Was there a good point, or two, in the sermon you heard when you fulfilled your Mass obligation for this Sunday?
Let us know
About this blog…
“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
Coat of Arms by D Burkart
This REALLY helps! And it’s great coffee (and tea)
Polls
Loading ...Donate using VENMO
CLICK and say your daily offerings!
A Daily Prayer for Priests
Do you have a faithful Catholic website that needs competent and reliable tech support?
Fr. Z’s VOICEMAIL
Nota bene: I do not answer these numbers or this Skype address. You won't get me "live". I check for messages regularly.
WDTPRS
020 8133 4535
651-447-6265YOUR RECENT COMMENTS
on BISHOP: “Francis used a chainsaw when only a scalpel was needed.”: “I am curious: how did Cardinal Bergoglio govern the Eastern Catholic Churches under his care in Argentina? Are they full…”
on BISHOP: “Francis used a chainsaw when only a scalpel was needed.”: “The main “problem” before last Friday was that in most places Summorum Pontificum wasn’t getting implemented.”
on BISHOP: “Francis used a chainsaw when only a scalpel was needed.”: “God bless Bishop Tobin indeed! From the tiny State of RI comes a mighty roar! If I’m not mistaken, this…”
on 13 July: St. Ezra (Esdras), Old Testament Scribe and spectacular baroque musical weirdness: “The 2019 bowls with dirt and a red color are part of Pachamama rituals. The hieroglyph for bowl is W24…”
on BISHOPS! Have you ever see the pain?: “Between articles such as this and Dorothy Rabinowitz’ reporting on Father MacRae, the Wall Street Journal has become an oddly…”
on BISHOP: “Francis used a chainsaw when only a scalpel was needed.”: “Emlio: I found your post incredibly helpful. I don’t have to like what’s going on, but it helps to understand…”
on BISHOP: “Francis used a chainsaw when only a scalpel was needed.”: “I don’t understand what Bp Tobin means. Why is a scalpel even needed?”
on VIDEO: Robert Royal and Fr. Murray on EWTN about ‘Traditionis’: “To answer your question: Never. IMHO, Francis is not very smart, but he is very shrewd. That was a line…”
on VIDEO: Robert Royal and Fr. Murray on EWTN about ‘Traditionis’: “I’d love to see lay Catholics adopt Pope Francis’ words about the Novus Ordo in “Traditionis custodes” as a rallying…”
on BISHOP: “Francis used a chainsaw when only a scalpel was needed.”: “My eyes popped out…and then I remembered that I have to get my Bishops Tobin straight. Almost didn’t believe my…”
on BISHOP: “Francis used a chainsaw when only a scalpel was needed.”: “I think Bishop Tobin is speaking for a good portion of the American Bishops here. What is evident to me…”
on BISHOPS! Have you ever see the pain?: “It all seems like yet another “pest” during which we should continue to pray the Stella caeli extirpavit.”
on BISHOP: “Francis used a chainsaw when only a scalpel was needed.”: “Thank you, Bishop Tobin, for having acted as a shepherd. God bless you richly! Thank you, too, to the other…”
I use this when I travel both in these USA and abroad. Very useful. Fast enough for Zoom. I connect my DMR (ham radio) through it. If you use my link, they give me more data. A GREAT back up.
This blog has to earn its keep!
PLEASE subscribe via PayPal if it is useful.
That way I have steady income I can plan on, and you wind up regularly on my list of benefactors for whom I pray and for whom I periodically say Holy Mass.
In view of the rapidly changing challenges I now face, I would like to add more $10/month subscribers. Will you please help?
For a one time donation...
Yes, Fr. Z is taking ads…
Be a “Zed-Head”!
CHALLENGE COINS!
My "challenge coin" for my 25th anniversary of ordination in 2016.
Want one? I do exchanges with military and LEOs, etc.
PLEASE RESPOND. Pretty pleeeease?
Loading ...This is really useful when travelling… and also when you aren’t and you need backup internet NOW! I use this for my DMR “Zednet” hotspot when I’m mobile. It’s a ham radio thing.
