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Charles E Flynn on PREVIEW: London Oratory Schola – Sacred Treasures of ChristmasThere are 21 sound samples here: Sacred Treasures of Spain
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on #ASonnetADay – 67. “Ah! wherefore with infection should you live…”Yeah? Put up or shut up! Yut.
tgarcia2 on PREVIEW: London Oratory Schola – Sacred Treasures of ChristmasHere is the correct link for the Sacred Treasures of Spain (the one posted goes to the one that isn't...
JustaSinner on #ASonnetADay – 67. “Ah! wherefore with infection should you live…”Navy hat, really? Must I send a Marine hat???
Veronica scriptor velum on IRELAND: The longings and the lessons in the Mass RocksIn an old post from the ‘Catholicism Pure & Simple‘ blog I saw a beautiful engraving from an old traditional...
Semper Gumby on IRELAND: The longings and the lessons in the Mass Rocks"This way [Mass Rocks], in the face of the lockdown and other obstacles, the Catholic faith and prayer is being...
WVC on IRELAND: The longings and the lessons in the Mass RocksThought of two more while brushing my teeth: County Fair vs. Fair County Mouse Trap vs. Trap Mouse
Ms. M-S on #ASonnetADay – 67. “Ah! wherefore with infection should you live…”Thanks, Fr. Z. You provide us with many kinds of morning offerings.
Andreas on #ASonnetADay – 66. “Tired with all these, for restful death I cry…”A very fine recording of the Shostakovich work noted by Father Z. can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dpf1C3ESWHM. Interestingly, Shostakovich was...
JPCahill on #ASonnetADay – 66. “Tired with all these, for restful death I cry…”Wow. An ode to the 21st century if ever there was one. Takes the breath away.
Aquinas Gal on IRELAND: The longings and the lessons in the Mass RocksI remember in at least one of his Holy Thursday letter to priests, Saint John Paul spoke about the sadness...
Fr. Kelly on IRELAND: The longings and the lessons in the Mass RocksPerhaps not quite what you had in mind, Chicken, but how about Better a bottle in front of me than...
The Masked Chicken on IRELAND: The longings and the lessons in the Mass RocksBetter a Mass Rock than a Rock Mass :) Challenge: find other situations where adjectives and nouns may be interchanged...
tho on IRELAND: The longings and the lessons in the Mass RocksAPX... That is my take on the sadness of Irish history. The bright spot of Irish history had been it's...
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Monthly Archives: December 2014
Catholics… HA! Pathetic!
From Catholic Vote with my emphases: CATHOLIC CHURCH FAILS TO BEHEAD A SINGLE PERSON IN 2014 For the most intolerant and extreme religion in the world, this is a rather embarrassing statistic. It appears that the Catholic Church, widely recognized as the … Continue reading
Posted in The Coming Storm, The future and our choices, The Religion of Peace
Tagged auto-da-fé, Islam, Religion of Peace
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Beautiful Requiem Altar Cards from SPORCH
The nice lady of SPORCH sent me a new set of Extraordinary Form altar cards for Requiem Masses! They are spectacular. Your TLM community needs a set! They are pretty big. Here they are on the edge of a large … Continue reading
Posted in Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, The Campus Telephone Pole
Tagged altar cards, charts, Requiem Mass, SPORCH
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1 Jan: Mass for Benefactors
Tomorrow I will celebrate my Holy Mass for the intention of all those who have been benefactors during the year, people who have sent donations and anything from my wishlists. I am very grateful to all of you. In a … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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Plenary Indulgences 31 Dec and 1 Jan
Today, the last day of the year, you have an opportunity to obtain a plenary indulgence, under the usual conditions, by taking part in the recitation or singing of the Te Deum in a church or oratory. Tomorrow, 1 January, … Continue reading
German bishops pushing hard to overturn the Church’s doctrine
Over at The Spectator, Damian Thompson has a good summary piece. He recaps what happened at the last Synod of Bishop, where controversy over the Kasper proposals about Communion for the divorced and civilly remarried dominated the proceedings. Damian is … Continue reading
Posted in Liberals, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Pope Francis, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged blackmail, Card. Marx, church tax, Communion, Damian Thompson, Die Kirchensteuer, divorced and remarried, German Bishops, Synod of Bishops, The Spectator
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Pontifical Council for Culture’s strange video about women #LIFEOFWOMEN
A while back the Pontifical Council for Culture (PCC) posted a video about women. Actually, it is of a woman asking women to send photos, tweets, videos, social media stuff by women about women to the same Pontifical Council. The 2 … Continue reading
Posted in The Drill, You must be joking!
