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“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
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- Fr. Reader on ASK FATHER: Why did dioceses stop using the word, “the” before words like “priesthood”, “Eucharist, or “Church?: “To win the war you need to own the language. [Rem acu tetigisti. Another reason, apart from lazy ignorance, that…”
- on ROME 26/6 – Day 72: hot (Novena Day 3): “I found myself wondering if St. Boniface’s Latin riddles – which I have not yet read – are something Tolkien…”
- on ROME 26/6 – Day 72: hot (Novena Day 3): “f1-f7 check, K-h6 RxP check, KxR Q-g8 check, K-h6 Q-h8 mate”
- on ROME 26/6 – Day 72: hot (Novena Day 3): “I can do the easy problems :) 1. Rf7+ Kh6 2. Rxh7+ KxR 3. Qg8+ Kh6 4. Qh8#”
- on ROME 26/6 – Day 72: hot (Novena Day 3): “White to move and mate in 4. 1) R1f7+ Kh6 forced 2) Rxh7+ KxRh7 forced 3) Qg8+ Kh6 forced 4)…”
- on I am not making this up. Could it explain about clerics from a certain country?: “Why does burning at the stake pop into my mind when I see this?”
- on ROME 26/6 – Day 72: hot (Novena Day 3): “As we age God gives us these simple days to breathe and reflex.”
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Monthly Archives: August 2014
UPDPATE ON ACTION ITEM! BOOKS FOR SEMINARIANS
UPDATE 11 Aug pm: Okay… it looks as if Amazon found more copies of Turning Toward The Lord. Now they only cost $96 each! Thus I am removing it from the list. We shall have what we have and make … Read More
USB sticks can carry a serious security threat
This, via the Beeb. Go there for more and video: USB ‘critically flawed’ after bug discovery, researchers say Cyber-security experts have dramatically called into question the safety and security of using USB to connect devices to computers. Berlin-based researchers Karsten … Read More
Posted in "But Father! But Father!", "How To..." - Practical Notes, The Drill
Tagged cybersecurity, security, USB, USB drive, USB stick
20 Comments
20 Comments
ASK FATHER: Liturgical Seasons are upside down, Down Under
From a reader: G’day Fr, Your post on the blessing of grapes got me thinking. Are any provisions available for those in the Southern Hemisphere to transfer seasonal dates for their proper use? These important Feasts and blessings that the … Read More
Marriage Tips from a Couple Married for 87 Years
From the National Organization for Marriage: Marriage Tips from a Couple Married for 87 Years Zelmyra and Herbert Fisher married on May 13, 1924. In 2008, they broke the Guinness World Record for being the longest married living couple. Both … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged marriage, matrimony
3 Comments
3 Comments
5000 pilgrims walk from Chicago to Marian shrine in Indiana
Pilgrimages are little lives. We encounter people, who have their own issues and goals. We find out things about ourselves. We have our faces set towards the goal. There are hardships. I saw this at nwi.com: Polish Catholic pilgrims march … Read More
“Nobody wants to tell the truth! … They say openly if you don’t convert, we’ll kill you. It turns out they actually mean it.”
Here is a cold cup of reality from former Speaker of the house Newt Gingrich for the viewers of CNN on 8 August: “Nobody wants to tell the truth,” he complained. “The truth is this is a radical Islamist group. … Read More
Posted in Liberals, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices, The Religion of Peace
Tagged Iraq, ISIL, ISIS, Islam, Islamic State, Newt Gingrich, Syria, The Religion of Peace
21 Comments
21 Comments
Your Sunday Sermon Notes
Was there a good point in the sermon you heard at Mass for your Sunday obligation? Let us know!
D. LANSING: Two birds, one lease, less killing. Fr. Z says: “Nuke the place.”
I make suggestions at the end. At the top, Fr. Z kudos to Bp. Boyea! From Aleteia: Catholic Parish Solves Two Problems with One Lease Catholic Parish, 1; Abortionist, 0. After years of prayer, a Catholic parish in Lansing, Michigan … Read More
10-13 August PERSEID METEOR SHOWER and SUPERMOON
Are you ready for the “Tears of St. Lawrence”? This is a nickname for the Perseid Meteor Shower. Each year your Earth passes in its orbit around your Yellow Sun through dust and debris left by Comet Swift-Tuttle. Don’t believe … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Look! Up in the sky!
Tagged "Supermoon", moon illusion, perigee, Perseids
4 Comments
4 Comments
Why Fr. Z harasses you to GO TO CONFESSION!
Friends, examine your consciences daily and go to confession regularly. We are going to get God’s justice whether we want it or not. But, while we still live, His mercy is for the asking. You are going along… doodee doodee … Read More
Fr. Reader on ASK FATHER: Why did dioceses stop using the word, “the” before words like “priesthood”, “Eucharist, or “Church?: “To win the war you need to own the language. [Rem acu tetigisti. Another reason, apart from lazy ignorance, that…”
