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- JustaSinner on The shift toward “the old ways” is really a step forward into the future.: “I may be going out on a limb here, but isn’t this the Holy Ghost at work in Christ’s Church…”
- on Fr John Hunwicke – R.I.P.: “Perhaps this is the link on calendars that I was thinking of, although it is not so concerned with the…”
- on Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 4th Sunday after Easter (N.O. 5th of Easter) 2024: “(1) Attendance was around 100 at the 1330 EF Mass (I’m finding that I attend that unless I’m up overnight…”
- on Fr John Hunwicke – R.I.P.: “In the link below, Fr. Hunwicke reprinted his classic post upon reading Archbishop Lefebvre’s They Have Uncrowned Him. https://liturgicalnotes.blogspot.com/2017/11/they-have-uncrowned-him-1-archbishop.html I…”
- on Fr John Hunwicke – R.I.P.: “Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and may perpetual light shine upon him. I note that there are a…”
- on The shift toward “the old ways” is really a step forward into the future.: “There’s no question that the “biological solution” is a real phenomenon, and is playing out before our eyes in real-time.…”
- on ASK FATHER: Why do people today freak out about exorcisms?: “To Philmont237: You probably have done the renunciation prayers against FM in the family line? You also probably know that…”
- on ASK FATHER: Why do people today freak out about exorcisms?: “I take great pride in the term, “we are our rites”, I see that more and more as the years…”
- on ASK FATHER: Why do people today freak out about exorcisms?: “Speaking as a layperson who is very familiar with exorcisms: most people freak out about exorcisms because their minds immediately…”
- on ASK FATHER: Why do people today freak out about exorcisms?: “We have to keep in mind that Jesus is Victor! Our Lady is a powerful intercessor and the wicked ones…”
- on ASK FATHER: Why do people today freak out about exorcisms?: “Thank you for reports and photos from Rome”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 41 (0): Se vedemo & My View For Awhile: “Father, I’ll be traveling to Rome soon and would like to know if there are English speaking priests hearing confessions…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 41 (0): Se vedemo & My View For Awhile: “**Fr. Z, your contact systems are not working, neither the email nor the “ask father.” I post and submit, receive…”
- on ASK FATHER: Why do people today freak out about exorcisms?: “It occurs to me that, had this traditional understanding of and approach to blessings been continued in the modern era,…”
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Monthly Archives: September 2014
ASK FATHER: EMHCs at TLM… permitted?
From a reader… QUAERITUR (edited): On Sunday I attended the [Traditional Latin Mass – TLM] at ___. What surprised me was that an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion (Male) assisted in distributing Holy Communion, Host only. Is this proper or … Read More
UK: Parish resuscitated by Extraordinary Form. New Evangelization continues
On whichever side of the Pond you are, you can be sure that reviving a parish doesn’t have to be rocket science. We have all heard of parishes which, though moribund, have been revived through the use of Catholicism. … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Be The Maquis, Brick by Brick, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices
Tagged Bp. Michael Campell, D. Lancaster, New Evangelization
22 Comments
22 Comments
ACTION ITEM! 9 Sept – International Buy a Priest a Beer Day!
UPDATE 9 Sept: The wonderful ladies who do some cleaning in the building, which includes the Steam Pipe Trunk Distribution Venue in which I live, brought me a cold beer today! They are the best. _____ A reader asked: “When … Read More
CHART: Correspondence of lectionaries, Ordinary and Extraordinary Form
A while back I asked for help, for a way to line up the readings on Sundays between the Novus Ordo and the Usus Antiquior. For example, I want to see whether or on which Sundays the readings for the, … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Lectionary, Novus Ordo, preicopes, readings, TLM, Usus Antiquior
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14 Comments
8 Sept: Nativity of Mary
Here is the entry in the Roman Martyrology for today’s feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Festum Nativitatis beatae Mariae Virginis, ex semine Abrahae, de tribu Iuda ortae, ex progenie regis David, e qua Filius Dei natus … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged Blessed Virgin Mary, Nativity of Mary, Roman Martyrology
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12 Comments
SPACEHAWKS! PRIMUS ET PRIMORIS
Last Thursday evening I gave a talk in Grand Rapids, MI and a nice fellow asked me about the news that I had been killed. He had seen a tweet about my demise and wondered what was up with that. … Read More
Some of the mistakes we make in life can’t be fixed.
