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- JonPatrick on Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 5th Sunday after Easter (N.O. 6th of Easter) 2024: “NO Mass. Love is not a feeling, it is an action towards others, as Jesus act of dying on the…”
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- on Fr John Hunwicke – R.I.P.: “Prayers for his soul, and tears for the loss of such a priest.. He was a bright light.”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1011 – Brooklyn 24/4– Day 2: ““Singapore noodles”. Interesting. You won’t them on sale *anywhere* in Singapore though. Read somewhere that they were invented in Hong…”
- on Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 5th Sunday after Easter (N.O. 6th of Easter) 2024: “Attendance was about where I’m used to seeing it (100-110) at the 1330 Mass. This was actually a pleasant surprise…”
- on Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 5th Sunday after Easter (N.O. 6th of Easter) 2024: “The priest who was hearing Confession preached the sermon for whatever reason rather than the priest offering the Mass. Basically…”
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- on Daily Rome Shot 10112 – Brooklyn 24/4– Day 3 – A visit to the seminary: “Thanks for this interesting revelation on the Brooklyn Seminary, Father. Another sad story of the destruction of the visible Church.…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 10112 – Brooklyn 24/4– Day 3 – A visit to the seminary: “What a once beautiful seminary and such a sad little altar. Speaking of “stupid stuff”, I keep wanting to ask…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 10112 – Brooklyn 24/4– Day 3 – A visit to the seminary: “Thank you, Fr. Z, for your excellent Blog. Your new Camera’s Phone is “wundebar”. Great definition and clarity of photos.…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 10112 – Brooklyn 24/4– Day 3 – A visit to the seminary: “Sadly the only sacristy where I have ever seen framed vesting prayers was at the Anglo Catholic Episcopal church I…”
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Monthly Archives: May 2019
VIDEO: Conversion of an NFL player and the Traditional Latin Mass
Several kind souls have sent this video and I have heard about this young man from friends in Kansas City for some time now. You can see also my friends Fr. Matthew Bartulica and Fr. Shawn Tunink (who has a … Read More
Maybe “Pray Brethren that my sacrifice and yours …” doesn’t mean what people assume.
From Fr. Hunwicke, something provocative… with my emphases and comments: ORATE FRATRES “Pray Brethren that my sacrifice and yours …” We find the roots of this formula, which precedes the Prayer Over The Offerings, in Carolingian Gaul, in a rubric … Read More
Day 6-7 – NS Guantanamo Bay: Of mates and doors and details
My time here at GITMO is paying some dividends. First, the heat seems to be helping my shoulder and foot, which were injured during the winter. Also, today I got some writing done for the paper ahead of time. Some … Read More
Posted in Ham Radio, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, On the road, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged chess, CQ, CS Lewis, Ham radio
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16 Comments
The Present Crisis and the crisis of liturgy and catechesis
Rev. Msgr. Richard C. Antall is pastor of Holy Name Parish in the Diocese of Cleveland. He has, today, a piece at Crisis which is worthy of close attention. Please don’t jump to the false conclusion that I am in strong … Read More
A good article that explores what REAL clericalism is. UPDATED
UPDATE 10 May 2019: Fr. Longenecker has a post about different layers of clericalism. It is well written and has a good insight that builds on what I wrote, below. Go over there to get the full line of his … Read More
Posted in The Drill, Vatican II
Tagged Card. Heenan, clericalism, Evelyn Waugh, Vatican II
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12 Comments
QUIS UT DEUS? Who is like God? 8 May: Feast of the Apparition of Michael the Archangel
Today is the Feast of the Apparition of St. Michael the Archangel, in the Traditional Calendar. You might remember that St. Michael appeared on the top of a mountain in S. Italy, along the back of the “ankle” of the … Read More
Deaconettes? Not gonna happen
Here is some of the Q&A with Francis on the airplane for the Bulgaria visit. Josh McElwee, [for pro-women’s ordination] National [c]atholic Reporter:Thank you so much, Holy Father. In Bulgaria you visited an Orthodox community that has continued a long … Read More
Day 5 – NS Guantanamo Bay: Of Chesty Puller, tabernacle doors, and more iguanas
Since I prodded the curious with iguanas, here are more iguanas. They were hanging out near the chapel this morning after Holy Mass. Within the chapel at GITMO, there is a small, daily Mass chapel where the Blessed Sacrament is … Read More
Day 4 – NS Guantanamo Bay: Of a Sunday Mass hymn, tohu wa-bohu, and chess
Getting off this island is turning out to be harder than getting on, and that isn’t easy either. I hope to be here for another set of Sunday Masses, but transportation issues are … fluid. I think I need to … Read More
Posted in On the road, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged chess, Christopher Columbus, Poetry, tohu wa-bohu
9 Comments
9 Comments
A “Say the Black” moment from a … Jesuit!
At Jesuit-run Amerika there is an unexpected article. It – I’m not making this up – is a call for priests to stop making up prayers and doing their own thing during Mass. No, really. At a Jesuit publication. Jesuits … Read More
ACTION ITEM! Navy chaplain’s vestments lost in the airplane crash – UPDATED
UPDATE: Since in 24 hours we completed our objectives and exceeded expectations, it’s time to close this down. However… go to the bottom and read my 7 May update for more. UPDATE: I’ll add updates at the bottom, but this … Read More
Days 1-3 – NS Guantanamo Bay: Small dinosaurs and blue waters
I am working on a new/different phone right now, and it is mystifying me a bit – Android (don’t like it much) – but I’ve been taking some photos of the sights and sites at the base here in Guantanamo … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes
Was there a good point in the sermon you heard for your Mass of Sunday obligation? What was it? For my part… … I said Mass at the chapel at NS Guantanamo Bay. I spoke to the congregation about … Read More
Of blessings of airplanes and blessings from God
This post comes to you from fabled Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, at the NAS. How I got here and what happened after is the topic of this entry. But first a forward… I have often related from the pulpit and … Read More
My View For Awhile: Humidity Edition and CQ! UPDATES
I’m heading south and, frankly, I’m not quite sure about my return date. That’s a tale for a different post. The airport is NUTS this morning, pre-0600. I wonder if Delta changes schedules so that flights leave at the same … Read More
Read the linked article carefully!
Avete viatores et vos omnes qui transitis per viam. Legitote titulum meum. Every one of you clicking through this blog should STOP for a breath and use this link HERE and read carefully the linked article. On this note, I’ve … Read More
A bit of cheery news about a potential Extinction Level Event. But not to worry!
Meanwhile, I read this cheering bit of news at FNC: Huge ‘God of Chaos’ asteroid to pass near Earth in 2029 A 1,110-foot-wide asteroid named for the Egyptian god of chaos will fly past Earth in 2029 within the distance … Read More
Two object lessons in how to avoid some serious sins.
My mail box is filled – as are my instant messages – with the “news” that 20 Catholic notables issued an open letter arguing that Francis has committed heresy by word, deed and omission. I haven’t read the letter yet, … Read More
JonPatrick on Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 5th Sunday after Easter (N.O. 6th of Easter) 2024: “NO Mass. Love is not a feeling, it is an action towards others, as Jesus act of dying on the…”
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