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YOUR RECENT COMMENTS
- Elizium23 on ROME 24/4– Day 34 (-7): The burial place of… PLATO?!?: “My baptismal anniversary. I’m mostly Scottish/Irish Catholic, birthed and educated by the Mercy Sisters during the height of the Troubles.…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 35 (-6): adventures in symmetry: “Father, it was perfect symmetry for two people. One cup handle facing one way and the other the other way.”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 35 (-6): adventures in symmetry: “From a reader: “What are in the frames between the vestments?” Those are the priest’s vesting prayers. I’ll show more…”
- on WDTPRS: 4th Sunday of Easter (Novus Ordo) – Mighty humble Shepherd, humble mighty flock: “Fr Z you are an inspiration in your knowledge about and love for the things of God and the church.…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 32 (-9): Happy Birthday Rome!: “Holy cow that pasta. I wish we had smell-o-vision and taste-o-vision.”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “The German grind continues. It is in their nature.”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Scary about the women. What I mean is this: it would be disheartening enough just to find out that a…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “I wonder what’s going on with these women. Don’t they know that the greatest example of womanhood is Our Blessed…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Fr.Z sez: It is really sad that some people still push this rock up the hill. Reminds one of Sisyphus,…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Alas, those men pushing for ordaining women. STILL trying to get women to do all the work. My mother warned…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Dear Dcn PB, I don’t see how the reality can be described differently than by saying that the one sacrament…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Most people, whether pro or con, misunderstand the history and practice of the female diaconate. The deaconess was a separate…”
- on Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 3rd Sunday after Easter (N.O. 4th of Easter) 2024: “I remember only the joke at the beginning of the homily: Priests get four weeks of vacation per year. Some…”
- on “you must not remember your forefathers…” Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “My children at one of the solid Chesterton Academies have been taught science and theology by an amazing young Catholic…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “What is it that changed about the Catholic Herald? Interesting interview by George Farmer. (If only the faithful could be…”
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Monthly Archives: March 2012
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Lady Day
Because yesterday was a Sunday of Lent, indeed 1st Passion Sunday, the Feast of the Incarnation, the moment of the Annunciation is observed today. Therefore, in the Ordinary form, today is one of only two days of the year when … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Our Catholic Identity, WDTPRS
Tagged Annunciation, Lady Day
11 Comments
11 Comments
Your Sunday Sermon notes
Was there a good point from the Sunday sermon you could relate?
New Archbishop of Montreal trashed by homosexuals, feminists. Excellent sign!
Please use the sharing buttons! When homosexuals and feminists stage a nutty over the appointment of a bishop, Rome probably picked the right guy. From Life News comes this… just a little of it so you will go there to read … Read More
The fruits of mutilation of personal and ecclesial identity
With a tip of the biretta to Rev. Mr. Kandra at Deacon’s Bench, this comes from The Union Democrat (and ironically appropriate title). I want to preface this with a couple comments. First, Benedict XVI is the Pope of Christian … Read More
Lex Orandi Lex Credendi swag “in the wild”
A kind person who ordered some of the Lex Orandi Lex Credendi swag posted a photo over at the FB page. I really like the way the car magnet/bumper sticker turned out.
(Re)building a new Facebook page
A while back I transferred my regular Facebook page to a … some other kind of Facebook page. Mistake. So, I am rebuilding a new Facebook page HERE. FYI UPDATE: 20 Mar 20:48 GMT: I guess its “confirmation season” already. … Read More
Your Pro-Liberty Rally Reports
All across the nation today there have been Pro-Liberty Rallies. Post a report! UPDATE 24 March: I have liked Star Parker for a long time. She spoke at a Pr0-Freedom Rally in D.C. yesterday. [wp_youtube]T7rPymALfgM[/wp_youtube] Alas, there is a guy … Read More
Posted in Religious Liberty
Tagged anti-catholicism, health care reform, HHS, Pres. Obama, rally, religious liberty, Star Parker
54 Comments
54 Comments
“Dad, how do you like that iPad we bought you?”
