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- Suzukisam on Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage 2026… *sigh*… Vatican Bars Annual TLM Pilgrimage from ENTERING St. Peter’s Basilica: “I think a proper response would be “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?””
- on Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage 2026… *sigh*… Vatican Bars Annual TLM Pilgrimage from ENTERING St. Peter’s Basilica: ““Blessed are ye when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and speak all that is evil against you, untruly,…”
- on Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage 2026… *sigh*… Vatican Bars Annual TLM Pilgrimage from ENTERING St. Peter’s Basilica: “I’m Spartacus SSPX! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4NKu-KFIuMI”
- on Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage 2026… *sigh*… Vatican Bars Annual TLM Pilgrimage from ENTERING St. Peter’s Basilica: “@mickeyfitz, Per Rorate, per Messa in Latino, the prohibition came from the Pope, who criticized that the Mass was “instrumentalized.”…”
- on Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage 2026… *sigh*… Vatican Bars Annual TLM Pilgrimage from ENTERING St. Peter’s Basilica: “Well, I am outraged. These are Roman Catholics. They attend the TLM in places approved by their respective bishops. They…”
- on Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage 2026… *sigh*… Vatican Bars Annual TLM Pilgrimage from ENTERING St. Peter’s Basilica: “And their language…The Vatican will BAR…nice strong language which shows how they truly feel. It’s a different level of opposition…”
- on Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage 2026… *sigh*… Vatican Bars Annual TLM Pilgrimage from ENTERING St. Peter’s Basilica: “I used to get outraged when I’d see stories like this. Now I just laugh. This is what they take…”
- on Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage 2026… *sigh*… Vatican Bars Annual TLM Pilgrimage from ENTERING St. Peter’s Basilica: “Ubi caritas…. So much mercy since 2013.”
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Author Archives: Fr. John Zuhlsdorf
ROME 26/4– Day 35: Theatre of the Absurd
Today the sun rose at 06:10 and it will set at 20:06. But that’s in Rome, not in Columbia Heights. The Ave Maria Bell is still in the 20:15 slot for the Curia. It is the Feast of the great … Read More
ROME 26/4– Day 34: A good example
A little bit each day. The sun appeared to be raised up at 06:11 and to be pushed down at 20:05. The Ave Maria was to ring at 20:15, at least for the Roman Curia. Along with being the 3rd … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 3rd Sunday after Easter (N.O. 4th Sunday OF Easter)
Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment of all. Share the good stuff. Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Mass of obligation for this 3rd Sunday after Easter … Read More
ASK FATHER: If the Canon is inaudible, would it be invalid?
From a reader… QUAERUNTUR: An elderly priest always says the Canon in such a way that he is completely inaudible, he merely moves his lips. Do the rubrics require the Canon to be said audibly, if so, would his Mass … Read More
ROME 26/4– Day 33: Here’s a little Latin for you
ROMAE SOL ORTUS EST HORA VI ET XIII. SOL OCCIDET POST PAUCA MINUTA HORA XX ET IV. CAMPANA “AVE MARIA” PRO CURIA ROMANA HORA XX ET XV SONARE DEBET, SED NON SONABIT. POTIUS, APUD ECCLESIAM SANCTISSIMAE TRINITATIS PEREGRINORUM ET CONVALESCENTIUM … Read More
ROME 26/4– Day 32: What a day
In Rome the sun rose at 06:14. It set quite a while ago at 20:03. The Ave Maria Bells is still listed in the 20:15 cycle. Welcome Regstrant: CRM Among others, today was the Feast of Sts. Maria Cleope and … Read More
ROME 26/4– Day 31: tired
Over Rome at 06:16 the sun emerged and it will remerge (?) submerge at 20:02. The Ave Maria Bell ought to ring for the Curia at 20:15 (but it won’t). It’s the feast of St. George and St. Adalbert. I’m … Read More
ROME 26/4– Days 30: R.I.P.
Up came the sun at 06:17. Down goeth the sun at 20:01. The Ave Maria is in the 20:15 cycle for the Curia. It is the feast of three saintly Popes of yore: Soter, Caius and Agapitus. Perhaps more important … Read More
“Masses scheduled at impossible times”… Where have I heard that before?
Today in the Italian daily Il Foglio there is an article which starts… Catholics increasingly persecuted after the Agreement with China Human Rights Watch report: the situation has worsened after the agreement between Beijing and the Holy See. An assessment … Read More
ROME 26/4– Days 29: Happy Birthday Rome!
Today it was 06:19 when Pyrois, Eous, Aethon, and Phlegon bore the chariot of Helios into the view of Rome. At 19:59 the same “Fiery One”, “He of the Dawn”, “Blazing” and “Burning” will take dimming cart into West. The … Read More
Suzukisam on Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage 2026… *sigh*… Vatican Bars Annual TLM Pilgrimage from ENTERING St. Peter’s Basilica: “I think a proper response would be “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?””
