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Monthly Archives: May 2020
ASK FATHER: “Why aren’t Masses restarted without Holy Communion?”
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Father, thank you so much for the live streamed daily Mass. I’m ‘attend’ every day since you started and it has kept me focused on what’s important. My question: I thought that the Holy Sacrifice of … Read More
Fr. Z’s Kitchen: Supper For The Promotion of Clericalism™ – Beef!
Last night I hosted another Supper For The Promotion of Clericalism™. There were six of us, all told. The menu was inspired by some good chats I’ve had recently with His Hermeneuticalness, Fr. Tim Finigan, a fine priest in England. … Read More
19 May – HOLY MASS (TLM) St. Peter Celestine – LIVE VIDEO: 1200h CDT (GMT/UTC -5)
I will LIVE stream a Traditional Latin Mass at NOON Central Daylight Time (= GMT/UTC -5 and ROME 1900h). Today: Mass in honor of St. Peter Celestine, Pope and Confessor. You will recall that he abdicated the papacy. I will … Read More
Posted in LIVE STREAMING
Tagged St. Peter Celestine
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A new marching cadence in the time of Coronavirus. (Fun.)
Meanwhile, the Army training for rapid vaccine deployment…#MondayMotivaton #coronavirus #COVID19 #Laugh pic.twitter.com/9nfxaCJ0CJ — Bree A Dail (@breeadail) May 18, 2020 I’ll bet we could have a little fun. Maybe even send them some new texts.
Your Good News
Do you have some good news to share with the readership? For my part, tonight I’ll be hosting another Supper For The Promotion of Clericalism. I should have 6 guests. It’s work but it’s a pleasure.
18 May – HOLY MASS (TLM) St. Venantius – LIVE VIDEO: 1200h CDT (GMT/UTC -5)
I will LIVE stream a Traditional Latin Mass at NOON Central Daylight Time (= GMT/UTC -5 and ROME 1900h). Today: Mass in honor of St. Venantius, Martyr. I will add prayers “Pro tentatus et tribulatis… For the tempted and afflicted”. … Read More
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16 May – HOLY MASS (TLM) St. John Nepomucene – LIVE VIDEO: 1200h CDT (GMT/UTC -5)
I will LIVE stream a Traditional Latin Mass at NOON Central Daylight Time (= GMT/UTC -5 and ROME 1900h). Today: Mass in honor of St. John Nepomuk or Nepomucene, martyr. I will add prayers “Pro infirmis… for the sick”. Will … Read More
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@BishopStika responds to @FatherZ, who responds in turn. And feedback about yesterday’s furious post.
Yesterday, I expressed my anger at the selfish jackasses who verbally abused a woman working the switchboard of a US diocese because that diocese’s bishop, Most. Rev. Richard Stika of Knoxville banned Communion on the tongue due to COVID-1984. He … Read More
Posted in Linking Back
Tagged Bp. Richard Stika, Communion on the tongue, coronavirus, D. Knoxville
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Benedict XVI’s Letter to the Polish Church for the 100th Birthday of St. John Paul II
Benedict XVI wrote a letter about the 100th birthday of St. John Paul II. The Polish Bishops Conference put it on their site in Polish and English. The National Catholic Register has it HERE. This part struck me. In his … Read More
Prot. N. 655/09/L v. can. 223 and bishops restricting Communion on the tongue
Remember 2009? H1N1 “Swine Flu” Pandemic. Right? Here’s some food for thought for bishops out there who think that they can simply run over the law – and people – via the excuse of can. 223. Meanwhile, in a US … Read More
Posted in 1983 CIC can. 915, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged can. 223, CDW, coronavirus, H1N1
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15 May – HOLY MASS (TLM) St. John Baptiste de La Salle – LIVE VIDEO: 1200h CDT (GMT/UTC -5)
I will LIVE stream a Traditional Latin Mass at NOON Central Daylight Time (= GMT/UTC -5 and ROME 1900h). Today: Mass in honor of St. John Baptiste de La Salle, Confessor. I will add prayers “Pro Ecclesiae unitate… for the … Read More
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Wherein a furious Fr. Z gives selfish, cruel jackasses a piece of his mind
In the wake of stories of bishops banning, or attempting to ban, Communion on the tongue for as long as Coronvirus threatens… how long with that be?… I wrote a few blog posts on the matter. Today, I’ve looked around to … Read More
14 May – HOLY MASS (TLM) Requiem for Benefactors – LIVE VIDEO: 1200h CDT (GMT/UTC -5)
I will LIVE stream a Traditional Latin Mass at NOON Central Daylight Time (= GMT/UTC -5 and ROME 1900h). Today: Mass is a Requiem, “Daily Mass for the Dead”, especially with prayers for my benefactors who may be now deceased. … Read More
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ASK FATHER: You are against dropping Hosts onto hands, but you drop the Host every day during Mass!
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Father Z your blog is great and I’ve learn many things on it. I have to point out an inconsistency. On 5 May you yourself had a “spittle-flecked nutty” about a diocese which tells priests to … Read More
Bp. Folda of @fargodiocese opines about people who desire Communion on the tongue during Coronavirus
The Diocese of Fargo is one of the US dioceses which has improperly banned Communion on the tongue, in the context of the Wuhan Corona Lockdown Virus. This ultra vires policy flies in the face of Redemptionis Sacramentum 92. Fargo … Read More
A bishop reverses his restriction on Communion on the tongue.
During this Chinese COVID-1984 virus pandemic, some bishops have, ultra vires, improperly restricted Communion on the tongue, ostensibly out of concern for public health. When questioned, some have succumbed to the temptation to double-down on poorly crafted and unfortunately worded … Read More
13 May – HOLY MASS (TLM) Our Lady of Fatima – LIVE VIDEO: 1200h CDT (GMT/UTC -5)
I will LIVE stream a Traditional Latin Mass at NOON Central Daylight Time (= GMT/UTC -5 and ROME 1900h). Today: Mass in honor of Our Lady of Fatima with a commemoration of St. Robert Bellarmine, Bishop, Confessor, Doctor of the … Read More
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Let’s raise the standards
There is strain between the Church’s laity and leadership. Rather, strain between the people in the pews and the hierarchy. Leadership is something other. It can be found on either side of the Communion rail. May I recommend to the … Read More
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