Author Archives: Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

About Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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

WDTPRS – Holy Family (1962MR): Extend your family bond around someone who has no one else

When the Feast of the Holy Family comes around, we sometimes get comments about how many people are hurt because of their families.  The Feast itself and the ideal of the Holy Family leaves them a little shaken.  From the … Read More

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Clericalism? I’ll show you clericalism!

They INSIST you stand. With your hands out. pic.twitter.com/iTwt0EjRUK — Matthew (@matthew__theo) January 6, 2023

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Daily Rome Shot 628… NEW BEER!

From Card. Zen’s tweet.   Meanwhile,… White to move. 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 GREAT NEWS from the monks of … Read More

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Daily Rome Shot 627 and entombment of Benedict XVI

Welcome: JohnTG1948 Centurion mjhackethal Jacquelinedawson28 PNF shgonzalez Yesterday. 5 January 2023. Following custom, and because it is also a legal act, there is a document placed in the tomb with deceased popes, enumerating their dates and deeds.  It is called … Read More

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ASK FATHER: Penance and abstinence on Friday, 6 January, Epiphany

From a reader… QUAERITUR: The feast of the Epiphany is a Friday this year. Our FSSP calendar has it marked as a day of abstinence, according to 1962 law, but my TLM planner from The Liturgical Year calendar family does … Read More

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A New Year. Remembering past injuries. Clinging to past sins. The Purification of Memory

A the beginning of a new civil calendar year, quite a few people are moved (at least for a while) to assess their lives and resolve (at least for a while) to make some changes.  These changes are mostly about … Read More

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5 January: St. Telesphorus and an old friend

In the Novus Ordo calendar it is the Feast of St. John Neumann (+1860) and also of St. Edward the Confessor (+1066). However, it is also the Vigil of Epiphany and feast of St. Telesphorus (c. 137).  St. Irenaeus says … Read More

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Daily Rome Shot 626 and a final view of Benedict

Welcome  registrant: CarKee1974   Meanwhile,… White to move and win. NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others. Support great monks. Get good wine.

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New Year’s Resolutions

Here are a couple of good ones.

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Completely crazy game and a bold move

I simply am compelled to bring this to your attention.  Even if you are not so much into chess… tua maxima culpa – you can see how totally nuts this game was between Hungarian Richard Rapport (now playing for Romania) … Read More

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