Tagged #LIFEOFWOMEN, Pont. Council Culture, women
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Fr. Rutler interviewed. Fr. Z rants.
Speaking of Hell’s Kitchen, over at CWR there is a dynamite interview with Fr. George Rutler, Pastor of St. Michael’s in Manhattan. He speaks on a range of issues, from the decision of the Church of England to “ordain” women … Continue reading
NYC – Holy Innocents’ Feast Day! Great News!
How I would like to have been in Manhattan on Sunday at Holy Innocents parish for their Patronal Feast! Holy Innocents, once considered for the guillotine, was given a reprieve by His Eminence Timothy Card. Dolan. Many people expressed their dismay that such … Continue reading
The “Francis Effect” and remembering to talk about God
Be sure to check out Andrea Galiarducci’s latest Monday Vatican analysis. “A must today as ever: Talking about God in light of Pope Francis’ missionary push” Galiarducci opines that Pope Francis has had some success in polishing the Church’s image. … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Andrea Galiarducci, Card. Sarah, Fishwrap, Pope Francis, Schülerkreis
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Belgian Archbishop advocates Catholic recognition of same-sex stuff
Certain elements in the Church are lately emboldened. They have sensed that they have a window of opportunity. The iron is heating and they are striking. Today we read of a bishop in Belgium who has been touted as, perhaps, … Continue reading
WDTPRS – Sunday in the Octave of Christmas (1962MR)
What is going on in today’s …. COLLECT (1962MR): Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, dirige actus nostros in beneplacito tuo: ut in nomine dilecti Filii tui mereamur bonis operibus abundare. This Collect survived the surgeons of Bugnini’s Consilium to live on in the 3rd Sunday … Continue reading
27 Dec: Today we bless WINE!
Today we bless WINE! The liturgical year guided and nourish and shaped Catholics for centuries. It does so far less now. But once, people not only followed the turning of the earth and the wheeling of the stars and the … Continue reading
You’ve gotta hand it to SNL this time. VIDEO
Things that are funny, especially ironically or satirically funny, are so because they instantly recognizable kernels of the truth. You’ve gotta hand it to SNL this time. They cut pretty close to the bone. More and more reasons for Summorum Pontificum.
RECENT POSTS and THANKS
The posts scroll off the main page pretty quickly. Here are some helpful links to recent posts. First, remember… YOUR URGENT PRAYER REQUESTS Then… ACTION ITEM! Send Fr. Z Christmas cards from around the world I’m starting to get cards. … Continue reading
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The nonsense is coming to an end.
A story to warm the cockles of my beady-black heart. From BuzzPo: Passenger Offended by the Words Merry Christmas – Gets Himself Thrown Off an American Airlines Flight Merry Christmas! Those are the two words that offended one American Airlines … Continue reading
Posted in Lighter fare, The Last Acceptable Prejudice
Tagged anti-Christian, Christmas, dumb
36 Comments
KC, MO: anti-Catholic atrocity scheduled before Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
When anti-Catholic atrocities take place, Catholic bishops should act. I read in the Kansas City Star (a McClatchy paper), that some “Lutherans” are going to host a sacrilegious, fake catholic “ordination” of a woman by the usual wymyn suspects. HERE It … Continue reading
Posted in ACTION ITEM!, Liberals, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill, The Last Acceptable Prejudice, Wherein Fr. Z Rants, You must be joking!
Tagged D. Kansas City-St. Joseph, ecumenical dialogue, ecumenism, ELCA, graviora delicta, Lutherans, ordination of women, sacrilege, Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, wymyn
29 Comments
WDTPRS: Holy Family – children first learn who God is by knowing their parents
This coming Sunday in the post-Conciliar, Novus Ordo, Ordinary Form calendar, is the Feast of the Holy Family. In the traditional Roman calendar, Holy Family will be on 11 January. The place God Incarnate chose to begin manifesting His sacrificial … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Who can be elected Pope?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Can a male catholic who has not been ordained to the priesthood become Pope? Yes. The prerequisites are that he be 1) male, because he must become Bishop of Rome, and it is impossible for females … Continue reading
Your Christmas Sermon Notes
Was there a good point you heard in the sermon for your Christmas Mass of obligation? Let us know! Today we had a Solemn Mass. A shot from the pews.
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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Merry Christmas!
I wish all of you regular readers, whether you post comments or just read – all of you, sincerely – a wonderful, grace-filled Christmas. Blessings for you and yours!
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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