Get updates in your inbox
About this blog…
“This blog is like a fusion of the Baroque ‘salon’ with its well-tuned harpsichord around which polite society gathered for entertainment and edification and, on the other hand, a Wild West “saloon” with its out-of-tune piano and swinging doors, where everyone has a gun and something to say. Nevertheless, we try to point our discussions back to what it is to be Catholic in this increasingly difficult age, to love God, and how to get to heaven.” – Fr. Z
Coat of Arms by D Burkart
Recent Comments
- APX on 10 November – St Andrew Avellino (Vetus Ordo). Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “Many priests live alone, with no one to notice if they fail to rise, suffer a fall, or become suddenly…”
- on 10 November – St Andrew Avellino (Vetus Ordo). Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “Father, in case you haven’t already considered this, an iPhone might help you or another priest in that situation. “…”
- on 10 November – St Andrew Avellino (Vetus Ordo). Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “his Theatines maintain a minor seminary in the neighborhood under his patronage. i drove by it on the way to…”
- on WDTPRS – 9 November: Feast of the Dedication of St. John Lateran, Rome’s Cathedral: “Great stuff Fr Z….. are the doors to St John Lateran originally the doors from the Roman Curia in the…”
- on 10 November – St Andrew Avellino (Vetus Ordo). Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “As the demographic collapse accelerates, priests may find it prudent to live together in a central location with their deanery.…”
- on Some notes for your Sunday Mass in the Vetus and the Novus Ordo: “This is the best explanation I have heard in my almost 50 years. I wish it was what was heard…”
- on Some notes for your Sunday Mass in the Vetus and the Novus Ordo: “moon1234: We have to understand something about the Lord’s parables. The parable, or Hebrew mashal is an allegorical lesson of…”
- on WDTPRS – 9 November: Feast of the Dedication of St. John Lateran, Rome’s Cathedral: “The obelisk outside the building was originally built by Thutmose III, and contains dedications from subsequent pharoahs. If you follow…”
CLICK and say your daily offerings!
A Daily Prayer for Priests
Federated Computer… your safe and private alternative to big biz corporations that hate us while taking our money and mining our data. Have an online presence large or small? Catholic DIOCESE? Cottage industry? See what Federated has to offer. Save money and gain peace of mind.
ABORTION PILL RESCUE NETWORK
Everyone, work to get this into your parish bulletins and diocesan papers.
Donate using VENMO
GREAT BEER from Traditional Benedictine Monks in Italy
Good coffee and tea. Help monks.
I use this when I travel both in these USA and abroad. Very useful. Fast enough for Zoom. I connect my DMR (ham radio) through it. If you use my link, they give me more data. A GREAT back up.
Help support Fr. Z’s Gospel of Life work at no cost to you. Do you need a Real Estate Agent? Calling these people is the FIRST thing you should do!
They find you a pro-life agent in your area who commits to giving a portion of the fee to a pro-life group!
This blog has to earn its keep!
PLEASE subscribe via PayPal if it is useful. Zelle and Wise are better, but PayPal is convenient.
A monthly subscription donation means I have steady income I can plan on. I put you my list of benefactors for whom I pray and for whom I often say Holy Mass.
In view of the rapidly changing challenges I now face, I would like to add more $10/month subscribers. Will you please help?
For a one time donation...
To donate monthly I prefer Zelle because it doesn't extract fees. Use
frz AT wdtprs DOT com
Author Archives: Fr. John Zuhlsdorf
For those who don’t believe that Francis said that there should be legal same-sex unions.
For those who don’t believe that Francis said that there should be legal same-sex unions. Here is Pope Francis endorsing homosexual civil unions, in the new documentary ‘Francesco’ by Evgeny Afineevsky pic.twitter.com/Ptguo08iMX — Catholic Sat (@CatholicSat) October 21, 2020 UPDATE: … Read More
They just need to keep doing what they’re doing!
Someone once said something along the lines of, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” The Bitter Pill (aka The Tablet aka RU-486) has a story that 130 year old Wonersh Seminary in … Read More
ASK FATHER: Prayers “for the gift of tears” – UPDATED
UPDATE: A probably unnecessary statement from the priest who had this not-rare experience. HERE He pegs it right. I suppose that, these days, what were once fairly common experiences, people can get pretty excited. Again, too bad it wasn’t ad … Read More
Francis has openly called for civil unions for homosexuals. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
Today – the 1st anniversary of when the demon idols of the hideous Pachamama were pitched into the Tiber River [HERE] – we learn that Francis has openly called for civil unions for homosexuals. He did so in an interview … Read More
#ASonnetADay – 68. “Thus is his cheek the map of days outworn…”
#ASonnetADay – 68. “Thus is his cheek the map of days outworn…” pic.twitter.com/TzGLAaWhbj — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (@fatherz) October 20, 2020
Posted in Poetry, Sonnet A Day
Comments Off on #ASonnetADay – 68. “Thus is his cheek the map of days outworn…”
Comments Off on #ASonnetADay – 68. “Thus is his cheek the map of days outworn…”
#ASonnetADay – 67. “Ah! wherefore with infection should you live…”
#ASonnetADay – 67. “Ah! wherefore with infection should you live…” pic.twitter.com/5RrCwjTUTu — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (@fatherz) October 19, 2020
PREVIEW: London Oratory Schola – Sacred Treasures of Christmas
Charles Cole of the London Oratory let me know in advance about a new recording of Christmas and Epiphany music which will be released on 30 October. It is now available for PRE-ORDER. This boys choir is one of the … Read More
#ASonnetADay – 66. “Tired with all these, for restful death I cry…”
#ASonnetADay – 66. “Tired with all these, for restful death I cry…” pic.twitter.com/RlJOryCdQg — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (@fatherz) October 19, 2020
Posted in Poetry, Sonnet A Day
Tagged Boris Pasternak, Dimitri Shostakovich, George Harrison
2 Comments
2 Comments
#ASonnetADay – 65. “Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea…”
#ASonnetADay – 65. “Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea…” pic.twitter.com/xGHoMZbRi7 — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (@fatherz) October 18, 2020
IRELAND: The longings and the lessons in the Mass Rocks
One of our frequent, fecund, and most flexible of commentators here alerted me to a piece at National Catholic Register. I find this simultaneously discouraging and encouraging. Ireland’s ‘Mass Rocks’ Are Becoming Popular Again Remote flat rocks in the hills … Read More
APX on 10 November – St Andrew Avellino (Vetus Ordo). Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “Many priests live alone, with no one to notice if they fail to rise, suffer a fall, or become suddenly…”
