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- L. on Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 3rd Sunday after Easter (N.O. 4th of Easter) 2024: “I remember only the joke at the beginning of the homily: Priests get four weeks of vacation per year. Some…”
- on “you must not remember your forefathers…” Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “My children at one of the solid Chesterton Academies have been taught science and theology by an amazing young Catholic…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “What is it that changed about the Catholic Herald? Interesting interview by George Farmer. (If only the faithful could be…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Wonderful news about Candace Owens and George Farmer. Thank you for continually pointing out that Holy Orders is one Sacrament.…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 31 (-10): The Parish™…. what’s next?: “Just Some Guy: Perhaps others will get back to you before twilight’s last gleaming.”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 31 (-10): The Parish™…. what’s next?: ““This beautiful sunny yet cool Roman day started by the sun’s rising at 06:19 and it will end at 19:59.”…”
- on Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 3rd Sunday after Easter (N.O. 4th of Easter) 2024: “We are in the process of moving to the Lehigh Valley so this Sunday after the closing on our new…”
- on Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 3rd Sunday after Easter (N.O. 4th of Easter) 2024: “So, I usually attend a TLM at an FSSP parish at home. I was traveling this weekend, however, and opted…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 32 (-9): Happy Birthday Rome!: “acard: That’s fettucine alla bolognese. And they were good with a Lazio Syrah. The addition of the rosemary was a…”
- on ASK FATHER: Kissing the priest’s hand in the Latin Mass v. the liturgical spirit of Judas. Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “It seems more likely that medieval court rituals were based on the Mass, rather than the other way around. That…”
- on ASK FATHER: Kissing the priest’s hand in the Latin Mass v. the liturgical spirit of Judas. Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “Excellent overview Fr. Z! For those who are interested in a defense of the royalism or courtliness of the TLM,…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 32 (-9): Happy Birthday Rome!: “That pasta dish looks yummy! What is the name of that and ingredients?”
- on Faith practice declining far and wide…. except…: “Charivari Rob – Unfortunately I have been forced to switch computers twice recently and have lost the reference. The numbers…”
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Monthly Archives: April 2020
Wherein Fr. Z made a rubrical mistake. Mea minima culpa.
Today I said Mass on a live stream for St. Mark. I stuck to St. Mark rather than the Rogation Mass, because, well, I’m alone, and a procession of one guy alone, is just a guy going for a walk. … Read More
25 April – St. Mark and the Major Rogation Day – Wherein Fr. Z rants
Years ago I was outside the Paul VI audience hall waiting for my bishop. There were there various drivers, priests waiting for their bishops, newsies, etc. An old Italian bishop, tired of the yakking inside the meeting of their conference, … Read More
25 April – HOLY MASS (TLM) – St Mark – LIVE VIDEO: 1200h CDT (GMT/UTC -5) – With “rogation” prayers
Will you please subscribe to my channel? HERE I will LIVE stream a Traditional Latin Mass at NOON Central Daylight Time (= GMT/UTC -5 and ROME 1900h). The Mass formulary for 25 April: St Mark, Evangelist. There is a commemoration … Read More
UPDATE to #TalkLikeShakespeareDay: NEW PLAY! “Two Gentlemen of Corona”
Shakespeare’s birthday, and therefore Talk Like Shakespeare Day, arrived full of expectation on 22 April. I posted HERE. I was working, feverishly, on deciphering the manuscript I mentioned of a hitherto unknown offering by the Bard. I missed the target … Read More
24 April – HOLY MASS (TLM) – St Fidelis – LIVE VIDEO: 1200h CDT (GMT/UTC -5) – With prayers “For the sick”
Will you please subscribe to my channel? HERE I will LIVE stream a Traditional Latin Mass at NOON Central Daylight Time (= GMT/UTC -5 and ROME 1900h). The Mass formulary for 24 April: St Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Martyr (“Protexisti me”) … Read More
23 April: Talk Like Shakespeare Day – a review and a foretelling
As it is the twenty-third of the what the other Poet dubbed “the cruelest month”, this day henceforth shall ever be renowned as Talke Lyke Shakespeare Daye. I’ve been digging around in archives and I have uncovered yet another rare … Read More
Posted in Lighter fare, Linking Back
Tagged Talk Like Shakespeare Day, William Shakespeare
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23 April – HOLY MASS (TLM) – St George – LIVE VIDEO: 1200h CDT (GMT/UTC -5) – With prayers “In time of plague”
Will you please subscribe to my channel? HERE I will LIVE stream a Traditional Latin Mass at NOON Central Daylight Time (= GMT/UTC -5 and ROME 1900h). The Mass formulary for 23 April: St George, Martyr (“Protexisti me”) DivinumOfficium.org gave … Read More
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ASK FATHER: What should I do if I hear a priest break the Seal of Confession?
