Author Archives: Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

About Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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

Reminder for posting comments

Dear readers, I don’t have help to run this blog, so I have to adopt strong measures. Comboxes can spin out of control rapidly. Lately, I find growing issue in the comments and in the comments in the moderation queue. … Read More

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6 June – HOLY MASS (TLM) Saturday of Pentecost Octave – LIVE VIDEO: 1200h CDT (GMT/UTC -5)

I will LIVE stream a Traditional Latin Mass at NOON Central Daylight Time (= GMT/UTC -5 and ROME 1900h). Today, 6 June 2020: Ember Saturday in the Octave of Pentecost.  (Short Form) Follow HERE – Prayers added: Pro defensione Ecclesiae… … Read More

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The longer we follow a false course, the farther we get from our goal, the harder it is to correct the error.

Today’s China is still reeling from the damage done during the Cultural Revolution.   Generations were pitted against generations.  Heritage, patrimony, identity were nearly irrevocably destroyed. The late and lamented Carlo Card. Caffarra (one of the Five Dubia Cardinals) had received … Read More

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The demographic sinkhole opening under the Church

I had an ongoing discussion with a friend who claimed that, one day, the Traditional Latin Mass would be the only Mass left in the Latin Church (sorry, Ambrosian Rite! We weren’t thinking of you, and I guess we were … Read More

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Of a Latin poem and the curse of mice

A friend recently guided me to a volume of a series which I haven’t looked at for many a year, Will Durant’s The Story of Civilization.   Perhaps the timing was providential, since we are seeing many of the foundations of civilization … Read More

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UPDATE: Becket Fund and law firms team up with @MadisonDiocese to OPEN UP CHURCHES

UPDATE: 5 June 2020: The County and City backed down. Brief Statement from Bishop Donald Hying, regarding today’s decision by County officials: “We are pleased that the County and the City have ended the unequal 50-person cap on religious gatherings. … Read More

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Fr. Z’s Kitchen: Wherein I received a message from on high about supper

I am taking this as a sign from God. Today I receive in my email a photo from a priest who made cacio e pepe. Nice. A little while later I find another email from a very well-known Catholic writer with … Read More

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Look! Up in the sky! ISS and Crew Dragon and mini rant.

From NASA’s Astronomy Pic of the Day, comes a time lapse, composite view of the International Space Station zooming along in tandem with Demo-S, Crew Dragon, over Manhattan’s skys.  This was taken at the reservoir in Central Park. Very cool. … Read More

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5 June – HOLY MASS (TLM) Friday of Pentecost Octave – LIVE VIDEO: 1200h CDT (GMT/UTC -5)

Today’s fervorino: I will LIVE stream a Traditional Latin Mass at NOON Central Daylight Time (= GMT/UTC -5 and ROME 1900h). Today, 5 June 2020: Ember Friday in the Octave of Pentecost.  Follow HERE Prayers added: Pro pace… for peace”. … Read More

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The Mazza Hypothesis: Benedict resigned as Bishop of Rome but not Vicar of Christ. Wherein Fr. Z ponders with a heavy heart.

I’ve been pondering lately.   One needs to do this out of love.  Ponder, comes from Latin pondus, “weight”.  Hence, I am weighing things.  Augustine famously wrote, amor meus pondus meum… my love is my weight.  In Augustine’s time, gravity was thought to … Read More

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