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Author Archives: Fr. John Zuhlsdorf
FLORIDA BISHOPS, PRIESTS: Pray the Litany against Hurricane #Irma – URGENT ACTION ITEM
Please retweet and share around. Hurricane Irma has been on my mind a bit. Some think that it will do more damage in Florida than Andrew did in 1992. Irma’s path will go straight up Florida, it seems. My mother … Read More
IN THE WILD: Prayer for Vocations in a parish bulletin
I sincerely believe that the Prayer for Vocations which I posted here, and which seems to be spreading across the lands, will bear great fruit. Today I received a note from a priest in Sacramento with a link to a … Read More
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ASK FATHER: Is the TLM / Usus Antiquior dead? Forever stuck in 1962?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: In thinking about Benedict XVI’s teaching on the liturgy it wondered me if the TLM/Usus antiquior is a dead liturgy per se? If liturgy ought to grow (be reformed?) *organically* (as opposed to post-Vatican II “reform”), is the Tridentine … Read More
READER REQUEST: Help to start attending the Traditional Latin Mass
From a reader… QUAERITUR: My wife and I are interested in learning the Latin Mass so we can attend one here in Nashville. Is there a video or a book we could purchase that starts from scratch? Great blog – … Read More
REQUEST: Old Roman Breviary & new Liturgy of the Hours – compare, contrast, discuss
Under another post this comment appeared: I ask Fr. Z if a discussion of the old breviary and the LOTH is a rabbit hole. If so, I ask him to post about a comparison between the old and the LOTH … Read More
UPDATE: WORTHY Traditional Liturgy Project needs YOU and Mass in London 7 Sept
UPDATE 7 September 2017: I had this note from the Administrator at Corpus Christi in Maiden Lane, London. Hi Father, I just wanted to give you a quick update: we’re currently at £3840.20 of the £5000 we need – so … Read More
Food for thought for priests who use the 2nd Eucharistic Prayer
I don’t use the Second Eucharistic Prayer. Okay, okay, I don’t say the Novus Ordo all that often either. But when I do, I use the Roman Canon… always. Even when I was saying the Novus Ordo often, I did … Read More
GARUM WATCH! Ancient underwater discovery
Sometimes I have written of the joys of garum. The ancient Romans loved to slather their foods, and add as a cooking ingredient, wondrous garum. Garum is a fermented fish sauce, highly attested in ancient literature, the preparation of which … Read More
ASK FATHER: Can’t get “Liturgy of the Hours” in Latin – Wherein Fr. Z RANTS
From a seminarian… QUAERITUR: I am a seminarian for ___, and I have been looking for a 4 Vol. Latin Breviary [Liturgia Horarum] … I emailed the Libreria Editrice Vaticana and received this response: Dear Mr. __, I’m sorry to inform … Read More
Card. Caffarra – RIP
His Eminence Carlo Card. Caffarra has died. He is the second of the Four Cardinals of the Five Dubia to have gone to the Lord – in two months – without having read answers from Pope Francis. And then there were two. … Read More
Kathleen10 on Daily Rome Shot 1117 – A *POLL* about 2026-27: “Fr Z thanks so much for 2 reminders. 1. Using your Amazon link! For heaven’s sake it costs us nothing…”
