Get updates in your inbox
About this blog…
“This blog is like a fusion of the Baroque ‘salon’ with its well-tuned harpsichord around which polite society gathered for entertainment and edification and, on the other hand, a Wild West “saloon” with its out-of-tune piano and swinging doors, where everyone has a gun and something to say. Nevertheless, we try to point our discussions back to what it is to be Catholic in this increasingly difficult age, to love God, and how to get to heaven.” – Fr. Z
Coat of Arms by D Burkart
Recent Comments
- Sandy on Full contact martial arts as mandatory seminary training.: “I was struck by a couple of things in the short video: the protection of the priest by his people,…”
- on Asking for a friend….: “I don’t doubt his sincerity. The way in which he expresses his thoughts, however, clearly shows the philosophical school in…”
- on Full contact martial arts as mandatory seminary training.: “As someone who has practiced martial arts, off and on, for the past 35 years, I strongly concur. It teaches…”
- on Asking for a friend….: “@prayfatima And yet, TC still remains in full force . . . . while he has all the power to…”
- on Asking for a friend….: “Mon ami now i know i ain’t the brightest bulb in the tree, but ain’t pride one of the seven…”
- on Asking for a friend….: “Yes, the ancient form of the Mass and sacraments rooted in France’s history are what the Pope is referring to…”
- on Asking for a friend….: “Mostly meaningless clatter. Francis, I mean Leo is getting rave reviews on all the Euro establishment outlets.”
CLICK and say your daily offerings!
A Daily Prayer for Priests
Federated Computer… your safe and private alternative to big biz corporations that hate us while taking our money and mining our data. Have an online presence large or small? Catholic DIOCESE? Cottage industry? See what Federated has to offer. Save money and gain peace of mind.
ABORTION PILL RESCUE NETWORK
Everyone, work to get this into your parish bulletins and diocesan papers.
Donate using VENMO
GREAT BEER from Traditional Benedictine Monks in Italy
Good coffee and tea. Help monks.
I use this when I travel both in these USA and abroad. Very useful. Fast enough for Zoom. I connect my DMR (ham radio) through it. If you use my link, they give me more data. A GREAT back up.
Help support Fr. Z’s Gospel of Life work at no cost to you. Do you need a Real Estate Agent? Calling these people is the FIRST thing you should do!
They find you a pro-life agent in your area who commits to giving a portion of the fee to a pro-life group!
This blog has to earn its keep!
PLEASE subscribe via PayPal if it is useful. Zelle and Wise are better, but PayPal is convenient.
A monthly subscription donation means I have steady income I can plan on. I put you my list of benefactors for whom I pray and for whom I often say Holy Mass.
In view of the rapidly changing challenges I now face, I would like to add more $10/month subscribers. Will you please help?
For a one time donation...
To donate monthly I prefer Zelle because it doesn't extract fees. Use
frz AT wdtprs DOT com
Monthly Archives: April 2022
Daily Rome Shot 473, etc.
The wonderful nuns of Gower Abbey, the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, have a new disc and digital download: Tenebrae at Ephesus US HERE – UK HERE These are the RESPONSORIES of Tenebrae for all three days of the Triduum. They are, … Read More
WDTPRS Easter Monday – Post Communion (NO)
The Post Communion prayer for today’s Mass in the Ordinary Form caught my eye because of it’s interesting beginning. Exuberet, quaesumus, Domine, mentibus nostris paschalis gratia sacramenti, ut, quos viam fecisti perpetuae salutis intrare, donis tuis dignos efficias. This prayer … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 472, etc.
Supplemental… Please remember me when shopping online. Thanks in advance. US HERE – UK HERE
Your Sunday Sermon Notes: Easter Sunday
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 Easter Sunday? Tell about attendance especially … Read More
YOUR TRIDUUM SERMON NOTES and a POLL about Holy Thursday Washing of Feet
Were there any really GOOD points you heard in sermons at any of the Rites for the Sacred Triduum? Please share them with us. Sometimes there are real gems and people don’t always have strong preaching when they are. Meanwhile, … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, POLLS, Sermons
Tagged foot washing, holy thursday, polls
12 Comments
12 Comments
“HAPPY 95TH BIRTHDAY Santità Benedict XVI! And anniversary of baptism
Pope Benedict XVI was born on Holy Saturday of the Triduum in 1927. Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger was baptized that same day with the water blessed at the Vigil of Easter. Remember that ceremonies were held in anticipation in those days, … Read More
WDTPRS and AUDIO: The Exsultet – explained, translated, sung – from 2005!
It’s hard to believe but this post goes back to 2005! 17 years ago! I get requests about the Exsultet, so here you are… again. It is about the Novus Ordo version, but in substance it applies across the board … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 470, etc. – and “Days in Rome” Project
From NLM. In May I will be with a prolife pilgrimage group in Italy. I would like to stay longer after it is concluded (since I’ll already be there). So, I have my tin cup out in the form of … Read More
ASK FATHER: On Good Friday should we venerate a Cross or a Crucifix?
UPDATE 16 April From a reader… Father, I know you’re not a fan of the Book of Blessings, [You’ve got that right!] but being an “official” ritual book, these two paragraphs from Chapter 35, “Order for the Blessing of a … Read More
Sandy on Full contact martial arts as mandatory seminary training.: “I was struck by a couple of things in the short video: the protection of the priest by his people,…”
