"The great Father Zed, Archiblogopoios"
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Fr. John Hunwicke
"Some 2 bit novus ordo cleric"
- Anonymous
"Rev. John Zuhlsdorf, a traditionalist blogger who has never shied from picking fights with priests, bishops or cardinals when liturgical abuses are concerned."
- Kractivism
"Father John Zuhlsdorf is a crank"
"Father Zuhlsdorf drives me crazy"
"the hate-filled Father John Zuhlsford" [sic]
"Father John Zuhlsdorf, the right wing priest who has a penchant for referring to NCR as the 'fishwrap'"
"Zuhlsdorf is an eccentric with no real consequences" -
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- Michael Sean Winters
"Fr Z is a true phenomenon of the information age: a power blogger and a priest."
- Anna Arco
“Given that Rorate Coeli and Shea are mad at Fr. Z, I think it proves Fr. Z knows what he is doing and he is right.”
- Comment
"Let me be clear. Fr. Z is a shock jock, mostly. His readership is vast and touchy. They like to be provoked and react with speed and fury."
- Sam Rocha
"Father Z’s Blog is a bright star on a cloudy night."
- Comment
"A cross between Kung Fu Panda and Wolverine."
- Anonymous
Fr. Z is officially a hybrid of Gandalf and Obi-Wan XD
- Comment
Rev. John Zuhlsdorf, a scrappy blogger popular with the Catholic right.
- America Magazine
RC integralist who prays like an evangelical fundamentalist.
-Austen Ivereigh on
Twitter
[T]he even more mainline Catholic Fr. Z. blog.
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Deus Ex Machina
“For me the saddest thing about Father Z’s blog is how cruel it is.... It’s astonishing to me that a priest could traffic in such cruelty and hatred.”
- Jesuit homosexualist James Martin to BuzzFeed
"Fr. Z's is one of the more cheerful blogs out there and he is careful about keeping the crazies out of his commboxes"
- Paul in comment at
1 Peter 5
"I am a Roman Catholic, in no small part, because of your blog.
I am a TLM-going Catholic, in no small part, because of your blog.
And I am in a state of grace today, in no small part, because of your blog."
- Tom in
comment
"Thank you for the delightful and edifying omnibus that is your blog."-
Reader comment.
"Fr. Z disgraces his priesthood as a grifter, a liar, and a bully. -
- Mark Shea
Here is ADVENTCAzT 06, for Friday in the 1st Week of Advent.
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Amazing. Thanks, Father!
A harrowing prospect, but thanks, Fr. Z.
I vacillate between yearning for the Dies Irae on one hand, but recoiling in terror at the prospect on the other. And my fear is not only for my own soul, but also for the souls of those I love. It is good to be reminded of this daily. Thank you, Father Z.
It’s much easier to be merciful to others when we keep this particular judgment vividly in mind. Thank you, Father.
Beautiful. Thanks, Father.
Thank you Fr. Z. Fulton Sheen said something profound: “The more you respond to His gentle pressure, the greater will be your freedom.”
Meanwhile, in L.A. it seems walking on the sidewalk is now a punishable offense, and in Trudeau’s Canada celebrating Christmas may be verboten (“Nuts!”- Bastogne, December 1944).
There’s alot of Sturm und Drang (storm and stress) with these “Build Back Better” and “Great Reset” plots that are against humanity and God. Many hard-working men and women resent the constant intrusion and decrees of Evil Overlord-wannabes. These wannabes may actually spend their summers in Rangoon and take luge lessons on the slopes of Davos. But I digress.
Those vain “leaders” should recall Shelley:
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
‘My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!’
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
“All is vanity” says Ecclesiastes.
1 Kings 19:
And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice.
Yep, good point by Bishop Sheen.
Dear Semper Gumby,
I love your references. The “Nuts” quotation is not one I often think of, so I especially thank you for that, but the poem, Ozymandias, often comes to my mind.
MWCooney: Thank you.
Ozymandias is the ancient Greek name for Pharaoh Ramses II’s “throne name” (“Usermaatre Setepenre”- each Pharaoh had several names). Pharaoh Ramses II (if I could add, also known as “Yul Brynner”) was probably the Pharaoh of the Exodus.
Ramses in ancient Egyptian is: “ra’-ms-sw” which means “Ra carried him.” The sun god Ra travelled across the sky each day in a “solar boat.”
Now, in Exodus 2 we read:
[5] And behold the daughter of Pharao came down to wash herself in the river: and her maids walked by the river’s brink. And when she saw the basket in the sedges, she sent one of her maids for it: and when it was brought, [6] She opened it and seeing within it an infant crying, having compassion on it she said: This is one of the babes of the Hebrews. [7] And the child’s sister said to her Shall I go and call to thee a Hebrew woman, to nurse the babe? [8] She answered: Go. The maid went and called her mother. [9] And Pharao’s daughter said to her. Take this child and nurse him for me: I will give thee thy wages. The woman took, and nursed the child: and when he was grown up, she delivered him to Pharao’s daughter. [10] And she adopted him for a son, and called him Moses, saying: Because I took him out of the water.
Interesting. James Hoffmeier, in his 1999 book “Israel in Egypt: The Evidence for the Authenticity of the Exodus Tradition,” examines, among other things, the etymology of personal names such as Moses and “toponyms”- the names of geographical locations such as Pi-Ramses (Exodus 1:11).
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