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Author Archives: Fr. John Zuhlsdorf
VINTAGE RECTORY BATHROOM TILES: 04
Just in. And the floor tiles are just like those of a room I had in a rectory, except mine were dark gray. My sender wrote: “You might note with interest the four different shades of green being employed. Thanks … Read More
Happy Birthday “Lord of the Rings”
On this day in 1954 the first part of The Lord of the Rings was published: The Fellowship of the Ring. The LotR was one of the most important influences in the topography of my life, though its influence was karstic. Once there, … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 751
Welcome registrant: bigmig Great wine from the traditional Benedictines of Le Barroux. White to play and mate in 2. How long did it take you? Time yourself. NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t … Read More
WDTPRS – 9th Sunday after Pentecost: O God, ever distant, ever near
This week’s Collect, which historically was in the 8th century Liber sacramentorum Gellonensis, was also the prayer over the people, or Super populum, in the 1962MR for Wednesday of the 4th Week of Lent. It was not, I believe, in the 1970MR … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 750
Welcome registrants: ByzantineMike mcp0010 White to play and mate in 2. NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others. Extra credit for naming the pattern. Interested in learning? Igor has a … Read More
My View For Awhile: Heading to the Shrine
I’m on my way to the wonderful Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Wisconsin. A couple days ago, the flights were ghastly, as most are these days, jammed and delayed by several hours thus resulting a a very late … Read More
MAZZA: The Importance of the Value of Reputation, Part II
At Homiletic and Pastoral Review (yes, it still exists), find the second part of important work by civil and canon lawyer Michael Mazza (whom I’ve known for a zillion years). He now works as a canonist especially in defense of … Read More
How to force a new ecclesiology on the Church. It takes time.
At Rorate today there is a useful piece by Roberto de Mattei. In spite of his strange jabberings about “the jab” It is useful in that it provides a few concise paragraphs that put into perspective where we have been … Read More
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Daily Rome Shot 749
Here’s a puzzle. Black to move and win. NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others. Please remember me when shopping online. Thanks in advance. US HERE – UK HERE These links take you … Read More
INTERVIEW: One of my profs in Rome Dr. John Rist with Ed Pentin: The Catholic Church Could Be Facing a Crisis Worse Than the Arian Controversy of the 4th Century
Ed Pentin, surely Rome’s best English language commentator on Church matters these days, has an interview with Dr. John Rist, a professor at Cambridge and also in Rome at my school, the Patristic Instititute Augustinianum. I had several courses from … Read More
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on ROME 26/10-11 – Day 33: All Souls: “Bruised: appliances tied to the Internet I recall something I read a few years ago, that someone hacked a guy’s…”
