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Monthly Archives: April 2020
ASK FATHER: What’s the truth about the SSPX?
I was informed that some prominent internet wonks were/are having a spat about the SSPX. I looked around and found all manner of strange, useless and confusion-riddled comments about the status of the SSPX, their objectives and holiness, and blah … Read More
16 April – Holy Mass (TLM) Easter Thursday – LIVE VIDEO: 1200h CDT (GMT/UTC -5) – With a fervorino (aka homily) – Pope Benedict XVI’s Birthday
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: Thursday in the Octave of Easter. It is Pope Benedict … Read More
Posted in Benedict XVI, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, LIVE STREAMING, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
Tagged Benedict XVI, Catholic, coronavirus, EASTER, Latin, liturgy, Mass, pandemic, prayer, Spirituality, TLM, tradition
2 Comments
2 Comments
GOOD NEWS! The great “Bourdon” bell of Notre-Dame in Paris speaks again!
In yesterday’s PASCHALCAzT 50, I used a bit of a recording of the huge “Bourdon” bell – named “Emmanuel” – of Notre-Dame in Paris. The sound is amazing. A “bourdon” is the bell with the lowest pitch in a carillon. … Read More
ASK FATHER: Can the bishop forbid lay Catholics from gathering in public or private places because of COVID-19?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Does the bishop of a diocese have the authority to prevent lay faithful from gathering in public or private with non-household members? The following is background for the question. A group of lay Catholics were organizing … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box
Tagged can. 216, coronavirus
26 Comments
26 Comments
15 April – Holy Mass (TLM) Easter Wednesday – 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: Wednesday in the Octave of Easter. I’ll say a Low … Read More
Posted in LIVE STREAMING
Tagged Catholic, coronavirus, EASTER, Latin, liturgy, Mass, pandemic, prayer, Spirituality, TLM, tradition
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ASK FATHER: Priest allows EMHCs to take Communion home
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Some relatives told us that this past Saturday night for the Easter Vigil they were allowed to bring home consecrated hosts which then they decided to consume while watching a livestreamed Mass, at the moment when … Read More
14 April – Holy Mass (TLM) Easter Tuesday – LIVE VIDEO: 1200h CDT (GMT/UTC -5) – With 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: Tuesday in the Octave of Easter. I’ll say a Low … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, LIVE STREAMING
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13 April – Holy Mass (TLM) Easter Monday – LIVE VIDEO: 1200h CDT (GMT/UTC -5) – With 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: Monday in the Octave of Easter. I know it is … Read More
Your Easter Sunday 2020 Sermon Notes:
Was there a good point made in the sermon you heard at the Mass that fulfilled your Easter Sunday Obligation? WHOOPS! You probably are in a place where you don’t have an obligation, either because the bishop dispensed it or … Read More
Amazing coincidences! Pachamama bowl – Vigil of Easter in St. Peter’s – Annuario Pontificio
At the end of the Amazon Synod (“walking together”) in October 2019, a black ritual bowl with markings associated with Pachamama, with demonic idol worship, was placed at Francis’ behest directly on the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica, above … Read More
Posted in Synod
Tagged 50 Ways To Rig A Synod, Annuario Pontificio, bowl, Pachamama, Vicar of Christ
30 Comments
30 Comments
John Gerardi on NEW BOOK about how the Novus Ordo Lectionary came to be with its cycles and edits of Scripture: “It’s startling to think that the mere re-translation of the modern missal took a solid ten years (if we date…”
