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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: April 2015
WWII Chaplain saying Mass as the armor rolls in
One of our alert readers sent me the link to some spiffy footage from WWII. A Catholic Mass being conducted by a Chaplain in Makin Islands, Kirabati during World War II. I would still very much like to find someone … Read More
Francis Card. George – RIP
I just received word that His Eminence Francis Card. George has died. He was Archbishop of Chicago for 17 years and a great churchman. He was quoted saying some time ago about our era: “I expect to die in bed, … Read More
Of the LCWR and the end of the CDF “crackdown”
At the conclusion of the CDF investigation of the LCWR, it is interesting to watch the conga line dance threading its delirious way through the liberal catholic MSM led by Fishwrap‘s Tom Fox, AP‘s (not catholic, but liberal) Nicole Winfield and Rachel Zoll, Commonweal‘s … Read More
Posted in Biased Media Coverage, Magisterium of Nuns, Women Religious
Tagged CDF, LCWR, liberals, women religion
48 Comments
48 Comments
San Francisco: ACTION ITEMS! SPIRITUAL BOUQUET! MASS MOB!
I call on all the readers here to pray and offer fasting and alms for the spiritual defense of Archbishop Cordileone of San Francisco. Will San Francisco be the Alamo of the Church in these USA? Today, in the ultra-liberal … Read More
Posted in ACTION ITEM!, Hard-Identity Catholicism, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Pò sì jiù, Si vis pacem para bellum!, Sin That Cries To Heaven, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice
Tagged Archbp. Cordileone, Archd. San Francisco, homosexuals, homsexual activists, The Alamo
61 Comments
61 Comments
ASK FATHER: What’s with all the kissing in the Extraordinary Form?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I was wondering what is the point of kissing in the Extraordinary Form? Such kisses include kissing the priest’s hand after handing the server or deacon his biretta or kissing the celebrant’s hand after handing him … Read More
ASK FATHER: 58 years old, never confessed, given Communion or confirmed. What now?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I am 58 years old and was baptized as RC I was never confirmed /never made first holy communion and rarely attended church. I was drawn back to attending church about a year ago and as I am … Read More
ASK FATHER: Is it okay to have an Armenian Apostolic member as godparent for a Catholic?
From a reader… A friend who was baptized, confirmed and received Holy Communion as an infant in the Armenian Apostolic Church regularly assists and receives Holy Communion at Mass, in both the ordinary and extraordinary forms of the Roman Rite. She has been … Read More
ASK FATHER: Does drinking alcohol before wedding affect validity of marriage?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Would one of a couple going to a bar for a moderate amount of alcoholic drink before a nuptial Mass have any effect on the validity of a marriage? Marriage is a serious thing. Matrimony should be entered into … Read More
ASK FATHER: I made a hasty promise to God. Now what?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: At one time in my life I hastily made two promises to God: 1-) Never commit a certain sin; 2-) Never drink coffee again. Certainly, promise 1 should never have been made, but I digress. My question … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box
Tagged Can. 1191, can. 1196, promise, vow
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8 Comments
Happy Birthday Holy Father! Benedict XVI – 88 yrs
His Holiness Benedict XVI turned 88 today! Ad multos felicissimos annos! Please stop and say a prayer for him.
ASK FATHER: Marriage in “another suitable place”
From a reader… QUAERITUR: My grandson will be married in a year. He has not been baptized but raised in a Christian home. His wife to be is Catholic. He insists their marriage can take place in a hotel and witnessed by … Read More
Card. Rodriguez Maradiaga: ongoing synodal process until result is obtained?
At the Italian site Nuova Bussola, we find the observations of Oscar Card. Rodriguez Maradiaga about the possibility of Communion for the divorced and remarried. Impossible? “No!”, says the Cardinal. And if the upcoming Synod rejects the proposal, the Kasperite … Read More
Posted in Liberals, One Man & One Woman, Synod, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices
Tagged Synod of Bishops
56 Comments
56 Comments
Card. Brandmüller speaks bluntly
Over at LifeSite there is a post about remarks made by His Eminence Walter Card. Brandmüller. Cardinal Brandmüller: Advocates for changing Catholic teaching on marriage are ‘heretics’ – even if they are bishops April 14, 2015 (LifeSiteNews.com) — Cardinal Walter … Read More
Regarding recent repasts
It has been some time since I’ve posted about interesting food. I am presently in my native place, which also happens to be a great food city. Yesterday I was delighted to go to one of my favorite Chinese spots in … Read More
The Wanderer’s Open Letter to Pope Francis
Over at my old stomping grounds, The Wanderer, there is an open letter to Pope Francis. Remember… we should all being asking our duly appointed pastors and Pope Francis himself to name St. Pope John Paul II Doctor of the … Read More
Pontifical Mass in Hong Kong
I look forward to the day when I might be able to celebrate a Sung or Solemn Mass for the TLM community in Hong Kong! I received this from a read in Hong Kong. The Bishop Emeritus, the mighty Joseph … Read More
Card. Sarah in a new, wide-ranging interview
There is an extract from a wide-ranging interview at L’homme nouveau in French with His Eminence Robert Card. Sarah, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments. He is rapidly rising on my list of favorite … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, Seminarians and Seminaries, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The future and our choices
Tagged Card. Sarah, Extraordinary Form, priestly formation, priestly identity, seminarians, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
20 Comments
20 Comments
Interesting SSPX development in Buenos Aires
I received some interesting email from one of you alert readers about something going on with the SSPX in, of all places, Buenos Aires. This looks legit. From the website of the Argentinian Boletino, you can see the resolution. Using the … Read More
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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…”
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