"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
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I attended my local weekly EF Low Mass. There were a few younger faces in the congregation which was really good to see. Rose vestments were used. There was neither a good nor bad point made in the sermon as there was no sermon. As often seems to be the case, as soon as the Gospel ends it is straight into the Creed and no sermon is preached. I can only remember hearing one sermon preached in the last couple of months or so by our regular priest here. Occasionally the Gospel is read in English before the Creed (even more seldom is the Epistle read in English too), although this is rare. Ultimately, I am just very glad and appreciative to be able to attend an EF Mass (I know many are not so lucky) but I do miss a well-preached sermon and would love to be able to give Fr Z a better – and perhaps more positive – comment to his post! I think my main worry is that the absence of the sermon and readings of the Epistle/Gospel in English may put off any newcomers not familiar with the EF – they would likely not have a missal to read the readings in English as I do. I thought sermons were mandatory on Sundays (correct me if wrong) and with TC breathing down our necks, which requested the readings to be repeated in English (again correct me if wrong), I do also worry that if any unfriendly Catholics opposed to tradition were to find out about the absence of both of these, then it could provide a ‘useful’ pretext for getting our Mass cancelled. Nevertheless, I am quite new to the EF myself, having started attending it regularly only since TC, and the priest is highly experienced and has been celebrating it for many years, so I am hesitant to ask him, or a more experienced member of the congregation, about why we don’t have a sermon preached more often.
Here in the Archdiocese of Boston ,our dear Cardinal, good buddies with Pope Francis just decreed we must wear mask AGAIN! My question is should we be wearing mask matching the vestments? If this had been decreed last sunday I am sure we could have found Rose/pink mask. WHEN WILL THE INSANITY STOP!!!
Traveling again so attended the Divine Liturgy of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church which being Eastern Rite does not observe Advent as such and therefore no rose or purple anything. However the Gospel was I thought appropriate for this time of year, the man who prepares a feast and invites people all of whom beg off because of some worldly preoccupation – new yoke of oxen, new farm, getting married. He therefore tells his servants to invite the blind, crippled, and lame. The man of course represents God and the feast is his kingdom. The original invitees represent those of the old covenant who are wrapped up in their worldly pursuits. He therefore invites others who represent the Gentiles.
At my ICKSP parish, it seems that every week there are more YOUNG families. We didn’t have Catechism in 2020-21 due to the scamdemic, but from 2019-20 until this year, our Catechism program more than doubled and we now have more than 200 children enrolled! Insane!
Our Bishop (PGH) has brought the hammer down in the diocese and has basically stopped any TLM outside of the ICKSP parish (with the exception of ONE Sunday Mass / month at 2 pm). He has even forbidden priests from having a PRIVATE TLM!!!!
I don’t know how to describe the shade of rose. It was a muted, almost dusty shade – like a dried rose petal. I can at least say the chasuble was an older style, more similar to a scapular.
Attendance (Novus ordo) is still down compared to before the pandemic.
My short summary of the homily was: Rejoice, because you might be going to hell.
In more detail, father discussed how common it is to just assume we’re going to heaven automatically, because we all tend to think we’re generally good people.
If we don’t believe we could go to hell, Christ’s birth doesn’t have as much meaning, but it is specifically because of this fear that having a Savior is so important.