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Monthly Archives: March 2020
Fomites of Viruses, Fomites of Sins, and YOU
Today on a TV news channel I heard a doctor talking about the ways that virus can spread. He used a term “fomites” (pronounced “foe-mights”). I immediately knew what it was about, but I looked it up: “any inanimate object … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ACTION ITEM!, GO TO CONFESSION
Tagged custody of the eyes, fomes peccati
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6 Comments
31 March – Holy Mass (TLM) Tuesday in Passion Week – LIVE VIDEO: 1200h CDT (GMT/UTC -5)
Today I am again going to attempt to LIVE stream Mass at NOON (Central Daylight Time = GMT/UTC -5 This weekend Europe went on daylight savings. So Rome is -7 again.) Holy Mass (TLM) will be the formulary for Tuesday … Read More
30 March – Holy Mass (TLM) Monday in Passion Week – LIVE VIDEO: 1200h CDT (GMT/UTC -5)
Today I am again going to attempt to LIVE stream Mass at NOON (Central Daylight Time = GMT/UTC -5 This weekend Europe went on daylight savings. So Rome is -7 again.) Holy Mass (TLM) will be the formulary for Monday … Read More
29 March Sunday – VESPERS live-streamed 1500h (GMT -5)
It was a custom for Catholics on Sundays to return to their churches for Vespers. As a matter of fact, in some traditional hand missals you will find the prayers for Vespers. Moreover, the Second Vatican Council asked that Sunday … Read More
Fr. Z’s Kitchen: Pasta e ceci alla Romana
Yesterday The Great Roman™ sent me a photo of a fine bowl of pasta e ceci in the Roman style. This is a good lesson about custody of the eyes. We tend to want what we see. I immediately wanted … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 1st Passion Sunday 2020 (TLM)
Was there a good point made in the sermon you heard at the Mass that fulfilled your Sunday Obligation? WHOOPS! You probably are in a place where you don’t have an obligation, either because the bishop dispensed it or there … Read More
POLL: Veiling and covering images on 1st Passion Sunday 2020, 5th of Lent
We are really getting into it now. From this Sunday, traditionally called 1st Sunday of the Passion, it is customary to veil images in churches. In the Gospel in traditional Form of the Roman Rite we hear: Tulérunt ergo lápides, … Read More
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Tagged Passion Sunday, veil images
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29 March – LIVE Sunday Mass (TLM) 0730 CDT
I’ll say Mass at 0730 this morning. In Europe you switched to daylight savings. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPOv8zi09j0w0JlN1OTXXOQ That’s the parish channel rather than my personal channel.
ASK FATHER: Blessing sacramentals over a live stream on the internet
From a reader… QUAERITUR: During this time of plague, may priests live-stream the blessing of sacramentals? A priest has asked parishioners who want to have these objects blessed to prepare water, salt, etc., view the blessing ritual online, and presumably … Read More
28 March – Holy Mass (TLM) Saturday 4th Week of Lent – LIVE VIDEO: 1200h CDT (GMT/UTC -5)
Today I am again going to attempt to LIVE stream Mass at NOON (Central Daylight Time = GMT/UTC -5). Holy Mass (TLM) Saturday 4th Week of Lent with a commemoration of St. John of Capistrano. HERE I have permission from … Read More
Posted in LIVE STREAMING, Save The Liturgy - Save The World
Tagged Catholic, coronavirus, Latin, LENT, liturgy, Mass, pandemic, prayer, Spirituality, TLM, tradition
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ASK FATHER: Best practices for following a Mass which is live-streamed on the internet or broadcast on TV
From a reader… QUAERITUR: What are your thoughts about what to do during streamed Masses? I tend to think that in this time where it is impossible to attend Mass, it is at least beneficial to be united with one … Read More
Wherein a seriously annoyed Fr. Z rants – UPDATED
UPDATE Concerning something I ranted about below, I read this at CNA: Updated: Springfield, Mass. diocese rescinds policy permitting nurses to anoint Thanks be to God. One hour after the publication of the story below, the Diocese of Springfield informed … Read More
ACTION ITEM! BISHOPS and PRIESTS – Exorcise and bless!
Luke 4:40-41: When the sun was setting, all those who had any that were sick with various diseases brought them to Him; and He laid His hands on every one of them and healed them. And demons also came out … Read More
Startling visuals from special “Urbi et Orbi” ceremony in Rome against the pandemic
Today Francis has an extraordinary “Urbi et Orbi” ceremony, with prayers in this time of pandemic. They brought the famous Crucifix from San Marcello. It had been carried in 1522 in procession through Rome against the plague for several days. … Read More
27 March – Votive Mass “for the sick” – LIVE VIDEO: 1200h CDT (GMT/UTC -5)
Today I am again going to attempt to LIVE stream Mass at NOON (Central Daylight Time = GMT/UTC -5). This will be Votive Mass (TLM) “Pro Infirmis… For The Sick”. HERE I have permission from the bishop to use this … Read More
1st Space Force mission is a go
This is some cool news… From the Washington Free Beacon: First Space Force Mission Is A Go ‘We’re launching a giant spacecraft into space’ Space Force’s first official mission is a go, with personnel set to launch a military communications … Read More
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
And to all my readers, I add… Temba, his arms wide.
Fakebook blocking or deleting live-streamed Catholic Masses
This is interesting… I am receiving screenshots and statements reporting @Facebook blocking and/or deleting live-streamed #Catholic Masses and #Christian content during the ongoing #coronavirus restrictions. I have contacted @fbnewsroom, as the evidence suggests targeting.#CatholicTwitter pic.twitter.com/Z6XoKP78m6 — Bree A Dail (@breeadail) … Read More
ROME: Famous 1522 Plague Procession Crucifix moved to St. Peter’s
The famous plague procession Crucifix in Rome’s San Marcello al Corso has been moved from its chapel in the center of Rome to St. Peter’s Square for a prayer Francis will recite on 27 March at 1800h (Rome time) I … Read More
RichR on Larry Chapp NAPALMs a Cardinal!: “His Emminemce is free to run his archdiocese as he sees fit, but if saving time is the main concern,…”
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