Monthly Archives: April 2022

Daily Rome Shot 486, etc.

It’s coming up pretty soon. New: two Via Caritatis rosés: Vox Rosé and Lux Rosé Please remember me when shopping online. Use my affiliate link.  Thanks in advance. US HERE – UK HERE

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My View For Awhile: Zwischenzug edition

Heading home for the brief stretch before I head to Italy. Highlights from my time in … The Rome of the West.

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Daily Rome Shot 485, etc.

Please remember me when shopping online. Thanks in advance.  Just click one and Amazon will remember how you entered and I will get the credit. US HERE – UK HERE And one of my Cafepress shops… 3:16 isn’t just in John.

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Daily Rome Shot 484, etc.

  Please remember me when shopping online. Thanks in advance.  Just click one and Amazon will remember how you entered and I will get the credit. US HERE – UK HERE

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28 April – Prepare to be amazed! – St. Gianna Molla’s 2nd miracle. Wherein Fr. Z rants.

This is an oldie post, but it is very worth review if you’ve seen it before. If not, prepare to by amazed. Today is the Dies Natalis of St. Gianna Beretta Molla (+28 April 1962 at 39 years of age). … Read More

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My View For Awhile: Just en passant

I’m off for my first air trip in a quite some time. It’s like I’d never stopped. Maybe one in twenty have a mask. It’ll be a quick one and I only have a couple of personal agenda points. Otherwise, … Read More

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Easter Card Followup

Here is a follow up on a post I had made some time ago about Easter cards. HERE If Christmas cards, how much more Easter cards? I am happy to report that some cards have been forwarded. I’ve heard from … Read More

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Daily Rome Shot 483, etc.

Photo by The Great Roman™

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Daily Rome Shot 482, etc. with a bonus pic for St. Cletus

Video by Jacob Stein Help me get back over 50K after the strange purge last year… Daily Mass Fervorino HERE Here is a bonus pic!

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On Twitter follow @fatherz

Remember back during the faux election cycle that there was a weird “purge” on Twitter?  In the space of a few days, I lost thousands of followers for no apparent reason. Now that Elon Musk (BTW… I posted a video … Read More

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Video update about the restoration of Notre-Dame de Paris.

We all watched with horror as the roof of Notre-Dame de Paris burned. Here is a video update about the building. ?  

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Daily Rome Shot 481, etc.

Photo by The Great Roman™ This, from Chess.com, is almost too easy, but perhaps some readers here are not quite as practiced. Consult your “checks, captures, threats”. White to move and completely win. Please remember me when shopping online. Thanks … Read More

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ASK FATHER: Solid, orthodox religious orders and instititutes

From a reader… QUAERITUR: I am currently in the process of discerning a vocation to the priesthood and I am investigating different groups/orders. I am relatively familiar with the strictly “traditional” groups (ICKSP and FSSP especially) but it can be … Read More

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Your Sunday Sermon Notes: Low Sunday, Divine Mercy Sunday, Quasimodo Sunday, Thomas Sunday, Sunday “in albis deponendis”

Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment of all. Share the good stuff. Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Mass of obligation for the Octave of Easter? Tell about … Read More

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St. Thomas and the beating, living, healing, Heart of Love.

The nice folks at One Peter Five invited me to post a weekly column for Sundays. I’ve happily obliged. This week, I think it best to share here something of what I wrote, there.. just a few bits. By me … Read More

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ASK FATHER: The final Rosary prayer says, “while meditating upon these mysteries”, but I want “what they contain” all the time, not just “while meditating”!

From a reader… QUAERITUR: “While” is an unusual word in English. It can be used as a verb, a noun, an adverb, a conjunction, and even a preposition. Most English translations of the final prayer of the Holy Rosary say … Read More

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Daily Rome Shot 480, etc.

Daily Mass Fervorino HERE From Chess.com today, the daily problem. I find end game problems to be the toughest.  This one isn’t horrible, but you have to have cold blood. White to move. Please remember me when shopping online. Thanks … Read More

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Daily Rome Shot 479, etc.

Speaking of markets, your use of my Amazon affiliate link is a major part of my income. It helps to pay for insurance, groceries, everything. Please remember me when shopping online. Thanks in advance.  Just click one and Amazon will … Read More

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Daily Rome Shot 478, etc.

Looking to move?  Sell or buy a house?  Relocate to a sane place?

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Fr. Z’s Kitchen: Roman Birthday Edition

Because yesterday was the 2775th Birthday of Rome, I decided to be Roman in my evening repast. Spaghetti all’amatriciana.   I didn’t have any bucatini, but this bronze-cut high-quality pasta is a principled choice.  Actually, it is chitarra. All’amatriciana is a … Read More

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