Author Archives: Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

About Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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

Advent and “Rorate” Masses

Advent is just days away.   Another liturgical year closes, another begins. Advent burgeons with beautiful customs.  One of the loveliest is the Rorate Mass. These Masses are generally offered during Advent on Saturdays, which is the customary day of the … Read More

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The next target: ROCKS MUST GO!

If you haven’t yet read Martin Mosebach’s The Heresy of Formlessness: The Roman Liturgy and Its Enemy (Revised and Expanded Edition) you are in for a treat. US HERE – UK HERE To give you a sense of his subtlety in explaining how changes to … Read More

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Daily Rome Shot 03

Photo by Bree Dail.

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#ASonnetADay – 97. “How like a winter hath my absence been…”

#ASonnetADay – 97. “How like a winter hath my absence been…” pic.twitter.com/4f3SztF2Cc — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (@fatherz) November 22, 2020

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Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 24th and Last after Pentecost (NO: Christ the King) 2020

Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at the Mass for your Sunday (obligation or none), either live or on the internet?  Let us know what it was.   Too many people today are without good, strong … Read More

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Daily Rome Shot 02

Photo by Bree Dail.

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It’s “Stir Up Sunday” and Advent is coming! GET READY!

Advent is upon us soon. The Last Sunday of the Year is 26 November. That is “Stir Up Sunday“. The “stir up” comes from the first words of the traditional Collect at Mass of the Last Sunday of the Year. … Read More

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Wherein Fr. Z offers a plea to priests and bishops. Lay people are not forgotten.

I offer a plea to priests and bishops. For the sake of the common good and for the love of truth… PRAY for protection from the Enemy of the Soul for all those who are involved in the counting of … Read More

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#ASonnetADay – 96. “Some say thy fault is youth, some wantonness…”

#ASonnetADay – 96. “Some say thy fault is youth, some wantonness…” pic.twitter.com/lEwc5yWgCQ — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (@fatherz) November 21, 2020

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Daily Rome Shot

And now a brief glimpse of Rome, sent by a good friend of mine who recently moved there for work. Photo by Bree Dail. I hope to post a daily glimpse.

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