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YOUR RECENT COMMENTS
- Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on ROME 24/4– Day 35 (-6): adventures in symmetry: “From a reader: “What are in the frames between the vestments?” Those are the priest’s vesting prayers. I’ll show more…”
- on WDTPRS: 4th Sunday of Easter (Novus Ordo) – Mighty humble Shepherd, humble mighty flock: “Fr Z you are an inspiration in your knowledge about and love for the things of God and the church.…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 32 (-9): Happy Birthday Rome!: “Holy cow that pasta. I wish we had smell-o-vision and taste-o-vision.”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “The German grind continues. It is in their nature.”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Scary about the women. What I mean is this: it would be disheartening enough just to find out that a…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “I wonder what’s going on with these women. Don’t they know that the greatest example of womanhood is Our Blessed…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Fr.Z sez: It is really sad that some people still push this rock up the hill. Reminds one of Sisyphus,…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Alas, those men pushing for ordaining women. STILL trying to get women to do all the work. My mother warned…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Dear Dcn PB, I don’t see how the reality can be described differently than by saying that the one sacrament…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Most people, whether pro or con, misunderstand the history and practice of the female diaconate. The deaconess was a separate…”
- 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.”
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Monthly Archives: February 2017
Make Church Great Again! “Free Our Churches From the Ugly and Stupid”
So I’m reading my email. A reader sent the text of a Wall Street Journal piece (they have an evil paywall) entitled “Free Our Churches From the Ugly and Stupid“. “This hath potential”, quoth I, and in did I delve. … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, "How To..." - Practical Notes, Be The Maquis, Cri de Coeur, Decorum, Fr. Z KUDOS, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, The future and our choices, Turn Towards The Lord
Tagged Anthony Esolen, restoration, wreckovation
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9 Comments
ASK FATHER: Is there a good, conservative RCIA program?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I attend a Maronite church and our priest has decided he wants to offer an RCIA type program (Maronite Rite doesn’t technically have one). He’s a generally conservative priest and I was hoping you might suggest … Read More
ASK FATHER: Faculties of the Missionaries of Mercy after the Year of Mercy
From a priest… QUAERITUR: Do the missionaries of mercy still have the faculty to remit censures arising from reserved delicts? I’m working with a priest who is worried (I think he’s ok actually). But if a trip to the missionary would be able … Read More
NEW Fr. Z Swag Available: Pope Clement XIV Ganganelli (1769-1774)
Slowly but surely I’d like to build up more pontifical coffee mugs. I have some selections with Pius XII, Leo XIII (that’s a good one), etc. Today, I make available also For all the selections click >>HERE<< Enjoy in your … Read More
“For, amen I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed…”
From the Gospel according to Matthew And when he was come to the multitude, there came to him a man falling down on his knees before him, saying: Lord, have pity on my son, for he is a lunatic, and … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, Cri de Coeur, Hard-Identity Catholicism
Tagged Matthew 17, mustard seed
10 Comments
10 Comments
ACTION ITEM! Birettas for Seminarians Project! UPDATES
Sometimes the small things really help. Today I received a note from a seminarian. He is the recipient of a biretta, bequeathed through our BIRETTAS FOR SEMINARIANS PROJECT: I am a seminarian who recently received a biretta from your recent Birettas … Read More
Head of the Jesuits: “Doctrine is a word that I don’t like very much”
Yesterday I posted an entry with the title: Has the head of the Jesuits jettisoned doctrine and the words of the Lord in Scripture? The General of the Jesuits effectively said that doctrine has no fixed meaning and that we … Read More
Posted in One Man & One Woman, Pò sì jiù, You must be joking!
Tagged Arturo Sosa Abascal, Jesuits, Society of Jesus
71 Comments
71 Comments
I am too angry for words. Wherein Fr. Z… grrrrrr
I am so angry I could spit. There are already so many problems with modern baseball… now this. Is the Novus Ordo age of baseball upon us? From Hot Air: Another bad idea from MLB: Intentional walks will now be … Read More
Has the head of the Jesuits jettisoned doctrine and the words of the Lord in Scripture?
There are a lot of problems in the Church today, and nearly all of them are coming from a certain sector. Here is something disturbing from Catholic Culture, which I shall simply reproduce with my emphases and comments. The superior general of the … Read More
Posted in Liberals, One Man & One Woman, You must be joking!
Tagged Arturo Sosa Ascobal, Jesuits
61 Comments
61 Comments
22 February 1980!
In addition to this being the Feast of the Cathedra of Peter, it is also the 37th (can you believe it) anniversary of the Miracle on Ice. This was one of those moments which you remember so well that you … Read More
Vatican Secretariat of State to monitor use of images of the Pope, take “appropriate action”
Did you all see this in the Bolletino? The Secretariat of State includes among its responsibilities the protection of the image of the Holy Father, so that his message may reach the faithful intact, and so that his person is … Read More
Posted in Francis
Tagged Secretariet of State
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How low will the ‘c’atholic Left stoop?
More dopey – no, that’s not right – stupid and/or malevolent smears of Raymond Card. Burke have emerged. The catholic Left is absolutely unhinged by Card. Burke and will do anything to anyone, anything to undermine him. It must be his … Read More
Posted in I'm just askin'..., Liberals, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Card. Burk, Robert Mugabe
9 Comments
9 Comments
How the Left organizes and operates
A couple videos which you might want to review. First, how the Left is organized. If you think this isn’t also happening in the Church you are puir slowwitted gowk. And then there is this nut ball, stoking the well-organized … Read More
UPDATED REACTION: HBO’s The Young Pope
I finally slogged my way through HBO’s The Young Pope. “Slogged”, I say, firstly because it is a weekly series. Next, because as the series dragged on I gradually lost interest. Lastly, as it came to “The End” at … Read More
Feast of the Cathedra of Peter: in the basilica
First of all, congratulations to the Anglican, Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Peter! Here are a few photos of St. Peter’s taken a few years back on this feast of the Cathedra of St. Peter. It is pretty dark in … Read More
Posted in Linking Back, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged Anglican Ordinariate, cathedra, Chair of Peter
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2 Comments
US Ambassador to the UN: “For those who don’t have our backs, we’re taking names”
The new US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, brought a rather different tone to her first press conference after a meeting of the Security Council. This is refreshing. Haley told reporters, “Our goal with the administration is to show … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, Just Too Cool, The future and our choices
Tagged Nikki Haley, UN, United Nations
9 Comments
9 Comments
Prayer Request
I’m down with the crud. Prayers, please. It’s kind’a horrible.
Brick By Brick: A church gets a make over
Some parish churches are victims of awful post-Conciliar, faithless wreckovation. Some are awful because of budget problems when they were being constructed. Some are just plain awful. There’s hope. A priest friend of mine has given a make over to … Read More
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on ROME 24/4– Day 35 (-6): adventures in symmetry: “From a reader: “What are in the frames between the vestments?” Those are the priest’s vesting prayers. I’ll show more…”
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