From a reader in the combox under another post. HERE QUAERITUR: What is the proper procedure for a person to whom the Seal is broken? For example, folks who happen to hear those two Libville homilies? The “Libville homilies” were … Read More
Lighter fare
Th thirst for sports sports and more sports continues. It’s hard to figure out how to introduce this, so I’ll just post it for a bit of levity as the day begins. Marv Albert, Charles Barkley and @SHAQ Do Play-By-Play … Read More
22 April – HOLY MASS (TLM) – Sts. Soter and Caius – LIVE VIDEO: 1200h CDT (GMT/UTC -5) – With prayers “For the sick”
Will you please subscribe to my channel? HERE I will LIVE stream a Traditional Latin Mass at NOON Central Daylight Time (= GMT/UTC -5 and ROME 1900h). The Mass formulary for 22 April: Sts. Soter and Caius, Popes, Martyrs (“Si … Read More
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ASK FATHER: Penalties for Violation of the Seal. Wherein Fr. Z and a fictional SSPX priest explain the situation.
In the combox I was asked… QUAERITUR: Doesnt revealing the content and identity of a penitent incur grave penalties? I respond thusly. First, for a person – and priests are people, too – to incur a censure, he has to … Read More
21 April – HOLY MASS (TLM) – St. Anselm – LIVE VIDEO: 1200h CDT (GMT/UTC -5) – With prayers “For the sick”
Will you please subscribe to my channel? HERE I will LIVE stream a Traditional Latin Mass at NOON Central Daylight Time (= GMT/UTC -5 and ROME 1900h). The Mass formulary: St. Anselm, Bp., Conf., Doctor I will add prayers “Pro … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, LIVE STREAMING
Tagged St. Anselm
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Wherein Fr. Z responds to a lie
I’ve sat on this for two days now. I shared the draft with trusted experts for review. I was told that, at PrayTell – a disaster of a blog which most of you should simply ignore – there was a … Read More
20 April – REQUIEM MASS “Pro defunctis sacerdotibus” – LIVE VIDEO: 1200h CDT (GMT/UTC -5) – With prayer “in time of pandemic”
Will you please subscribe to my channel? HERE I will LIVE stream a Traditional Latin Mass at NOON Central Daylight Time (= GMT/UTC -5 and ROME 1900h). The Mass formulary: REQUIEM “Pro defunctis sacerdotibus” After, I will recite a prayer … Read More
Posted in Four Last Things, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Priests and Priesthood
Tagged Catholic Easter Liturgy Spirituality Prayer Tradition, Requiem Mass
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More about the SSPX and the heart
I wrote about the SSPX the other day because some internet tweets were drawing out the worst in people. Opening up Twit-deck today reveals that the worst is still going on. The canonical status of the SSPX and the various … Read More
Your “Low” Sunday 2020 Sermon Notes – VIDEO
Was there a good point made in the sermon you heard at the Mass for your Sunday, either live or on the internet? Let us know what it was. For my part…
ASK FATHER: Cohabiting couple who own a house. (MUST READ HILARITY!)
I don’t like hypothetical questions. “What if’s…?” can go on forever. However, this one was interesting. So I reached out to my friend Fr. Ferguson, knowing in my bones that what I would get back would be a doozy. It’s … Read More
Another point about the SSPX. They are not a small, fringe group.
In the wake of my post about the SSPX yesterday, it has come up in email and comments that the SSPX is a small group. Libs really like to fling this around. “This is a small fringe group. They shouldn’t … Read More
17 April – Holy Mass (TLM) Easter Friday – LIVE VIDEO: 1200h CDT (GMT/UTC -5) – With a fervorino (aka homily)
Will you please subscribe to my channel? HERE I will LIVE stream a Traditional Latin Mass at NOON Central Daylight Time (= GMT/UTC -5 and ROME 1900h). The Mass formulary: Friday in the Octave of Easter. (You can eat meat … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, LIVE STREAMING
Tagged Catholic, coronavirus, EASTER, Latin, liturgy, Mass, pandemic, prayer, Spirituality, TLM, tradition
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L. on Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 3rd Sunday after Easter (N.O. 4th of Easter) 2024: “I remember only the joke at the beginning of the homily: Priests get four weeks of vacation per year. Some…”
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