Author Archives: Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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Fr. Z is the guy who runs this blog. o{]:¬)

Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 12th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 20th) 2023

Share the good stuff. It’s the 12th Sunday after Pentecost in the Vetus Ordo and the 20th Sunday of the Novus Ordo. Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Sunday Mass of obligation? Tell … Read More

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Daily Rome Shot 768

    Welcome registrants: beggingformercy Darby OGill Jussi Meanwhile, Magnus, is notorious for being either last minute to the board or even late.  Today, in the second game of the Semifinal – Round 7 Game 2 of 2 (players switch … Read More

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WDTPRS – 20th Ordinary Sunday: Live in love now to have Love Himself later

The Collect for the 20th Ordinary Sunday, found also in the 8th century Gelasian Sacramentary, is in the 1962 Missale Romanum for the 5th Sunday after Pentecost. Deus, qui diligentibus te bona invisibilia praeparasti, infunde cordibus nostris tui amoris affectum, … Read More

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Laypeople in the Diocese of Tyler to the Nuncio in defense of Bp. Strickland

At The Remnant there is an open Letter from “The Catholic Faithful of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas”. How many of the faithful, I don’t know.  However, even if it is tens rather than hundreds or thousands, they deserve to be heard. … Read More

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Daily Rome Shot 767 – Dino and Latino

White, down in material, to move and, remarkably, win. NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others. The wonderful nuns of Gower Abbey, the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, have … Read More

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“O Father, thank you for that message. I didn’t understand all of it, but I could hear every word.”

I’m confident that pretty much all of us priests have at one point or another after a Mass heard something along this line, generally from one of our treasured senior mass-attending Catholic ladies: “O Father, thank you for that message. … Read More

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Daily Rome Shot 766

Welcome registrant: ThoedeDreyling White to move and mate in 3. NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others. Interested in learning?  Try THIS. Please remember me when shopping online. Thanks in … Read More

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Daily Rome Shot 765

Photo by The Great Roman™ It is a proposal to counter the World Youth Day reposition debacle. Also by way of contrast, the 2023 Chartres pilgrimage v 2023 WYD.  Yes, there are  different mechanics because of scale, but that’s not … Read More

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Your Good News

Do you have good news for the readership? I haven’t asked this for a while.  However, today is of such a kind that good news would help. Firstly, I read that the Marians of the Immaculate Conception have voted to return to … Read More

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From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 23-08-15: The return of Fr. Tommy. The dime drops.

August 15th, 2023 Dear Diary, I had kind of a shock today, but I’m hoisting a scotch anyway and breaking out the caviar ’cause it’s a relief to have Fr. Tommy back. Things have kinda slipped through the cracks the … Read More

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