint Peter’s Basilica: “Legend has it that any ordinary priest who celebrates Mass at the high altar of St Peters becomes a cardinal,…”
on More hijinx in Saint Peter’s Basilica: “Geoffrey said: Wouldn’t the sheer holiness of St Peter’s Basilica (holy ground, etc.) render the “power” of any hidden demonic-pagan…”
on More hijinx in Saint Peter’s Basilica: “He’s just doing his job, level it all. Mission accomplished, except the true faith. He can’t touch that, and this…”
on More hijinx in Saint Peter’s Basilica: “Aside from being a scripture scholar who has written a widely popular (in Italy) catechesis on the Ten Commandments, Fr.…”
on More hijinx in Saint Peter’s Basilica: “Wouldn’t the shear holiness of St Peter’s Basilica (holy ground, etc.) render the “power” of any hidden demonic-pagan bowl useless?”
on More hijinx in Saint Peter’s Basilica: “Where is the bowl?, Where is Hunter? Who is really the Pope? Where is the real Sister Lucia? Inquiring minds…”
on Benedict XVI breaks silence: intro to new volume in an anthology series – includes thoughts on “same-sex unions”: “The comment of Jones is correct at the level of legality: “The first people for whom sex was separated legally…”
on ASK FATHER: Is it sinful to make or use fake papers, vaccine passports, or false documents?: “TonyO- That’s an interesting idea. I wonder, though, if it’s possible to remain sincere in making a statement consistent with…”
on Can Ecumenical Councils ever be failures?: “This is a good post and very useful in pointing us to Gregory DiPippo’s post. I have always struggled with…”
on 17 September 1621 – St. Robert Bellarmine – Doctor and Pot Scrubber of the Church – 400th anniversary of his death: “Andrew: I suspect there are many who would rejoice “to read these works as they were written, in the language…”
on Benedict XVI breaks silence: intro to new volume in an anthology series – includes thoughts on “same-sex unions”: “The first people to separate sex from procreation were heterosexuals, through contraception. [You might want to think about that for…”
on Can Ecumenical Councils ever be failures?: “All things aside, I can’t help but wonder what place is depicted in the painting. Is it a Roman basilica?…”
This REALLY helps! And it’s great coffee (and tea)
I use this when I travel both in these USA and abroad. Very useful. Fast enough for Zoom. I connect my DMR (ham radio) through it. If you use my link, they give me more data. A GREAT back up.
This blog has to earn its keep!
PLEASE subscribe via PayPal if it is useful.
That way I have steady income I can plan on, and you wind up regularly on my list of benefactors for whom I pray and for whom I periodically say Holy Mass.
In view of the rapidly changing challenges I now face, I would like to add more $10/month subscribers. Will you please help?
For a one time donation...
Yes, Fr. Z is taking ads…
Be a “Zed-Head”!
CHALLENGE COINS!
My "challenge coin" for my 25th anniversary of ordination in 2016.
Want one? I do exchanges with military and LEOs, etc.
PLEASE RESPOND. Pretty pleeeease?
Loading ...This is really useful when travelling… and also when you aren’t and you need backup internet NOW! I use this for my DMR “Zednet” hotspot when I’m mobile. It’s a ham radio thing.
If you travel internationally, this is a super useful gizmo for your mobile internet data. I use one. If you get one through my link, I get data rewards.
WDTPRS POLL
Loading ...Fr. Z’s stuff is everywhere
Help support Fr. Z’s Gospel of Life work at no cost to you. Do you need a Real Estate Agent? Calling these people is the FIRST thing you should do!
They find you a pro-life agent in your area who commits to giving a portion of the fee to a pro-life group!
GREAT causes to support
Help Monks in Wyoming (coffee – UPDATED LINK) and Norcia (beer) and the wonderful "Soap Sisters" of Summit, NJ!
Please follow me on Twitter!
Hehehehe…. I’m ON THE FLOOR!!!!!
Thanks, Father Z!!
Oh, that was fun.
You know, people on the NY subway caught on a lot faster than people in the NY public library, Grand Central Station, and other places I’ve seen in cities on these public improv-type videos. It would seem that people on the subway really are paying pretty close attention, no matter how much they present a studied blankness. (Though, to be fair, a Princess Leia outfit is a bit more of a telltale than some of the others.)
The guy sitting next to Princess Leia was a trip. Checking what she was reading…. :)
This is viral right now on Facebook.
People LOOK like they’re staring off into space on the NYC subway…but, trust me, 15 years of commuting from Bedford Park Blvd. to 59th on the “Dynamite D” line…mostly at 4AM…everyone sees EVERYTHING.
If you’re a regular commuter, you are not as anonymous as you think…;)
Improv Everywhere some some hysterical stuff, especially around New York City.
One of my favorite bits was when they had a book signing for Anton Chekov in a public park. Simply brilliant.
The 6 has always been the funnest train. “Princess edition.” That kills me.
Darth ALWAYS reminds me of a Benedictine I had in college…of course HE said I reminded him of Chewbacca…..Nothing this fun happens in DC!
http://i27.tinypic.com/2pt32j6.jpg
I was hoping somebody would set down his camera and RESCUE that lady!! Welcome to the 21st century … it may not be long before they’re coming to get US and I hope somebody does something else than take a picture! Wonder if the actors had a plan B if they were actually resisted…
That was FUNNY-especially with all the passengers taking pictures!
I was half expecting Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Chewbacca the Wookie to come flying in to rescue the Princess!
Vincenzo-your picture is HYSTERICAL! Fr. Tim just sitting and reading the paper while there’s a PRIEST FIGHT-with light sabers nonetheless-between Fr. Z and Fr. Longnecker! I nearly laughed out loud in the library!
Thanks for the good laugh.
Re: Resistance
Everybody realized it was a joke, so nobody did anything. (Which would be a good mystery plot, if you think about it. Comedic abductors.)
However, I suspect that if they’d picked a subway car with somebody sufficiently geeky and willing to do funny stuff in public, or if that kid watching had had his lightsaber with him, there might have been a rescue!
Suburbanbanshee – Chesterton did that – _The Club of Queer Trades_
That was funny, but my God, how I hate cellphones! Whether it’s this silliness on the train or a Papal Mass, people always are viewing events through a tiny cellphone screen.
Just enjoy it with your own eyes! When the Holy Father processes by you, or when a Dark Lord of the Sith arrests a space princess on your subway car, just enjoy the experience.
It also KILLS story-telling in this culture. Nobody can articulately and entertainingly tell a story anymore because all they’re accustomed to is sticking their cell in your face to watch a crappy, shaking 2 in. X 2 in. video.