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“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
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- Suburbanbanshee on ASK FATHER: “While I don’t like seeing female Eucharistic ministers, from a spiritual perspective how can it be worse than lay men?”: “Re: Communion after Mass, that was because (in some places) Father and the deacons, etc., would receive during Mass, and…”
- on ASK FATHER: How do priests who dislike Communion on the hand cope with the obligation to do it? Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “@jhogan, I’ve heard the theory that a fair few of the post-Vatican II liturgical changes were because the clergy simply…”
- on From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 26-09-22: “Glad to hear that +Atticus is not trying too quickly to “wean” folks over from practices like regular confession and…”
- on ASK FATHER: “While I don’t like seeing female Eucharistic ministers, from a spiritual perspective how can it be worse than lay men?”: “@ProfessorCover As a Trent-acostal I quote thusly: “The holy council wishes indeed that at each mass the faithful who are…”
- on ASK FATHER: “While I don’t like seeing female Eucharistic ministers, from a spiritual perspective how can it be worse than lay men?”: “When traveling I would sometimes encounter parishes which refer to EMHCs as “Eucharistic Ministers” (EMs) and when I would subsequently…”
- on ASK FATHER: “While I don’t like seeing female Eucharistic ministers, from a spiritual perspective how can it be worse than lay men?”: “This is the same rationale I’ve always heard for why altar servers are traditionally boys. The role is one that…”
- on 24 September: Of Our Lady of Walsingham, Our Lady of Ransom, and a prayer: “On the Descent of Our Lady of Mercy II Class feast for the Philippine Islands Prayer O God, through the…”
- on ASK FATHER: “While I don’t like seeing female Eucharistic ministers, from a spiritual perspective how can it be worse than lay men?”: “Regarding L.’s comment, is the distribution of Holy Communion a part of the Mass, or is it an interruption? I…”
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Monthly Archives: September 2022
Daily Rome Shot 558, etc.
Priestly chess players, drop me a line. HERE White to move and mate. Can you weave the net?
ASK FATHER: “I have often felt used and abused spiritually, psychologically and emotionally by bitchy, nosy, petty, likely psychopathic/narcissist church people.”
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I have often felt used and abused spiritually, psychologically and emotionally by bitchy, nosy, petty, likely psychopathic/narcissist church people. What was once a naive and blind trust and obedience was crushed by the sadistic cackling of … Read More
WDTPRS – 14th Sunday after Pentecost: God gives us the finger
Working up a translation of a liturgical text is many layered. For many years I wrote a weekly column comparing the Latin and the translations. This blog was born of that effort, for I originally thought that it would … Read More
UPDATE: DIY Camera Repair
Firstly, THANK YOU to the readers who sent batteries for my camera from my wishlist! Much appreciated! Continued from… HERE. We rejoin our adventure into camera repair after a break while we awaited the arrival of parts from China. I … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 557, etc. including a crazy solution
Yesterday I posted a puzzle I found it in an issue of the Marshall [Club in NYC] Spectator. White to move and mate starting 3. 1.e7… There are several ways to mate black. However, the most fascinating line is if … Read More
King Charles on the Ideology of Modernism
My good friend Fr. Tim Finigan alerted me to this. Perhaps Charles could explain the situation to Francis. We are going to win pic.twitter.com/dqfNdGkywY — Antonius (@boreaaltje) September 8, 2022
1926-2022
1926-2022 Queen from 1952 for 70 years and 7 months. Requiescat in pace. Remember your own mortality. Go to confession.
Daily Rome Shot 556, etc.
Planning to move? Real Estate For Life can help you find a pro-life agent who will give some of the commission to a pro-life cause. Yesterday was a day off in the Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis. They coagulate again … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 555, etc., wherein 64 square drama continueth with videos
The other day I took some of this wonderful beer to a gathering and it was very well received. It is really good with savory things, such as sausages and cheeses. Really good. The drama continues in St. Louis. Yesterday, … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 555, etc., high drama
High chess drama in St Louis yesterday where the Sinquefield Cup is underway with some of the best players in the world… except… Yesterday the arguably-best-player-ever, Magnus Carlsen, stunned everyone by withdrawing from the tourney with a cryptic comment intimating … Read More
Suburbanbanshee on ASK FATHER: “While I don’t like seeing female Eucharistic ministers, from a spiritual perspective how can it be worse than lay men?”: “Re: Communion after Mass, that was because (in some places) Father and the deacons, etc., would receive during Mass, and…”
