"The great Father Zed, Archiblogopoios"
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Fr. John Hunwicke
"Some 2 bit novus ordo cleric"
- Anonymous
"Rev. John Zuhlsdorf, a traditionalist blogger who has never shied from picking fights with priests, bishops or cardinals when liturgical abuses are concerned."
- Kractivism
"Father John Zuhlsdorf is a crank"
"Father Zuhlsdorf drives me crazy"
"the hate-filled Father John Zuhlsford" [sic]
"Father John Zuhlsdorf, the right wing priest who has a penchant for referring to NCR as the 'fishwrap'"
"Zuhlsdorf is an eccentric with no real consequences" -
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- Michael Sean Winters
"Fr Z is a true phenomenon of the information age: a power blogger and a priest."
- Anna Arco
“Given that Rorate Coeli and Shea are mad at Fr. Z, I think it proves Fr. Z knows what he is doing and he is right.”
- Comment
"Let me be clear. Fr. Z is a shock jock, mostly. His readership is vast and touchy. They like to be provoked and react with speed and fury."
- Sam Rocha
"Father Z’s Blog is a bright star on a cloudy night."
- Comment
"A cross between Kung Fu Panda and Wolverine."
- Anonymous
Fr. Z is officially a hybrid of Gandalf and Obi-Wan XD
- Comment
Rev. John Zuhlsdorf, a scrappy blogger popular with the Catholic right.
- America Magazine
RC integralist who prays like an evangelical fundamentalist.
-Austen Ivereigh on
Twitter
[T]he even more mainline Catholic Fr. Z. blog.
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Deus Ex Machina
“For me the saddest thing about Father Z’s blog is how cruel it is.... It’s astonishing to me that a priest could traffic in such cruelty and hatred.”
- Jesuit homosexualist James Martin to BuzzFeed
"Fr. Z's is one of the more cheerful blogs out there and he is careful about keeping the crazies out of his commboxes"
- Paul in comment at
1 Peter 5
"I am a Roman Catholic, in no small part, because of your blog.
I am a TLM-going Catholic, in no small part, because of your blog.
And I am in a state of grace today, in no small part, because of your blog."
- Tom in
comment
"Thank you for the delightful and edifying omnibus that is your blog."-
Reader comment.
"Fr. Z disgraces his priesthood as a grifter, a liar, and a bully. -
- Mark Shea
To quote a classic: “Brick by Brick”
Answering the age-old question; what good can come from Troy, NY?
Thanks to Fr. Z’s blog and the good commenters who frequent it, I am grateful to call this parish my spiritual home. The Missa Cantata in the Carmelite Rite is quite beautiful. Thank you for posting, Fr. Z!
The revival of these Roman variant rites is very exciting. Wiki (whose article on this occasion is very good – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmelite_Rite) describes the Carmelite rite as “Roughly speaking, the ancient Carmelite Rite of Mass stands about half way between the Carthusian and the Dominican rites.”
Looking at a chart of comparative prayers against the Dominican rite, there does not appear to be a pre-mass preparation of the chalice; the prayers at the foot of altar are brief; confiteor and absolution are the same pattern; the offertory is shorter than Roman but longer than Dominican. Orate fratres is Roman; Canon is the same throughout. Rubrics have notable differences: covering the altar and candles used. Priest’s communion prayers slightly different.
It is good for those attached to the old Roman rite (EF) to see variants or pre-Pius V versions. Not only does this make one appreciate the beautiful simplicity of the Roman rites but also broaden one’s appreciation for liturgical development over time. That is not something one entirely sees with the NO whose changes are radical in comparison. Nevertheless there is a danger of becoming too set and thinking that the Tridentine rite had been always set in stone and had never changed. It had.
It is a fascinating to think how and why St Pius V revised the missal in the way he did: to restore, sometimes to expand, but to codify what had become loose and vulnerable (errors, omissions, abuses) in the days after the Reformation. This is almost the opposite of the effect (but not the intention) of Paul VI’s changes to the liturgy. So many paradoxes surround the last 50 years in the Church.
The hometown of Bishop Matthew Clark. I’m not sure is this is true, but I once heard that his jersey was retired for either football or basketball at the local Catholic high school.
Wow-how cool! And in one of the most liberal of dioceses!
I’m glad, Father Z, that you put [Masses!] in place of the word ‘Liturgies’. Why is the word ‘Mass’ such a verboten word? ‘Liturgy’ makes me cringe at times!
Geeze…the last knew the mass was part of the Church’s liturgy?!
My native city. So I, at least, am a *second* “good thing from Troy, NY”!
My Uncle Robert had a Solemn High Requiem Mass in the EF (with black vestments!) on his death in March at St. Josephs. Beautiful and very moving.