Monthly Archives: January 2023

Sign posted on confessional door: “GET TO THE POINT!” Wherein Fr. Z rants.

I saw this photo on Twitter. I post just the photo and not the link because of the off-color remark that accompanied it, surely motivated by disgust. I’m not precisely sure what motivated the off-color remark about this sign. Several … Read More

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Daily Rome Shot 649

Photo by The Great Roman™ Meanwhile,… NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others. Priestly chess players, drop me a line. HERE Your use of my Amazon affiliate link is a … Read More

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Fr. John Hollowell’s brain tumor was miraculously healed at Lourdes.

Let’s be clear about something.  If we do not ask for miracles, it is unlikely that they will be granted. Fr. John Hollowell has a brief video to explain that his brain tumor, which had returned, was miraculously healed through … Read More

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Items of good news and an ACTION ITEM!

Here are some bits of good news. First, an amuse bouche. Next, I had this note from someone where the TLM is celebrated by the FSSP: Someone from work and with lots of prejudices came yesterday and he said he … Read More

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ASK FATHER: I just learned we have to confess mortal sins in kind and NUMBER. But I haven’t been doing that. I don’t want to go to Hell.

From a reader… QUAERITUR: I have recently learned I believe several years ago then when going to confession one must confess mortal sins by kind and “x” times #. Well, I don’t think I’ve ever done that until I found … Read More

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Daily Rome Shot 648 & Pre-Lent is coming

Photo by The Great Roman™ Meanwhile,… NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others. Interested in learning?  Try THIS. Your use of my Amazon affiliate link is a major part of … Read More

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If Vatican II was supposed to usher in a new “springtime”…

Here’s an informal thought exercise. If Vatican II was supposed to usher in a new “springtime”… I saw something – HERE – EUROPE, NO LONGER CHRISTIAN ACCORDING TO PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE “Only a part of the cultural … Read More

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WDTPRS – 4th Sunday after Epiphany: YOU, weary foot soldier of the Church Militant

This Collect sometimes winds up at the end of the liturgical year, depending on when Easter, and therefore Pentecost, falls.  This year, because Easter is a little later, we have it before Septuagesima (next week… already). COLLECT (1962MR): Deus, qui … Read More

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Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 4th Sunday after Epiphany (N.O.: 4th Ord) 2023

Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment of all. Share the good stuff. It is the 4th Sunday of Ordinary Time in the Novus Ordo and the 4th Sunday after Epiphany in the Vetus Ordo. … Read More

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Daily Rome Shot 648 and another “Emeritus”

Photo by The Great Roman™ Meanwhile,… black to move and mate. NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others. Meanwhile,… another Emeritus!  It’s the last Round of Tata Steel and a … Read More

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The Exorcist Files. Podcasts about real cases.

A good friend of mine, Fr. Carlos Martins, has two main ministries. Firstly, he travels around the country with a magnificent presentation with and about relics. More about this can be found at Treasures of the Church. Fr. Martins has … Read More

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Daily Rome Shot 647

Meanwhile,… Black to move.  Good luck! NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others. Interested in learning?  Try THIS. Your use of my Amazon affiliate link is a major part of … Read More

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Benedict XVI said that he abdicated because of insomnia

From personal experience, I can confirm that insomnia is a terrible affliction. ANSA: The insomnia suffered by Pope Benedict XVI was the “central reason” for his resignation in 2013: he revealed it himself in a letter sent a few weeks … Read More

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Fr Z’s Kitchen: Hardwear and soft-fare.

This was the situation in the oven. I was making supper for my mother, smelled the wrong kind of smoke, looked in the oven. The heating element was on fire. I TURNED OFF THE POWER AT THE BREAKER BOX. I … Read More

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Daily Rome Shot 646 with Friday appropriate fare

Minestra de Broccoli Romaneschi ed Arzilla with a glass of Malvasia puntinata. Photo by The Great Roman™ Broccoli Romaneschi, by the way, are an entirely different critter from regular Broccoli. Meanwhile… NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next … Read More

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Responses to Card. McElroy’s essay in Jesuit-run Amerika

Jesuit-run (who else?) Amerika ran a piece by – and this still has me shaking my head – Card. McElroy of that key See of San Diego, suffragan to Los Angeles.  The Amerika piece is a dreadful obfuscation of Catholic moral teaching and … Read More

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Daily Rome Shot 645 and an Action Item!

Photo by The Great Roman™ Welcome registrants: jerryforZ Christine Rose Meanwhile, NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others. Interested in learning?  Try THIS. Meanwhile, at Tata Steel, Magnus Carlsen has … Read More

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ASK FATHER: How do you argue with extreme fringe trads that the Novus Ordo is valid?

From a reader… QUAERITUR: I am asking advice that you’d think you’d never be asked to do – how to defend the Novus Ordo.  No, I don’t mean to defend it as being superior to the TLM – trust me, … Read More

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Daily Rome Shot 645 – Obsculta, O fili, praecepta magistri!

Photo by The Great Roman™ Please remember me when shopping online. Thanks in advance. US HERE – UK HERE  These links take you to a generic “catholic” search in Amazon, but, once in and browsing or searching, Amazon remembers that you used my … Read More

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Daily Rome Shot 644 with overload

Photo by The Great Roman™ Meanwhile, Black to move and win material. NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others. Priestly chess players, drop me a line. HERE Please remember me … Read More

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