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Yearly Archives: 2018
ASK FATHER: Traditional Latin Mass in a Protestant church?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Dear Fr. Z, In my locality, there is great hostility towards the traditional Latin Mass — so much so that the pastor would not allow a Mass to be celebrated inside the Catholic parish church. Unfortunately, … Read More
Madame Defarge (@MichaelSWinters) is upset that people don’t find the Terror – applied to real people today – very funny.
At Fishwrap, the Madame Defarge of the catholic Left, and their official Tricoteuse, has temporarily left his knitting spot near the guillotine and returned to the Fainting Couch to swoon in the wake of negative reactions to his thought-revealing imagery. I … Read More
A little bright spot for your day, a discrete packet of energy for your mind.
I listen to Great Courses on Audible. It helps to keep my brain working. Right now I am nearing the end of Einstein’s Relativity and the Quantum Revolution: Modern Physics for Non-Scientists. (US HERE – UK HERE) In that context, … Read More
Fr. Perrone: The greatest weapon within the grasp of every Catholic is the keeping of a well-ordered soul
How many times have I written here that, if you are upset with what you see going on in the Church, then “GO TO CONFESSION!”? I just read a sermon from this last Sunday by Fr. Eduard Perrone of the … Read More
Posted in Four Last Things, GO TO CONFESSION, Mail from priests
Tagged Assumption Grotto, Fr. Perrone
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“We have to learn how to be Roman priests again.” Wherein Fr. Z rants.
My morning coffee with homemade scone and my side-wise viewing of the Stage 4 of the Tour was enriched by the reading of Fr. Hunwicke’s Mutual Enrichment. He, also in stages, has been commenting on aspects of the Roman Canon … Read More
Left freaks out over SCOTUS pick. Hilarious tweets ensue.
On this 150th anniversary of the 14th Amendment, the smears against newly nominated Judge Kavanaugh have begun. BTW… it doesn’t matter that the Left knows that that has nothing to do with Roe v. Wade: that issue always whips up … Read More
New FSSP Superior General elected, SSPX is gathered, CSJC … we shall see.
From the FSSP site: New Superior General Elected: Fr. Andrzej Komorowski The General Chapter of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP), held from July 3rd to July 18th, 2018 at Our Lady of Guadalupe International Seminary in Denton, Nebraska, … Read More
Posted in Priests and Priesthood, SSPX, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
Tagged Canons of St. John Cantius, FSSP, SSPX
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A mosque at the site of the Battle of Tours!
I saw a really interesting video at Jihad Watch. It is about the building of a mosque at the site of the super-important Battle of Tours, 25 October 732, where Charles “the Hammer” Martel routed the Islamic invaders. A mosque … Read More
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Was there a good point or two made in the sermon you heard at the Holy Mass to fulfill your Sunday obligation? Let us know what it was.
07/07/07 – Summorum Pontificum 11 years on – WORK HARDER!
Today is the 11th anniversary of the release of the text of the “Emancipation Proclamation”, Summorum Pontificum, Benedict XVI’s great gift to the whole Church. It went into effect on 14 Sept 2007. I’ve called this important Motu Proprio a key … Read More
Vir Qui Timet Dominum on From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 26-10-06 – Chester And Bp. Dozer: “Plot twist: “observations about that thing” is referring to Chester taking the cathedra in the last entry.”
