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- Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Voyager 2 launched on 20 August 1977, from Cape Canaveral. Voyager 1 launched from Cape Canaveral on 5 September 1977.…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Now this is very interesting. Not just looking up at some small dots of light overhead!”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 34 (-7): The burial place of… PLATO?!?: “The final resting place of Plato puts me in mind of a memorable excerpt I once read about Aristotle in…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 34 (-7): The burial place of… PLATO?!?: “Someone pointed out the St. George’s Day Google Doodle with its background account to me – with one of the…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: ““George Farmer, aka Candace Owen’s husband. He is a revert” If I’m reading the interview correctly, first a convert, then…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Not to detract from anything Imrahill said, but well, the papally-attested infallible ordinary magisterium about a catholic truth, not the…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Understatement of the year: they don’t make them like that anymore!”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “What happened to Voyager 2? And what sort of “science” data will Voyager 1 soon be able to resume transmitting?…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Not too shabby for a 77’ model.”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 34 (-7): The burial place of… PLATO?!?: “My baptismal anniversary. I’m mostly Scottish/Irish Catholic, birthed and educated by the Mercy Sisters during the height of the Troubles.…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 35 (-6): adventures in symmetry: “Father, it was perfect symmetry for two people. One cup handle facing one way and the other the other way.”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 35 (-6): adventures in symmetry: “From a reader: “What are in the frames between the vestments?” Those are the priest’s vesting prayers. I’ll show more…”
- on WDTPRS: 4th Sunday of Easter (Novus Ordo) – Mighty humble Shepherd, humble mighty flock: “Fr Z you are an inspiration in your knowledge about and love for the things of God and the church.…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 32 (-9): Happy Birthday Rome!: “Holy cow that pasta. I wish we had smell-o-vision and taste-o-vision.”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “The German grind continues. It is in their nature.”
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Monthly Archives: April 2023
FATHERS! Called into the chancery? Possible trouble? The first 24 HOURS are critically important. Be CAREFUL. TAKE ADVICE.
One of the advantages to being in Rome is that I can catch up with friends and acquaintances who come for pleasure or for work. What work? Sometimes journalistic. Often canonical. There are canon lawyers who come to Rome for … Read More
Posted in ACTION ITEM!, Cancelled Priests, Canon Law, Priests and Priesthood, Si vis pacem para bellum!
Tagged Michael Mazza
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ROME 23/04 – Day 19: Gotta hand it to ya
This got me thinking. In Rome you see lots of stylized and highly expressive hands. For example… And here St. Thomas Villanova is giving heresy something to chew over. There’s talking with your hands, and there’s not talking at all… … Read More
From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 23-04-18 – Letter from the Nuncio and Reconciliation Fallout
April 18th, 2023 Dear Diary, There outta be an air raid siren when one of these comes in….a letter from the Nuncio. I hate these! They are ALWAYS a ton of work. And usually for nothing. This is about a … Read More
ROME 23/04 – Day 18: Viewed from afar
The sun rose at 0624 and set at 1956. The Ave Maria is at 2015. Weather in Rome has been… unpleasant. Very cool, breezy and off and on rainy. So, you can’t plan easily. Tomorrow should be nicer. I hope … Read More
VIDEO: Die Grosse Wunde – The Great Wound: The Church is in one of the greatest crises in history.
This is interesting… Website: HERE
ROME 23/04 – Day 17: Babies, Beauty and Beer
Roma sun-up 0625 Roma sun-down 1955 Ave Maria 2015 You have to enjoy the many images of Our Lady in Rome, every couple of streets, each little neighborhood had theirs. And you often see votive offerings, silver hearts, have been … Read More
St. Thomas and the beating, living, healing, Heart of Love.
