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“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
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YOUR RECENT COMMENTS
- Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on Daily Rome Shot 1221 – mistreated: “Black to move and mate in 3. [NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t…”
- on Your Sunday Sermon Notes – Holy Family (N.O. Baptism of the Lord) 2025: “first and foremost, your observation about the young Lord at the Temple is priceless. attendance at the Cathedral’s 1230 today…”
- on Your Sunday Sermon Notes – Holy Family (N.O. Baptism of the Lord) 2025: “When we don’t live up to our baptismal mission we put our salvation at risk.”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1220: “Black to move and mate in 5. 1. … Qh4 2. g3 Ng5+ 3. Kg2 (if Bxg5 then 4. Qe4#)…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1218 – I’m confused.: ““The objective of the formation of the candidate for the priesthood in the affective-sexual sphere is the ability to accept…”
- on YOUR URGENT PRAYER REQUESTS: “Asking prayers for friends with young child who has cancer. They have been pursuing prayer all the way along, along…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1217 – “Why”, you may be asking? Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “Archdiocese of the Five Boroughs? Archdiocese of Three Boroughs and a couple of counties heading north, maybe… it being a…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1217 – “Why”, you may be asking? Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “Some Orthodox and Greek Catholics process on their knees”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1219 – on the other hand…: “This calls for the ultimate sacrifice: 1. Qxc2+! RxQ 2. Nxd3+ Kb1 (or a1) 3. Re1+ Rc1 4. RxR mate”
- on Young men are converting to serious, “muscular” Christianity.: “Apologies for coming late to this conversation. I would like to add that most women of a traditional leaning dislike…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1219 – on the other hand…: “Black to move and mate in 4. [NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t…”
- on From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 03-01-25 – Chewrows: “Don’t worry, as we have seen in NO parishes that pray the TLM, people will kneel and take the Host…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1218 – I’m confused.: “That’s a kind of confusion I could live with. Getting a cone of pistacchio and stracciatella at a good Italian…”
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Monthly Archives: July 2018
HERESY PANDEMIC!
Now that I look at that post title, I can see why you might think that I am channeling the Id of Trad-dom. In fact, today I had an informal lunch with some young priests: guys drop in between 12-2 … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, Lighter fare, Priests and Priesthood, Seminarians and Seminaries
Tagged pandemic
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14 Comments
“An awful lot of clergy dislike the Novus Ordo, once you add both those opposing groups together”
The inimitable Fr. H today has a spiffing piece at his blog Mutual Enrichment. Let’s have a look. Taking a breath We are told that a certain sort of Novus Ordo cleric complains that the current 2010 English translation of the Roman … Read More
ASK FATHER: Extraordinary Ministers and blessings at Communion time
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I am a laywoman recently hired by my archdiocese as a sacristan. In this role I am frequently pressed into service as an extraordinary minister. Last Sunday, as I distributed Communion, a young woman approached with … Read More
BOOKS RECEIVED: 3 new and 2 important reminders
I have received new books. Recent arrivals include First, from the pen of Fr. Cliff Ermatinger comes If You Knew the Gift of God: Grace: What it is, what it does, and how to cooperate with it according to Church … Read More
VIDEO: Bishops saying private Masses during Vatican II
This is terrific. Here is old video of some bishops at the Second Vatican Council saying their private Masses! The best form of concelebration! Council Fathers offering their Private Masses after the Second Vatican Council was solemnly opened by Pope … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes
Was there a good point made in the sermon you heard at the Mass you frequented in fulfillment of your Sunday obligation? Let us know what it was! NB: Share a GOOD point. This isn’t a gripe post. For my … Read More
Fr. Z CALLS FOR “SPECIAL PROSECUTOR”!
