"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" -
HERE
- 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
He talks about shutting down a local strip bar through prayer, shifting to ad orientem worship and having a 40% increase in parish revenue, use of social media, making the “Combat Rosary” his assault weapon against the Devil, the Church Militant Field Manual, the My Confessor app (which is being revamped), the Knights (and Squires) of Divine Mercy, real manhood, Pints and Pipes, confession as armor against the Devil.
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Holding back my inner fangirl.
I proudly carry his Combat Rosary. It is, for one thing, a very durable pocket rosary.
Is there an ETA for the update to “My Confessor”? I’m going to be in the Madison, WI area next month on business and it could be useful while I’m there.
Fr. Rick is dealing with all this attention from Fr. Z’s blog with magnanimous humility. But that’s the way Fr. Rick does everything…. Big projects, little ego.
Come to think of it, that is why Fr. Rick’s projects and reforms are so successful — it’s not about Fr. Rick, ever. It is always about beauty, the sacredness of the Liturgy, growing in holiness, battling evil, and having fun (pipes & pints with friends at the rectory is anything but dull!) It is about bringing back everything that Christ wants us to have in His Church… and Fr. Rick is just another guy, enjoy the field of buried treasures with us.
This spirit of humility was the thing that we lost during the era of new-fangled experiments in Liturgy and Church. How could Father ponce to the altar and put on his show if he wasn’t the center of attention all the time? What’s the point of having everyone in the sanctuary, except for being near Father is like the most especialestic thing evuh?
Father Rick will tell you, if you press him the right way, that all of his success was easy. Not that there wasn’t a lot of hard work involved, but it didn’t take any special genius or creativity. Just do what the Church teaches us to do. Arrange your altar like Benedict did. Fire up the censor and do what the rubrics say. Sing the music that is already selected in the Roman Gradual. Gather up the men and go pray the prayers we all should know. Preach about sin and mercy and encourage people to go to confession. Make time to hear confessions.
Stop trying so hard to be special, and just be Catholic! We can do this…..
Fr. Heilman is amazing! God bless him for all his efforts. And we must pray for his protection. We all know that when the devil targets a priest, he’s often successful. He and I have chatted many times on facebook and he’s helped me tremendously.