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YOUR RECENT COMMENTS
- David on WDTPRS – 20th Sunday after Pentecost: What a grace it is to live with mind and conscience quiet: “Father, your fine remarks about heaven’s perfect accord versus hell and sin being discordant seem to echo John Milton’s “At…”
- on Rome 24/10 – Day 5: Savoring life and loveliness: “Father, it brings me joy that you are in Rome and to read your daily posts. Thank you for the…”
- on WDTPRS – 20th Sunday after Pentecost: What a grace it is to live with mind and conscience quiet: “The heading at your post on 1P5 on the Gospel reminded me also of this prayer before communion in the…”
- on 4 October – St. Francis of Assisi – A saint for times of weak doctrine and weak heirarchy: “Yes, BeatifyStickler, In the 70’s the put out a movie about St. Francis. All the Friars were flitting around like…”
- on Rome 24/10 – Day 5: Savoring life and loveliness: “NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others. The PBG Alaskan…”
- on Rome 24/10 – Day 4: BLACK VESTMENT PROJECT!: “EAW rightly pray for Fr Horan. He may choose to be laicized but I thought the changes wrought in the…”
- on 4 October – St. Francis of Assisi – A saint for times of weak doctrine and weak heirarchy: “Where did the hippie image come from? It always kind of pissed me off. I just sense gays from the…”
- on 4 October – St. Francis of Assisi – A saint for times of weak doctrine and weak heirarchy: “Most likely it was referring to the heresy of Catharism, which led to the Albigensian Crusade (1209-1229). To know more…”
- on 4 October – St. Francis of Assisi – A saint for times of weak doctrine and weak heirarchy: “Interesting. Is there an attribution for this text or does the author prefer anonymity? Thanks.”
- on 4 October – St. Francis of Assisi – A saint for times of weak doctrine and weak heirarchy: “@ Joannes_Picus – Heretics at the time were the Cathars and Waldensians who rejected teachings of the Church and promoted…”
- on 4 October – St. Francis of Assisi – A saint for times of weak doctrine and weak heirarchy: “What were the Church’s sins at the time, and which heresy specifically was dominating Europe?”
- on 4 October – St. Francis of Assisi – A saint for times of weak doctrine and weak heirarchy: “Toward the end of St. Francis’s “Hymn to the Sun” is the line “Woe to those who die in mortal…”
- on Rome 24/10 – Day 2: Lights (video): “@monstrance: Or selling off Casa Santa Marta to a hotel chain? ;)”
- on Rome 24/10 – Day 4: BLACK VESTMENT PROJECT!: “Those vestments are beautiful! In charity, let’s pray for Mr. Horan. He is obviously a troubled man in need of…”
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Monthly Archives: January 2021
Your Sunday Sermon Notes – Septuagesima Sunday (NO – 4th Ordinary) 2021
Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at the Mass for your Sunday (obligation or none), either live or on the internet? Let us know what it was. Too many people today are without good, strong … Read More
ASK FATHER: Making a General Confession
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Watching the signs of our times and considering my life, I feel God is calling me to make a general Confession. So I set the date for next Tuesday, but I am in need of some … Read More
ASK FATHER: Why is it “Septuagesima” if it isn’t really the 70th day before Easter?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Tomorrow is Septuagesima Sunday, which is supposed to mean “seventieth”, as in 70 days from Easter. Then next Sunday is Sexagesima, or “sixtieth”, 10 days difference but only 7 days later. How does this add up? … Read More
JUST TOO COOL: 3000 year old royal purple fabric discovered in Israel (think… King David, Solomon)
Here is something for your Just Too Cool file. From SciTech Daily: A Glimpse Into the Royal Purple Wardrobe of King David and King Solomon – 3000 Years Ago “King Solomon made for himself the carriage; he made it of … Read More
Burying the “Alleluia”
There is a lovely custom attached to Septuagesima Sunday and Pre-Lent: burying the Alleluia. At Septuagesima we stop, in the traditional rites, singing an Alleluia after the Gradual and, instead, sing a Tract. The Alleluia isn’t heard in Masses of … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Lighter fare, Save The Liturgy - Save The World
Tagged Alleluia, Septuagesima
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6 Comments
A note from a true priest hero – Fr. Dana Christensen
A shout out to Fr. Dana Christensen, priest and hero. I’ve written about Fr. Christensen before. He has ALS and it is progressing. He wrote the following with an eye gaze computer and he has support for HIS SITE from … Read More
ASK FATHER: Does idolatry incur a greater penalty than other mortal sins? Wherein Fr. Z rants.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Does violation of the First Commandment of the Decalogue (such as acts of literal idolatry and/or demon worship) entail a greater penalty / injury to the offending baptized Catholic than mortal sins against the other Commandments? … Read More
Society and God’s role
I was sent a brief video made a few years ago. It is about religious freedom. It is about the bedrock of our society. The video features Clay Christensen, a Mormon and economist, etc., who died in 2020 from cancer. … Read More
Posted in Religious Liberty, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices
Tagged Clay Christensen
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10 Comments
YOUR URGENT PRAYER REQUESTS
PLEASE use the sharing buttons! Thanks! Registered here or not, will you in your charity please take a moment look at the requests and to pray for the people about whom you read? Continued from THESE. Let’s remember all who … Read More
If you don’t know your catechism… don’t know your Homer… your Dante… well….
Today is one of those days when there are several good reads on the interwebs. I can recommend two more from Crisis both from today. First, there is an important piece from Aaron Seng, “The Catechism Crisis”. He is the head … Read More
Posted in Pò sì jiù, REVIEWS, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged catechism, CCC, Dante Alighieri, Homer, Iliad
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11 Comments
Fr Longenecker: “Be Subversive — Get Married!” and Fr Z rants a little.
Fr. Longenecker has a good piece at Stream. It’s as subversive as his advice to young people. In the setup for his argument for young couples (male and female) to marry in church, have kids, stick close to the Church … Read More
ASK FATHER: Hosts and wine for when we have to shelter an underground priest – UPDATE
UPDATE: 27 January 2021: A post by Peter Kwasniewski over at NLM dovetails well with this post. He writes about the building of home altars, that is, altars useful for the celebration of Mass in your home. This might be … Read More
Pecknold on Biden on Augustine
I studiously avoided any coverage of the “inauguration” last week. I have, after that, done my best to avert my eyes from news. I did see that D.C. was turned into an armed bastion through the deployment of subsequently abused … Read More
Posted in The Coming Storm, The Drill
Tagged Augustine of Hippo, Chad Pecknold, City of God, Joe Biden
8 Comments
8 Comments
ASK FATHER: Indulgence for kissing a new priest’s hands
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Is there really an indulgence for kissing the hands of a newly ordained priest? I’ve heard different accounts. And how long is “newly”? I have written about this before. For example, HERE. There is no indulgence, … Read More
Navy Chaplain posthumously received the Navy Cross
Here is something that I had readied for posting and then, given recent events, the draft scrolled away from my view. Take a moment to check out this piece at the Navy Times about the posthumous awarding of the Navy Cross … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Priests and Priesthood, The future and our choices
Tagged Navy Chaplains
3 Comments
3 Comments
David on WDTPRS – 20th Sunday after Pentecost: What a grace it is to live with mind and conscience quiet: “Father, your fine remarks about heaven’s perfect accord versus hell and sin being discordant seem to echo John Milton’s “At…”
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