Author Archives: Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

About Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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

24 April – HOLY MASS (TLM) – St Fidelis – LIVE VIDEO: 1200h CDT (GMT/UTC -5) – With prayers “For the sick”

Will you please subscribe to my channel? HERE I will LIVE stream a Traditional Latin Mass at NOON Central Daylight Time (= GMT/UTC -5 and ROME 1900h). The Mass formulary for 24 April: St Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Martyr (“Protexisti me”) … Read More

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23 April: Talk Like Shakespeare Day – a review and a foretelling

As it is the twenty-third of the what the other Poet dubbed “the cruelest month”, this day henceforth shall ever be renowned as Talke Lyke Shakespeare Daye. I’ve been digging around in archives and I have uncovered yet another rare … Read More

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23 April – HOLY MASS (TLM) – St George – LIVE VIDEO: 1200h CDT (GMT/UTC -5) – With prayers “In time of plague”

Will you please subscribe to my channel? HERE I will LIVE stream a Traditional Latin Mass at NOON Central Daylight Time (= GMT/UTC -5 and ROME 1900h). The Mass formulary for 23 April: St George, Martyr (“Protexisti me”) DivinumOfficium.org gave … Read More

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For bishops who shop in time of Coronavirus

More lighter fare… Biretta tip to MB.  o{]:¬)

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ASK FATHER: What should I do if I hear a priest break the Seal of Confession?

From a reader in the combox under another post.  HERE QUAERITUR: What is the proper procedure for a person to whom the Seal is broken? For example, folks who happen to hear those two Libville homilies? The “Libville homilies” were … Read More

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Lighter fare

Th thirst for sports sports and more sports continues. It’s hard to figure out how to introduce this, so I’ll just post it for a bit of levity as the day begins. Marv Albert, Charles Barkley and @SHAQ Do Play-By-Play … Read More

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22 April – HOLY MASS (TLM) – Sts. Soter and Caius – LIVE VIDEO: 1200h CDT (GMT/UTC -5) – With prayers “For the sick”

Will you please subscribe to my channel? HERE I will LIVE stream a Traditional Latin Mass at NOON Central Daylight Time (= GMT/UTC -5 and ROME 1900h). The Mass formulary for 22 April: Sts. Soter and Caius, Popes, Martyrs (“Si … Read More

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ASK FATHER: Penalties for Violation of the Seal. Wherein Fr. Z and a fictional SSPX priest explain the situation.

In the combox I was asked… QUAERITUR: Doesnt revealing the content and identity of a penitent incur grave penalties? I respond thusly. First, for a person – and priests are people, too – to incur a censure, he has to … Read More

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21 April – HOLY MASS (TLM) – St. Anselm – LIVE VIDEO: 1200h CDT (GMT/UTC -5) – With prayers “For the sick”

Will you please subscribe to my channel? HERE I will LIVE stream a Traditional Latin Mass at NOON Central Daylight Time (= GMT/UTC -5 and ROME 1900h). The Mass formulary: St. Anselm, Bp., Conf., Doctor I will add prayers “Pro … Read More

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Wherein Fr. Z responds to a lie

I’ve sat on this for two days now.  I shared the draft with trusted experts for review. I was told that, at PrayTell – a disaster of a blog which most of you should simply ignore – there was a … Read More

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