Enough of this! It’s time for Pope Francis to appoint an “Indagator Particularis… Special Prosecutor”. He will have to be a “Burke’s Law” kind of guy, who will find out who knew what and when. A “Burke’s Law” kind of … Read More
HISTORY: The Rite of Degradation of a Bishop
Something has been nagging me from the back of my mind today. I finally, late in the evening just as I was about to turn in, dredged it up. One of my favorite Popes, Papa Lambertini, Pope Benedict XIV, was … Read More
ASK FATHER: Proper Form of Address for Former Cardinal McCarrick
From a reader… Following the resignation of Cardinal McCarrick from the College of Cardinals, I have noted various articles that refer to him now as Mr McCarrick. It occurs to me to wonder what the correct style would be in … Read More
Signs of the times
Australia passes a law to require priests to violate the Seal of Confession. HERE Then L’Affaire McCarrick flares. Today I read that in India, a government agency, the National Commission for Women, wants the Catholic Church to abolish the Sacrament … Read More
NRO: The Latin Mass Endures.
From the National Review Online: Despite Misunderstanding, the Latin Mass Endures By LIAM WARNER The same riches that profited Saint Teresa of Ávila and Saint Francis de Sales are available to Catholics today. Not a small group of people will … Read More
McCarrick resigned from the College of Cardinals. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
Before anything else… Lots of people are really angry, indeed enraged. Horrid situations such as those caused by men like McCarrick are painful. We can make choices about how to view them. Anger is appropriate, but not to the point … Read More
Look! Up in the Sky! MARS in opposition, MOON in bloody conjunction
On a far happier note, from SpaceWeather and from APOD come astronomical notes of interest. First, APOD says that Mars is in opposition. This mean that the entire planet is lined up against liberals, in a kind of solar systemic … Read More
Cri de Coeur: calls for punishing action against bishops complicit in L’Affaire McCarrick
Today I read at Crisis a smart piece by Eric Sammons which argued that, because of the unaddressed, indeed covered up scandal of McCarrick … and others, just wait!… Catholics should address the problem of feckless bishops by withholding money: … Read More
At the core of the rot
As a preamble, today at Crisis, two new pieces touch the same issue: virtues that govern what is owed to God and what is owed to man. These virtues are closely related. Justice governs what is due to another human … Read More
Posted in Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged cultus, devotio, virtue of religion
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9 Comments
ACTION ITEM! Spiritual Bouquet for Bp. Morlino
On 1 August, His Excellency Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino, the Extraordinary Ordinary, will mark the 15th anniversary of his installation as the 4th Bishop of Madison. The TMSM has begun to gather a Spiritual Bouquet for His Excellency, especially … Read More
Posted in ACTION ITEM!
Tagged Bp. Robert Morlino, Spiritual Bouquet, The Extraordinary Ordinary
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D. Madison – 29 July – Missa Cantata in the DOMINICAN Rite
I am pleased to inform the readership that in Madison, WI, at the parish staffed by the Order of Preachers, there will be a Sung Mass in the Dominican Rite. On Sunday 29 July at Blessed Sacrament Parish, Fr. James … Read More
Concerning overly sweet cookies
I start with a photo of cookies. They weren’t very good cookies; waaaay too sweet. I don’t have much of a sweet tooth. In general the sweet and, in other matters, the sentimental aren’t my first choice. Never have been. … Read More
Rage over Card. McCarrick and Total War
I had this note from a priestly reader: Thank you for drawing attention to the Mme Defarge rhetoric of the Left (Catholic and otherwise) and for pointing out the danger of letting the Left provoke us also into a lynch … Read More
Marriage, unrealistic ideals and Paul VI’s advice
Some committed Catholics today, like Donatists, think that one strike is the only and permanent strike, without possibility of conversion, penance and return to the path of holiness. Some others today, on the other hand, claim that the Church – … Read More
Posted in GO TO CONFESSION, Hard-Identity Catholicism, One Man & One Woman
Tagged Humanae vitae, HV 25
4 Comments
4 Comments
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on Daily Rome Shot 1221 – mistreated: “Black to move and mate in 3. [NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t…”
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