If you travel internationally, this is a super useful gizmo for your mobile internet data. I use one. If you get one through my link, I get data rewards.
WDTPRS POLL
Loading ...Fr. Z’s stuff is everywhere
Help support Fr. Z’s Gospel of Life work at no cost to you. Do you need a Real Estate Agent? Calling these people is the FIRST thing you should do!
They find you a pro-life agent in your area who commits to giving a portion of the fee to a pro-life group!
GREAT causes to support
Help Monks in Wyoming (coffee – UPDATED LINK) and Norcia (beer) and the wonderful "Soap Sisters" of Summit, NJ!
Please follow me on Twitter!
The priest, wearing traditional vestments and a maniple for an ordinary form Mass, said that his greatest privilege as a priest is to raise the spiritually dead (we got the year A readings on account of the RCIA third scrutiny), and that we should go to confession and not be afraid of the priest.
Divine Liturgy for the 5th Sunday of Great Lent. Jesus, while he was on the Earth among the people was renowned for what he did — healings, feeding the hungry, restoring even life to those who had died — today He would be considered the greatest of doctors, the healer of all. And people screamed and yelled to see Him as we will be recalling shortly — when He came into the city they cried “Hosanna” to Him. He shared everything with the twelve who were with Him, and shared His cup, totally, with them, to His death, to the end. Some when seeing what He did considered that He should be a king, a ruler, to take over the government, they couldn’t see further than that, to them that was everything. But He shed His blood, and it is that cup that we are privileged to also share, to receive Him totally in communion.
Our priest then walked to the icons of the twelve, and gesturing, pointing, he said “Every one of them (gesturing) was tortured and died for following Him.”
Confession, confession, confession :-)
Father said that when we gossip, we define people by their sins. He said that the media is especially bad at encouraging this behavior. We are very good at remembering the bad things people did decades ago, but if they’ve completely reformed their lives, we find that less interesting. The opposite should be true.
Absolutely one of the best sermons I have ever heard – all about the confession of sins. Father focused on the sacramental necessity of confession to a priest, talked about the danger of sins of omission, noted that people go to psychologists and therapists for the very thing they receive for free at confession – wonderful stuff. I feel like St. John Vianny came to our little parish today…with Fr. Z assisting of course….
EF mass. Jesus reveals his true identity. He is the fulfillment of the promise of the Messiah. When he says “I am” the Jews considered this a blasphemy. “I am’ not “I was” – he claims to have existed for all time. This echoes Moses and the burning bush where God gives his name as “I am”. Jesus is true God and true man – he had to be a true man to die on the cross but true God to be our savior. We need a savior even though we don’t always believe that we do. The only way to eternal life is through the Cross, to die to the world.
Bishop said forgiveness is God’s mercy, “go and sin no more” is God’s justice, and Go to Confession! Soon!
Our Priest talked about blessing of Pope Francis and his election to the papacy 3 years ago. However, I did notice that Father Z has failed to mention that fact. But, he did make note this year of the 3 year anniversary of Benedict announcing to the cardinals of his stepping down from the Chair of Peter and the day Benedict officially left. Not trying to take a cheap shot,but just think its a bit odd not to mention the 3 year anniversary of Francis when you talked about the three year anniversary of the other two events.
The long distance runner has to pace himself and save something for the end of the race. As St. Paul said, we are in a race, and Lent is a particular instance of it. If we have perhaps lagged a bit up to now, this is the time to focus for the last two weeks.
Father gave an excellent sermon on hell. It was all the more poignant with the veiled images, underscoring the eternal loss that damned souls experience.
Dom Gilberto, our bishop emeritus, told a story I had previously heard only from my grandmother. As I child I remember asking my grandmother “What did Jesus write on the sand?” and my grandmother said “Oh, Jesus knew everything, he wrote the sins of the elders, one by one..”, well yesterday Dom Gilberto repeated this during the homily. It was a beautiful memory,
Father preached going to confession, and that to truly appreciate Divine Mercy, we must understand the gravity of Divine Justice. The cross is meaningless if mercy is cheap.