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- L. 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…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Wonderful news about Candace Owens and George Farmer. Thank you for continually pointing out that Holy Orders is one Sacrament.…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 31 (-10): The Parish™…. what’s next?: “Just Some Guy: Perhaps others will get back to you before twilight’s last gleaming.”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 31 (-10): The Parish™…. what’s next?: ““This beautiful sunny yet cool Roman day started by the sun’s rising at 06:19 and it will end at 19:59.”…”
- on Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 3rd Sunday after Easter (N.O. 4th of Easter) 2024: “We are in the process of moving to the Lehigh Valley so this Sunday after the closing on our new…”
- on Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 3rd Sunday after Easter (N.O. 4th of Easter) 2024: “So, I usually attend a TLM at an FSSP parish at home. I was traveling this weekend, however, and opted…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 32 (-9): Happy Birthday Rome!: “acard: That’s fettucine alla bolognese. And they were good with a Lazio Syrah. The addition of the rosemary was a…”
- on ASK FATHER: Kissing the priest’s hand in the Latin Mass v. the liturgical spirit of Judas. Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “It seems more likely that medieval court rituals were based on the Mass, rather than the other way around. That…”
- on ASK FATHER: Kissing the priest’s hand in the Latin Mass v. the liturgical spirit of Judas. Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “Excellent overview Fr. Z! For those who are interested in a defense of the royalism or courtliness of the TLM,…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 32 (-9): Happy Birthday Rome!: “That pasta dish looks yummy! What is the name of that and ingredients?”
- on Faith practice declining far and wide…. except…: “Charivari Rob – Unfortunately I have been forced to switch computers twice recently and have lost the reference. The numbers…”
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Monthly Archives: October 2013
28 Oct – Manhattan, NYC – Pontifical Mass, Conference on Bl. Karl of Austria
The last Pontifical Solemn Mass and Conference in the series on Blessed Karl of Austria is today. Kudos to the Traditional Knights of Columbus Councils for organizing this series of events. By the way, for your Brick by Brick file, … Read More
2014 Liturgical Ordo for the Extraordinary Form by the FSSP
The good people at the FSSP have sent me their Ordo for 2014. They are the first group to do so! Do you have your 2014 yet, Fathers? To order the FSSP’s Ordo, click HERE. This Ordo is especially useful … Read More
Getting All Hallows Eve right!
A reader sent:
Posted in Just Too Cool, Lighter fare, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged All Hallows Eve, Halloween
37 Comments
37 Comments
QUAERITUR: Pilgrimages
From a reader: Do you lead regular pilgrimages each year? If so, do you post these on your blog so we could also go? My husband and I try to go on pilgrimage once a year. God bless you! I … Read More
IRAN: Christians sentenced with 80 lashes for drinking communion wine
In North Africa during the reign of Diocletian, at Abitina, a group of 49 Christians were convicted of celebrating Mass. The local bishop had caved in to Diocletian’s anti-Christian edicts, but some Christians went ahead and worshiped on Sunday with … Read More
Posted in Hard-Identity Catholicism, Our Catholic Identity, Patristiblogging, Religious Liberty, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice, The Religion of Peace
Tagged Diocletian, Islam, Religion of Peace, sine dominico non possumus, Sts. Nunilo and Alodia
6 Comments
6 Comments
Georgetown U (Jesuits) should be Catholic or lose the title – PETITION
I direct the readership’s attention to an item in the RSS feed of the Cardinal Newman Society which is on the sidebar of this blog. CNSNews.com Covers Blatty’s Canon Law Petition on Georgetown’s Catholic Identity CNSNews.com’s managing editor Michael Chapman … Read More
Errare est humanum.
Here are object lessons to priests and servers who make mistakes. We go one. Don’t lose your cool, move on. Deal with it. Keep moving forward. I saw a video that most of you have seen by now of James … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Just Too Cool
Tagged errare est humanum, James Taylor, Maria Joao Pires, mistakes
11 Comments
11 Comments
QUAERITUR: Can a rector or bishop forbid seminarians or priests use of the cassock?
From a reader: In my diocese there are a small number of seminarians who wish to wear their cassock after their first year of study at the seminary. They have approached the bishop and rector about doing so, but both have refused to … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes
Was there a good point in the sermon you heard for your Sunday Mass of precept? Let us know what it was. (Yes, I am indeed trying to get you to listen carefully and remember longer. I am also aware … Read More
Nice kitty!
The next time you see Felix your house cat line up on something and pounce, picture yourself in the forest with this kitty.
“Let’s go to the movies this afternoon.” Otherwise…
GO TO CONFESSION! Fr. Z’s 20 Tips For Making A Good Confession o{]:¬) We should… 1) …examine our consciences regularly and thoroughly; 2) …wait our turn in line patiently; 3) …come at the time confessions are scheduled, not a few … Read More
CLOCK CHANGE – EUROPE 26/27 Oct – USA 2/3 NOV
It is “Fall Back” time again today… for European readers. Change your clocks tonight before going to bed so that you won’t be late for Mass. Readers in North American (except I think for Alaska) change next week. This has … Read More
WDTPRS: Christ the King (1962MR) – “no hugs and fluffy lambs”
Each year Holy Church presents to us the history of salvation, from Creation to the Lord’s Coming (His First and also His Final Coming). At this time of year, as we move in the Northern Hemisphere into the darkness of … Read More
QUAERITUR: Legal name changes and baptism certificates
From a reader: When you get married in the Catholic church, you are required to obtain a baptismal certificate. If you have your name legally changed such that it no longer matches the name on the baptismal certificate, where do you stand. Is … Read More
My View For A While
Ah! the distinction, the allure, the romance, the prestige of travel. If you are ever flying through Rome – Terminal 5 would make certain people from the 1930’s proud – and you are tempted to get a day pass for … Read More
The First Gay President wants to make male Marines wear girly hats.
The First Gay President wants to make our Marines wear girly hats. From the NYPOST: Obama wants Marines to wear ‘girly’ hats By Jeane MacIntoshOctober A change to the Marine Corps’ uniform hats could take the hard-nosed Leathernecks from the … Read More
Posted in Dogs and Fleas, Liberals, Pò sì jiù, You must be joking!
Tagged The First Gay President, USMC
40 Comments
40 Comments
Bl. John Paul II: “it is very difficult to speak of obsession” concerning abortion
I picked this quote up from a piece by my friend Fr. George Rutler, who recently wrote about “obsessing”. There are those who would stifle the Pro-Life cause by calling it a single-issue obsession. Few would say that about the … Read More
Posted in Emanations from Penumbras, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged abortion, Bl. John Paul II, Pope Francis
18 Comments
18 Comments
Omnium Gatherum: All Souls Masses where YOU are
2 November, All Souls, is around the corner. This solemn observance, while not a Holy Day of Obligation, has always aroused in the faithful a strong response and turn out. Many people have been asking me to post their parish’s … Read More
Request for prayers
I am slated to head back to the USA tomorrow. Alas, I have come down with an awful cold. Please, dear readers, I ask your prayers for a sudden, complete and lasting recovery. I dread the international flight, lay-over, second … Read More
“A long time ago in a galaxy far far away…”
From the Beeb: An international team of astronomers has detected the most distant galaxy yet. The galaxy is about 30 billion light-years away and is helping scientists shed light on the period that immediately followed the Big Bang. It was … Read More
L. 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…”
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