Author Archives: Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

About Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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

UPDATED – Novus Ordo – 22 June – St. John Fisher and St. Thomas More – NB: HARD TO FIND Mass Texts for their Feast in the Traditional Latin Mass (9 July)

UPDATE 25 June: I received this note. We met many years ago at Fr. Finigan’s Parish in Blackfen.  I was one of the regular visiting choir.  You kindly link to the Society of St. Bede’s Propers sheet that I made … Read More

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Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 4th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 12th) 2023

Share the good stuff. It’s the 4th Sunday after Pentecost in the Vetus Ordo and the 12th 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 727

Chinese Wei Yi scored a third win in four games in the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2023 in Dubai.  Magnus Carlsen beat fellow former World Champion Viswanathan Anand on day two, but Anand’s Ganges Grandmasters won the match and have the … Read More

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“Perdonamose!” St. John’s Birthday Feast and Midsummer Snails

Hard to improve on this from a couple years ago.  Little changes. Your planet once again is whirling its way towards your solstices, Summer in the North and Winter in the South.  Since the emphasis in Western Civilization has been … Read More

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The new look of the new sanctuary of Notre-Dame de Paris

I just threw up in my mouth a little. They never learn. Will it take another fire? Source, the great Twitter feed of Fr. V.  Fr. Z says follow Fr. V. And …

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Check this blog post by a priest friend. Women clergy? The real point.

I alert the readership to a blog post by a priest friend and commentator here, Fr. Martin Fox.  You want to check into this. I am mindful of a story I read at the National Catholic Register about how in … Read More

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Daily Rome Shot 725

Photo from M Welcome new registrants: mjanke TMInsall I am regularly celebrating Mass for the intention of my benefactors, including those who send things from my wish list.  My sandwich yesterday was magnificently augmented by great mustard, which recently arrived.  … Read More

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Tumbling thoughts about the Nativity of St. John the Baptist including, wort, witches and a hymn

There are lots of customs for the Vigil and the Feast of St. John the Baptist.  Romans eat snails. Romans also would gather certain plants that were mature by this point, such as what we call St. John’s Wort, along … Read More

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Daily Rome Shot 724

In other news, I think I found the perfect visual image of what sites like Fishwrap and the known papalotrous extremists are doing to their readers.  This image is by Kiszkiloszki who also does some rather black humor things in … Read More

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“I’m delighted – if that’s the right word – to see this morning…”

As I was doing the first triage on my email, culling with sangfroid, I saw in the list an article alert from The Catholic Thing to which all you readers should subscribe.  I saw “The Devil, You Say” by Francis X. … Read More

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