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“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
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- 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…”
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Author Archives: Fr. John Zuhlsdorf
Signs point to Maoists rampaging in Kenosha, Minneapolis, Chicago….
The other day I wrote a piece in which I opined about the Chinese role in what is going on today, from the intentional diffusion of the Wuhan Devil into the wider world to the violence erupting in our city … Read More
Posted in Pò sì jiù, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices
Tagged Communism, Mao Zedong, Maoists, Marxism
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UPDATED: Video interview with Paul Kengor on LBTQ and Marx – fascinating
UPDATE 31 August 2020: I received a note from Jennifer. She and her family and the offices of Ruth Institute are in Lake Charles, LA, directly impacted by hurricane Laura. We are all uninjured. However the Ruth Institute offices are … Read More
Posted in The Coming Storm, The future and our choices
Tagged Jennifer Roback Morse, Karl Marx, Marxism, Paul Kengor, Ruth Institute
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#ASonnetADay – 24. “Mine eye hath played the painter and hath steeled…”
I’m on the road. My laptop did NOT cooperate with this. #ASonnetADay – 24. “Mine eye hath played the painter and hath steeled…” pic.twitter.com/NmRbnKN52a — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (@fatherz) August 31, 2020
Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 13th after Pentecost (NO: 22th Ordinary) 2020
Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at the Mass for your Sunday, either live or on the internet? Let us know what it was. Also, are you churches opening up? What was attendance like?
#ASonnetADay – 23. “As an unperfect actor on the stage…”
ASonnetADay – 23. “As an unperfect actor on the stage…” With lightning. pic.twitter.com/eRMW5lV3uq — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (@fatherz) August 30, 2020
Fr. Z kudos to Archbp. Chaput: 50th Anniversary of Priesthood – 29 August 1970
50 years ago today, His Excellency Most Reverend Charles Joseph Chaput, Archbp. Emeritus of Philadelphia, was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. Congratulations to His Excellency for this milestone!
#ASonnetADay – 22. “My glass shall not persuade me I am old…”
#ASonnetADay – 22. “My glass shall not persuade me I am old…” With heavenly bodies! pic.twitter.com/FwYx3evFNZ — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (@fatherz) August 29, 2020
MINAS TIRITH — Orcs marched on Minas Tirith this morning in a mostly peaceful protest.
We have in this a pretty accurate image. From the Babylon Bee (not affiliate with The Horan of Babylon… who never will be even half the woman that Sr. Dede is). Orcs March On Minas Tirith In Mostly Peaceful Protest MINAS … Read More
Posted in Lighter fare, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices
Tagged Antifa, BLM, mobs
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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…”
