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Author Archives: Fr. John Zuhlsdorf
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
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
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
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
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
You might be able to improve the preaching in your parish and change a priest’s life. Wherein Fr. Z suggests.
Sometimes I muse on the truly horrible formation we seminarians in the 80’s received in Sacred Scripture. I broke through that deficit with my knowledge of classical languages and studying Patristic Theology at the best place to do so in … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 643 & inspirational video
This might not have been recorded in Rome, but this is as Roman as it gets. I can see them rotating roles, each taking a turn. Think of the love of the parents for these boys. Those are mighty fine … Read More
ASK FATHER: Am I cooperating with evil in my job by changing generic “he” on forms to gender neutral terms?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: My job with a state agency includes reviewing proposed regulations of other state agencies. For many years, when we did this task we would change old references to the generic “he” or “him“ to “he or … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 642
Photo by The Great Roman™ Welcome registrants: Cynthia Berenger Cogito2017 tom********@***.com 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, … Read More
3rd Sunday after Epiphany: “‘Vengeance is YOURS’, saith the Lord!” No… wait… that’s not how it goes. CROSS-POSTED
Cross-Posted from One Peter Five: We are looking at the Epistle readings for the Vetus Ordo on Sundays. This week we continue what we prayed last week. I say, “what we prayed,” because the readings themselves are part of a … Read More