Here is something a wrote some time ago, reflecting on the meeting of the Risen Lord and Thomas and the “hand” and “side” incident. Here is something that I wrote a while back. Since today in the Vetus Ordo calendar … Read More
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 Low Sunday, 2nd of Easter? Tell … Read More
ROME 23/04 – Day 16: Papal Executioners
Sunrise 0627. Sunset 1954. Ave Maria 2115. Benedict Joseph Labre (+1783) Bernadette Soubirous (+1879) Today is called… Low Sunday Quasimodo Sunday Thomas Sunday Divine Mercy Sunday etc. Roman Station is at San Pancrazio Welcome new registrants: SBreslin Mrs. Last night … Read More
PASCHALCAzT 2023 – 54: Low Sunday
Daily 5 minute podcast to aid your Easter joy. Roman Station: St. Pancras TODAY: Low Sunday or Divine Mercy Sunday? Fr. Troadec holds before our eyes the impatience on the road to Emmaus. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · PASCHALCAzT 2023 – … Read More
Posted in LENTCAzT, PASCHALCAzT, PODCAzT
Tagged Catholic, EASTER, heaven, holiness, liturgy, PASCHALCAzT, resurrection, Roman Station, sin
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From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 23-04-15 – Confirmation season
April 15th, 2023 Dear Diary, They’re already telling me I have to gear up for a bunch of confirmations in the Easter season. I haven’t done confirmations for a few years because of the damn pandemic. I gave all the … Read More
ROME 23/04 – Day 15: Rain, rain, go away
Even as the sun rose at 0628 and will set at 1953, today the new Ave Maria cycle clicks over to 2015. It is Saturday, the last day of the Octave of Easter, which ends at Vespers and the Roman … Read More
PASCHALCAzT 2023 – 53: Easter Saturday – Don’t let your guard down
Daily 5 minute podcast to aid your Easter joy. Roman Station: St. Peter’s in the Vatican TODAY: Divine Mercy or Dominica “in albis”? Fr. Troadec offers superb advice about living day by day. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · PASCHALCAzT 2023 – … Read More
Posted in Four Last Things, LENTCAzT, PASCHALCAzT, PODCAzT
Tagged Catholic, EASTER, Four Last Things, heaven, holiness, liturgy, PASCHALCAzT, resurrection, Roman Station, sin
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NEW MOVIE: “Nefarious”… quite the demonic roller-coaster and very instructive
A new movie hits US theaters today, 14 April. Nefarious. The title “Nefarious” has been used several times, so don’t confuse it with other movies. I have had a sneak preview of the movie and I strongly recommend it, though … Read More
ROME 23/04 – Day 14: Beauty, on the board, on the altar
Today, sunrise was at 0630 and sunset will be at 1952. The Ave Maria is at 2000. It is Friday in the Octave of Easter, which according to the Novus Ordo calendar is held as a Solemnity. Hence, there is … Read More
PASCHALCAzT 2023 – 52: Easter Friday – Getting the demons out
Daily 5 minute podcast to aid your Easter joy. Roman Station: St. Peter’s in the Vatican TODAY: We hear and account of the terrifying exorcism of the ancient pagan Pantheon in Rome when Boniface IV consecrated it as a church … Read More
Posted in LENTCAzT, PASCHALCAzT, PODCAzT
Tagged Catholic, EASTER, heaven, holiness, liturgy, PASCHALCAzT, resurrection, Roman Station, sin
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ASK FATHER: Must we abstain from eating meat on Friday in the Octave of Easter?
We are now in the Easter Octave – Happy Easter! Let’s get out in front of this before the calendar clicks over to Friday Each year I get a question from readers about our obligation to do penance on Friday … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, 1983 CIC can. 915, Linking Back
Tagged Friday abstinence
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Are you angry about this? I’m angry about this! Biden Admin forbade Catholic priests to minister at Walter Reed during HOLY WEEK!
From the NYPOST: GOP lawmakers demand answers over Walter Reed’s ‘cease and desist’ order to Catholic priests at hospital during Holy Week Republican lawmakers penned a scathing letter Pentagon officials after Walter Reed National Military Medical Center sent a “cease … Read More
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Voyager 2 launched on 20 August 1977, from Cape Canaveral. Voyager 1 launched from Cape Canaveral on 5 September 1977.…”
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