Fr. Z’s Podcasts RSS Feed
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
YOUR RECENT COMMENTS
- Macgawd on But people who want the TLM must be suppressed…: “I can only imagine happening upon this “mass” as a visitor and witnessing this horror. I would immediately gather up…”
- on Another point of Catholic identity out with the bathwater?: “As Casey Stengel, manager of his inept 1962 Mets, said, “Can’t anybody here play this game?””
- on “GO TO CONFESSION!” I always say. Another thing I say is that it is CRUEL to leave penitents in doubt.: “I’m not a priest, I’m an engineer so I always want things to be measured. To that end I would…”
- on Another point of Catholic identity out with the bathwater?: “Sadly, this issue was poorly executed, with respect to the feast of the Immaculate Conception. If we are ever to…”
- on “GO TO CONFESSION!” I always say. Another thing I say is that it is CRUEL to leave penitents in doubt.: “Very interesting find, that posted sign with the new rite with the old concluding prayer of absolution. My guess is…”
- on “GO TO CONFESSION!” I always say. Another thing I say is that it is CRUEL to leave penitents in doubt.: “HP I do the same in English” to the extent of my power and your need”…etc.”
- on 28 January – SECOND St. Agnes: “Be with us, omnipotent God, fresh from the feast of blessed Agnes, she whom, raised by the occasion of today’s…”
- on But people who want the TLM must be suppressed…: “Really… so 1970s. The biological solution cant come soon enough in some cases.”
- on “GO TO CONFESSION!” I always say. Another thing I say is that it is CRUEL to leave penitents in doubt.: “I sense the (righteous) grumpiness in you, Father. I am reminded of a (theologically orthodox) priest who stated that he…”
- on “GO TO CONFESSION!” I always say. Another thing I say is that it is CRUEL to leave penitents in doubt.: “In every confession I use the old form for absolution in Latin followed by the prayer you list above in…”
- on Another point of Catholic identity out with the bathwater?: “Bthompson says: a way to “commemorate” You mean… like doubling the orations?!? BACKWARDIST!”
- on Another point of Catholic identity out with the bathwater?: “I’m afraid I read this differently. This is actually a small and all too rare return to sanity in recognizing…”
- on But people who want the TLM must be suppressed…: “What…what’s in the book that he’s glancing at every so often? Handwritten notes? I know it can’t be an altar…”
- on Another point of Catholic identity out with the bathwater?: “So this letter overrides the one from the Office of Legislative Texts surfaced just a few months ago, which clarified…”
- on Another point of Catholic identity out with the bathwater?: “What if there were, and bear with me, a way to “commemorate” impeded feasts on the day itself?”
ABORTION PILL RESCUE NETWORK
Everyone, work to get this into your parish bulletins and diocesan papers.
Federated Computer… your safe and private alternative to big biz corporations that hate us while taking our money and mining our data. Have an online presence large or small? Catholic DIOCESE? Cottage industry? See what Federated has to offer. Save money and gain peace of mind.
I am an affiliate. Click and join or at least explore! If you join, I’ll get credit.
Polls
Loading ...Donate using VENMO
GREAT BEER from Traditional Benedictine Monks in Italy
CLICK and say your daily offerings!
A Daily Prayer for Priests
NEW OPPORTUNITY – 10% off with code: FATHERZ10
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
651-447-6265
Good coffee and tea. Help monks.
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.
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!
This blog has to earn its keep!
PLEASE subscribe via PayPal if it is useful. Zelle and Wise are better, but PayPal is convenient.
A monthly subscription donation means I have steady income I can plan on. I put you my list of benefactors for whom I pray and for whom I often 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...
To donate monthly I prefer Zelle because it doesn't extract fees. Use
frz AT wdtprs DOT comPLEASE RESPOND. Pretty pleeeease?
Loading ...WDTPRS POLL
Loading ...Great WINE USE COUPON CODE: fatherz10
Use my code for a discount
Daily Archives: 27 December 2010
The right to bear arms… and fill the freezer.
Even if Admiral Yamamoto didn’t actually say this, it is nevertheless true. Se non è vero, è ben trovato: You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass. I received this amusing … Read More
Smells and bells and sights and sounds and snow
Yesterday, we had a beautiful solemn TLM at Holy Innocents in Manhattan, the undersigned as celebrant. Here is a brief sample. I set up my little camera on a ledge pointed toward the altar just to see what might happen. … Read More
QUAERITUR: Which ’62 altar missal should I buy?
From a priest reader: Fr. Z, I’ve decided to take the plunge and use my Christmas money to buy a 1962 Missale Romanum for the altar, so I can get up to speed on the EF in the next year. … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Brick by Brick, Mail from priests
Tagged La Befana, LEV, Missale Romanum, PCP
26 Comments
26 Comments
Tornielli on Protestant Traditionalists
Beyond the interview with Card. Canizares, Andrea Tornielli added a rather explosive entry to his blog: The Liturgy and Traditionalist Protestantism. (My translation.) Let’s just say it: many (or some, or few, you decide) traditionalists do not love Pope Benedict’s … Read More
Interview with Card. Cañizares Llovera, Prefect of the Cong. for Divine Worship
The intrepid Andrea Tornielli has an interview in Il Giornale with the Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, His Eminence Antonio Card. Cañizares Llovera. The article is entitled: “Basta con la messa creativa, in chiesa silenzio e preghiera… Enough … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, The Drill, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged Card. Cañizares Llovera
26 Comments
26 Comments
QUAERITUR: priest switches from incense censer to a bowl
From a reader: Our pastor has stopped using the traditional censer at Solemn Masses (of which he has very few –only the highest of feasts) in favor of using a free-standing incense bowl that he places in front of the … Read More
QUAERITUR: priest in track suit for sacraments
From a reader: Well.. a priest I know of, turned up late for a baptism and didn’t vest before baptising this baby, he stayed in the tracksuit he was wearing…and also he does not wear a stole while hearing confessions … Read More
Macgawd on But people who want the TLM must be suppressed…: “I can only imagine happening upon this “mass” as a visitor and witnessing this horror. I would immediately gather up…”
Loading ...
