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Author Archives: Fr. John Zuhlsdorf
Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 19th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 29th) 2025
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 19th Sunday after Pentecost, … Read More
ROME 25/10 – Day 21: Broken stuff
At 7:24 the sun broke the plane of the horizon. It shall once again sink beneath it on the other side of the arc at 18:26. The Ave Maria Bell, in its Curial cycle format, ought to ring at 18:45. … Read More
On this Feast of St. Luke… books!
I herewith prompt the readership to consider reading the following. First, Theophilos: A Novel by Michael D. O’Brien This explores a theme O’Brien seems fond of: a father searching for his son. The Theophilos in question is mentioned in the … Read More
ROME 25/10 – Day 20: BANNED!
7:23 and 18:28 and 18:45 In the traditional calendar it is the Feast of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, the Visitandine who received the messages of the Most Sacred Heart. Welcome Registrants: tz123 wzphl5 Luke Yesterday I treated myself to … Read More
Do you miss him yet?
Each and every day. Pope John Paul II was elected to the papacy on this day in 1978. pic.twitter.com/vvqKaBOtPg — Sachin Jose (@Sachinettiyil) October 16, 2025 My ordaining bishop.
Look at this carefully.
Look at this carefully. Preference for the Traditional Latin Mass is massively correlated with orthodoxy. This is precisely why certain people want it suppressed. They call the TLM “divisive” but the reality is that it is its opponents who want … Read More
ROME 25/10 – Day 19: Yum
7:22 saw the sun rise here in Rome. 18:29 will see the sunset. 18:45 won’t hear the Ave Maria Bell that is supposed to ring. It is the 289th day of the civil year. There are 77 days left. Advent, … Read More
“The Unspoken Trial of the Orphaning of Our Priests”
There is a good/bad article at Crisis about the situation priests are in the USA. It is almost 6000 words… hard words. Here is a summary. In short, the piece opens with Crisis Magazine editor Eric Sammons’ call for calm … Read More
“There has never been anything like this in history; in doing this we are despising and proscribing the Church’s whole past.”
I saw the quote on twitter, but it was without a citation. I did some digging: “For fostering a true consciousness in liturgical matters, it is also important that the proscription against the form of liturgy in valid use up … Read More
ROME 25/10 – Day 18: reconstruction of the face of a world changing saint
7:21 18:31 18:45 By now… you know. Today is the Feast of St. Teresa of Avila (+4 Oct 1582). Last year I posted – HERE – that the tomb of St. Teresa was opened for examination and her body was … Read More
