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Author Archives: Fr. John Zuhlsdorf
Friday after 1st Passion Sunday: Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows and the “Our Lady of Sorrows Project”
Today, Friday after 1st Passion Sunday, and a 1st Friday this year, we commemorate Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows. Priests can say the Mass of Our Lady of Sorrows today, with counter-intuitive white vestments, a Gloria and other aspects usually … Read More
Posted in Linking Back, Our Solitary Boast
Tagged Our Lady of Sorrows Project, Seven Sorrows of the BVM
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3 Comments
WDTPRS: Collect of the new Mass “In time of pandemic” v. Collect of traditional Mass, “In time of pestilence”. Wherein Fr. Z rants
Remember: We are our rites. The way we pray has a reciprocal relationship with what we believe. Change our prayers and our belief will, over time, shift and vice versa. This dynamic is at the core of the phrase from … Read More
3 April – Holy Mass (TLM) Seven Sorrows of Mary – LIVE VIDEO: 1200h CDT (GMT/UTC -5) – With “fervorino”
NB: Mass today is offered for my benefactors, those who have donated or sent things from my wish list. I am grateful to all of you. I am again going to LIVE stream a Traditional Latin Mass at NOON Central … Read More
Introducing the Catholic Signal Corps
Catholic Signal Corps. What do I mean? Consider… Big social media outlets are filtering, censoring, shadow banning content and users, “deplatforming” those whose opinions are not “acceptable” to them. This is going to get worse as we continue to polarize. … Read More
2 April – Holy Mass (TLM) Thursday in Passion Week – LIVE VIDEO: 1200h CDT (GMT/UTC -5) – With “fervorino”
I am again going to LIVE stream a Traditional Latin Mass at NOON Central Daylight Time (= GMT/UTC -5 and ROME 1900h). The Mass formulary will be for Thursday in Passion Week (the week before Holy Week). You can find … Read More
READER FEEDBACK: Live Masses and what the The British Government just did
I received some interesting feedback today from a reader in England: From a reader… Thank you very much indeed for The Divine Mass, today. I counted up to 50 “Virtual” Congregation Members, today. You will be pleased to know that … Read More
1 April – Holy Mass (TLM) Wednesday in Passion Week – LIVE VIDEO: 1200h CDT (GMT/UTC -5) – And a cute kid…
NB: Today’s Mass will be celebrated for the intention of benefactors, who have sent individual donations or who have subscribed (HERE) and who have sent items from my wishlist. I am again going to LIVE stream Holy Mass at NOON … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, LIVE STREAMING
Tagged Catholic, coronavirus, Latin, LENT, liturgy, Mass, pandemic, prayer, Spirituality, TLM, tradition
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Fomites of Viruses, Fomites of Sins, and YOU
Today on a TV news channel I heard a doctor talking about the ways that virus can spread. He used a term “fomites” (pronounced “foe-mights”). I immediately knew what it was about, but I looked it up: “any inanimate object … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ACTION ITEM!, GO TO CONFESSION
Tagged custody of the eyes, fomes peccati
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31 March – Holy Mass (TLM) Tuesday in Passion Week – LIVE VIDEO: 1200h CDT (GMT/UTC -5)
Today I am again going to attempt to LIVE stream Mass at NOON (Central Daylight Time = GMT/UTC -5 This weekend Europe went on daylight savings. So Rome is -7 again.) Holy Mass (TLM) will be the formulary for Tuesday … Read More
30 March – Holy Mass (TLM) Monday in Passion Week – LIVE VIDEO: 1200h CDT (GMT/UTC -5)
Today I am again going to attempt to LIVE stream Mass at NOON (Central Daylight Time = GMT/UTC -5 This weekend Europe went on daylight savings. So Rome is -7 again.) Holy Mass (TLM) will be the formulary for Monday … Read More
ProfessorCover on ASK FATHER: Why did dioceses stop using the word, “the” before words like “priesthood”, “Eucharist, or “Church?: “It seems to me that the Church no longer speaks with precision, probably because it does not want to. (As…”