You don’t need to know German to enjoy this. All you need to know going into it is: “Dad, how do you like that iPad we bought you?” [wp_youtube]TtXWWRyJLPw[/wp_youtube] I promise you, if one of you sends me the new … Read More
QUAERITUR: Penances in confession for the sin of abortion
From a priest: I have been a priest for 7 years and in that time I have heard a few confession that involve women confessing abortion. I found that the women have been extremely repentant of their actions, to the … Read More
QUAERITUR: Abstinentia de carne lacertina aut crocodrillina
Ex lectoris e-pistulis extractum: Reverendo patro Ioanni Zuhlsdorfo discipulus C. salutem et commemorationem in precibus suis. Gratias meas, sivis, ob opum tuam tibi agere volo. [Acceptae.] Mihi, catholico iuveni et discipulo in collegio liberalum artis et liberalum (aut impudicarum) mentum, … Read More
QUAERITUR: Writing sins on a card and burning it instead of confession.
Please use the sharing buttons! Thanks! From a readerette: I went to church this wednesday to a Lent conference. The guest Father organized a “write your sins in a card, be absolved and burn your sins” ceremony. Is my understanding … Read More
Starbucks promotes contrary-to-nature sex. Fr. Z suggests Mystic Monk Coffee as an alternative lifestyle choice.
As I posted before, Starbucks as a whole entity is backing contrary-to-nature sex and the perversion of marriage. Decide whether or not you want to buy your coffee from Starbucks. I suggest the alternative of buying Mystic Monk Coffee. You … Read More
Posted in One Man & One Woman
Tagged coffee, homosexuality, Mystic Monk Coffee, Starbucks
8 Comments
8 Comments
QUAERITUR: Latin Liturgy of the Hours – Vatican Press or Midwest Theological Forum?
From a clerical reader: I was wondering about different editions of the same Liturgia Horarum; I want to get the most recent editio tipico (2000 not 1962) but which is the best edition? I found two editions online but I … Read More
Brick by brick in Madison: an Altar-ation! UPDATE
Remember the new, old altar in the chapel of the chancery of the Diocese of Madison? That altar has now been dedicated and used, by the local bishop His Excellency Most Rev. Robert C. Morlino. Some eye-candy. Pontifical Low Mass … Read More
WDTPRS Friday in the 4th Week of Lent: perfect example of a glued together prayer
Today’s Collect (Ordinary Form) was not in the pre-Concilar Missale Romanum. Deus, qui fragilitati nostrae congrua subsidia praeparasti, concede, quaesumus, ut suae reparationis effectum et cum exsultatione suscipiat, et pia conversatione recenseat. This had me scratching my head. Once I looked … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, SESSIUNCULA, WDTPRS
Tagged conversatio, subsidium
4 Comments
4 Comments
It’s still swell! And it’s seasonal!
The Carmelite men of the Carmel of the Immaculate Heart of Mary are building their monastery in Wyoming and earning their daily bread by roasting, blending, and selling you coffee and tea. Their seasonal Pascha Java is back at Mystic … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Lighter fare
Tagged Carmelites, coffee, Mystic Monk Coffee, tea, Wyoming
9 Comments
9 Comments
WDTPRS Thursday in the 4th Week of Lent: “The Father through the Holy Spirit writes His Word upon our hearts”
Today’s Collect in the Ordinary Form was not in the 1962 or previous editions of the Missale Romanum. However, the Gelasianum Vetus provides a predecessor of this prayer. Clementiam tuam, Domine, supplici voto deposcimus, ut nos famulos tuos, paenitentia emendatos et bonis operibus … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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Elizium23 on ROME 24/4– Day 34 (-7): The burial place of… PLATO?!?: “My baptismal anniversary. I’m mostly Scottish/Irish Catholic, birthed and educated by the Mercy Sisters during the height of the Troubles.…”
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