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- fac on My Annual St Crispin’s Day roundup with Henry V speech!: ““We few. We happy few. … You know your places. God be with you.””
- on ROME 26/10– Day 25: King things: “It should be noted that Bob Uecker’s lifetime batting average against Sandy Koufax was .400.”
- on Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage 2026… *sigh*… Vatican Bars Annual TLM Pilgrimage from ENTERING St. Peter’s Basilica: “https://x.com/MountainButorac/status/2114352253251297776?s=20”
- on My Annual St Crispin’s Day roundup with Henry V speech!: “Father, while I do cherish this annual tradition, I believe your post to be incomplete without a reference to the…”
- on Your Sunday Sermon Notes – Feast of Christ the King (N.O.: 30th Ordinary): “NO. we often see the Pharisees in a purely negative light, when in point of fact they were trying to…”
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- on Your Sunday Sermon Notes – Feast of Christ the King (N.O.: 30th Ordinary): “NO. Pastor preached on setting a good example, riffing on Saint Josemaria and the Epistle to the Thessalonians. Challenge people…”
- on Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage 2026… *sigh*… Vatican Bars Annual TLM Pilgrimage from ENTERING St. Peter’s Basilica: “The ironic thing – if Pope Leo was so worried that allowing another Latin Mass in St. Peter’s would be…”
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Author Archives: Fr. John Zuhlsdorf
ROME 25/10 – Day 17: fishing
The time of the rising of the sun today was 7:19. The sun sets at 18:32. Ave Maria Bell? 18:45 Welcome Registrant: WmC.Ramsey Please remember me when shopping online and use my affiliate links. US HERE – UK HERE WHY? This helps to pay … Read More
“Keep ranting Father Z!”
From a reader… On the First Friday in August, my godson and I went to confession. We then went camping for a week. We found a lovely church to attend Mass on Sunday. Thursday we came home. Friday my beloved … Read More
ROME 25/10 – Day 16: Christopher Columbus etc.
On this anniversary of the final apparition of Our Lady of Fatima, the sun rose upon Rome at 7:18. On this Feast of St. Edward the sunset at 18:34. As you know, the Ave Maria Bell should have rung for … Read More
GREAT NEWS!
Rorate had it… Another Traditional Monastery in France — the Monks of Le Barroux take charge of the Trappist monastery of Bellefontainehttps://t.co/dFeCDeHtEb pic.twitter.com/1vC3aqaR27 — Rorate Caeli (@RorateCaeli) October 13, 2025
D. Knoxville – The Pogrom Continues
This paragraph is in the letter that a pastor of a parish in the Diocese of Knoxville where the TLM is shortly to be suppressed as part of the ongoing pogrom. The final Mass in the Extraordinary Form to be … Read More
13 October – Please, Blessed Mother, intercede.
Please, Blessed Mother, intercede. Ask for graces from Our High Priest, Your Son, to open the hearts of bishops who are suppressing the faithful who desire traditional worship. Today is the 108th Anniversary of the Final Apparition of Our Lady … Read More
More savage repression of people: Knoxville
Another diocese cancelling the TLM ? Our priest announced today at TLM that the diocese of Knoxville, TN is transitioning away from the TLM, impacting Johnson City, Holy Ghost in Knoxville, and Chattanooga. No alternate location was mentioned. My wife … Read More
ROME 25/10 – Day 15: glimpses
Rome brightened with the rising sun at 17:17. The light dissipated after sunset at 18:35. The non-ringing of the Ave Maria Bell was at 18:45. It is the Feast of Carlo Acutis. In celebration of such, an arsonist – perhaps … Read More
ASK FATHER: You haven’t commented on Pope Leo’s new document?
From “readers” distilled. QUAERITUR: You haven’t commented on Pope Leo’s new document? How come? The problem is that, by the spiritual abuse and constant drubbing we have had, over the last years, with the looming threat of some other looney … Read More
fac on My Annual St Crispin’s Day roundup with Henry V speech!: ““We few. We happy few. … You know your places. God be with you.””