Today I read Sam Gregg’s great piece at American Spectator today wherein he unloaded on sentimentalism. HERE A sample: Despite its claims to take the mind seriously, sentimental humanitarianism is also rather “uncomfortable” (to use classic sentimental humanitarian language) with … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes
Was there an especially good point in the sermon you heard for your Sunday Mass? Let us know!
ASK FATHER: I live in one diocese, but go to church in another.
From a reader… I recently moved quite a distance and found a home that was, unbeknownst to me, within the territory of another diocese. My territorial parish is, sadly, less than faithful to the liturgy and for a variety of reasons related to … Read More
“But Father! But Father!”
An alert blogging priest out there wrote to me this morning… Is Pope Francis reading Fr. Z’s blog? What would all this be about? He linked to a summary of Pope Francis non-magisterial fervorino for a weekday Mass (HERE) in … Read More
CQ CQ CQ This is Whiskey Delta Tango Papa Romeo Sierra … ECHOLINK & APRS
UPDATE 6 Sept: No, I haven’t worked on my General in the last week or so, and, No, I haven’t done anything with Echolink yet. However, the other day I did figure out today how to send APRS messages with … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Ham Radio, Just Too Cool, Lighter fare, Semper Paratus, TEOTWAWKI, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged 73, Echolink, Ham radio
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65 Comments
“What was once a request to live and let live has now become a demand for approval.”
I warmly recommend to the readership a column by Francis Card. George, Archbishop of Chicago. His Eminence knocks this one over the fence. We enter in medias res. You can find the whole thing HERE: […] In recent years, … Read More
Posted in Fr. Z KUDOS, Liberals, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice
Tagged American Protective Association, anti-catholicism, Card. George, homosexuality, Klu Klux Klan, Know-Nothing Party, Obamacare
25 Comments
25 Comments
$9 for a Whopper? Are you out of your mind?
I have recently seen some discussion of what would happen were the minimum wage to be raised in these USA. Here is one interesting take, that includes some links to other articles that are worth pursuing. From Truth Revolt: … Read More
VIDEO: Fr. Sirico on problem of multiculturalism
At the moment I am in Grand Rapids, MI. No, this is not an Acton event. I am visiting the parish of Fr. Robert Sirico (who happens to head up Acton Institute), to speak at a function and, frankly, … Read More
ASK FATHER: Do I need special training or blessing to make vestments?
From a readerette: I have a priest that I dearly love who is approaching his 10th anniversary of ordination, and I want to make him vestments. I am an skilled seamstress and embroideress, so that is not the issue. But … Read More
St. Patrick’s Day Parade
I suspect that some of you clicked on the link when you saw the headline because you want to read my predictable rant about the “gay” thing in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York and the local archbishop’s … Read More
HAM RADIO ACTION ITEM! Support HR 4969 NOW!
HR 4969 – the “Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2014” – was introduced into the 113th Congress. This bipartisan effort would direct the FCC to extend the “reasonable accommodation” provisions for Amateur Radio antennas to include all types of land-use regulation, including … Read More
Posted in ACTION ITEM!, Be The Maquis, Ham Radio, Semper Paratus, The Coming Storm
Tagged ARRL, Ham radio, HR 4969
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6 Comments
Finally! strategy to defeat ISIS terrorists! Fearsome Twitter messages, fatally ironic Instagram photos!
Meanwhile, from The People’s Cube, we have a solution to the problem of ISIS! I hope the President is taking notes. ISIL to be Defeated by Twitter and Instagram Bombardment Dear Comrades, Comrade Vice President Joseph Biden has announced that … Read More
OBITUARY: Spirit of Vatican II – RIP – 52 years of age
The often amusing Eye of the Tiber had this. CINCINNATI, OH- A Solemn High Requiem Mass was held Thursday at St. Martura Church in downtown Cincinnati for the Spirit of Vatican II, aged 52. After suffering a progressively debilitating illness … Read More
JustaSinner on The shift toward “the old ways” is really a step forward into the future.: “I may be going out on a limb here, but isn’t this the Holy Ghost at work in Christ’s Church…”
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