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- on Daily Rome Shot 1200 – Refutation: “The scroll was an amulet worn around the neck, found in a burial. Very interesting story. https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/frankfurt-silver-inscription-oldest-christian-testimony-found-north-of-the-alps/”
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Monthly Archives: June 2019
A “Catholic Signal Corps” – Thinking about a Catholic digital future and this blog
Semper paratus. Here is an idea I have brought up in the past. Since this blog is facing huge changes, of existential ramifications, I have pondered how much easier life could be for me and for others if there were … Read More
ASK FATHER: Traditional aspergillum or “whisk”?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: For years now our parish has used the equivalent of a small whisk broom instead of a more traditional aspergillum during the Easter season. The “whisk broom” seems to throw much more water and the priests … Read More
BOOKS RECEIVED: Antonio Socci on why Benedict is still Pope and Sam Gregg on the Struggle for Western Civilization
Books are coming in like hail. Many on a similar theme. Here’s what I’ve been up to today, resulting in the melting of my brain. Today I read through The Secret of Benedict XVI: Is He Still the Pope? by … Read More
Posted in Benedict XVI, REVIEWS
Tagged abdication, Antonio Socci, Benedict XVI, faith and reason, Regensburg Address, Samuel Gregg, Western Civilization
27 Comments
27 Comments
ASK FATHER: Pipe organs, being expensive, how about manually pumped reed organs?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Pipe organs being too expensive for most parishes, and many electronic organs being used instead sound terrible and turn people off from the organ, what are your thoughts on bringing back reed (pump) organs to church? … Read More
ASK FATHER: Alb for a boy’s pretend “Mass” set?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I am making a set of vestments for my 9 year old son to use for pretend Mass over the summer. (I’ve been inspired by your posts regarding the travel vestments being made for your priest … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Priests and Priesthood
Tagged alb, blessing, play Mass, vestments
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ASK FATHER: Marital relations after a tubal ligation 22 years ago out of fear of pregnancy
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I am very uneasy in my conscience. Twenty-two years ago, after the birth of our fourth child (last 3 were high risk pregnancies that ended in C-sections), my wife felt she was too old (38) to … Read More
On a painfully hopeful day, consolation arrives – new icon of Our Lady, Queen of the Clergy
It has been a painful and hopeful day. Hopefully painful, or painfully hopeful, I can’t decide. The needle drifted a to the later as I opened my mail. First, it is REALLY supposed to be MONDAY in the OCTAVE of … Read More
Wherein Fr. Z reads, rants and prays
There is an article today at National Review which has a reaction to Pope Francis’ strange words about the Eucharist. HERE. Francis said that, since “there is already unity” among Christians, then we shouldn’t have to “wait for theologians to … Read More
Chief of the Vichy Knights of Malta forbids the Extraordinary Form
UPDATE 11 June: A spokeswoman for the @orderofmalta in Rome has confirmed to me this morning that this June 10 letter of the Grand Master banning all liturgical ceremonies in the Extraordinary Form within the Order is genuine. pic.twitter.com/J2aUrCUiWY — … Read More
Posted in Pò sì jiù
Tagged Extraordinary Form, Knights of Malta, SMOM, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, TLM
29 Comments
29 Comments
Your Good News
It has been some time since I’ve asked you what’s going on. Do you have good news? I can start out with a couple items of lighter fare. I just learned of a Ham Radio net that operates on weekends … Read More
Cardinals and Bishops issue a “Declaration of Truths” intended to “aid” the Supreme Pontiff
A small group including Card. Burke and Bp. Schneider have issued a Declaration of Truths comprising some 40 paragraphs over 8-pages under various subheadings, and have also issued an Explanatory note comprising some 1300 words and 2 single spaced pages. … Read More
Octave of Pentecost PODCAzTs
Some 11 years ago, I made a series of PODCAzTs for the Octave of Pentecost. My technical abilities have improved a little since then, and I seem to have had a little more energy, but they aren’t bad. So, these … Read More
Posted in PODCAzT, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Octave of Pentecost, PODCAzT
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Great concelebration photos during Chartres Pentecost Pilgrimage
During my last Rome visit I posted a photo of real concelebration: three priests at the same time saying their Masses at three altars in the nave of a Roman church. Today I found a great series of pics at Messa … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Mail from priests
Tagged Chartres, concelebration
4 Comments
4 Comments
Your Pentecost Sunday Sermon Notes
Was there a good point made in the Holy Mass you heard to fulfill your Pentecost Sunday obligation? Let us know. I spoke about the ongoing role of the sacrament of confirmation in Christian life. There were a couple things … Read More
CQ CQ CQ Ham Radio Saturday: DXing and Vatican call sighting, and Vatican Radio LATIN news program
I have had some success making DX contacts recently. Here’s a shot of my log from yesterday. Sometimes when it is hard to copy the callsign letters, some hams will veer away from the standard NATO alphabet and use other … Read More
WDTPRS – Vigil of Pentecost (1962MR): from gerbils to lions
Can you believe that today is already the Vigil of Pentecost? COLLECT (1962MR): Praesta, quaesumus, omnipotens Deus: ut claritatis tuae super nos splendor effulgeat; et lux tuae lucis corda eorum, qui per gratiam tuam renati sunt, Sancti Spiritus illustratione confirmet. Splendor … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
Tagged claritas, gerbils, illustratio, splendor, vigil, Vigil of Pentecost
1 Comment
1 Comment
“Why should I send somebody in my place to be killed?”
At the site of the Knights of Columbus (bad choice about the uniforms, men, very) magazine, Columbus, there is a seriously moving account of D-Day and the storming of the beaches of Normandy. HERE A sample… […] Then the coxswain … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Our Catholic Identity, Si vis pacem para bellum!
Tagged D-Day, John 15:13
4 Comments
4 Comments
DAY 9 – Novena of Prayer to the Holy Spirit – AUDIO
Let us, upon our knees, pray in a special way to God the Holy Spirit during this time between Ascension Thursday and Pentecost. This is one way to pray. I invite the readership to join in. MANNER OF PRAYING THE … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, PODCAzT
Tagged Ascension, Gifts of the Holy Spirit, novena, Pentecost
3 Comments
3 Comments
DAY 8 – Novena of Prayer to the Holy Spirit – AUDIO
Let us, upon our knees, pray in a special way to God the Holy Spirit during this time between Ascension Thursday and Pentecost. This is one way to pray. I invite the readership to join in. MANNER OF PRAYING THE … Read More
Posted in PODCAzT
Tagged Ascension, Gifts of the Holy Spirit, Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit, intellectus, novena, Pentecost
2 Comments
2 Comments
Bp. Paprocki bans pro-abortion politicians from Holy Communion
Bp. Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, the capital city of the state, has issued a decree on 2 June which bans pro-abortion politicians from receiving Holy Communion in the diocese entrusted to his care. The trigger for this was the … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Canon Law, Fr. Z KUDOS
Tagged Bp. Paprocki, can. 915, can.916, D. Springfield in Illinois
21 Comments
21 Comments
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