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- Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on Keeping an eye on the “Amoris laetitia” confab in Rome – 7-14 October: “allegorical betrothal Of course it is “nuptial”. It is at a well. “Flirting” is stupid. Review OT at wells.”
- on ROME 26/10– Day 09: very cool and a rare restaurant review: “Thank you Father Z for the heads up on Magus Bistro. Sounds like you recommend Ruggeri ? Or – any…”
- on Keeping an eye on the “Amoris laetitia” confab in Rome – 7-14 October: “The Samaritan woman at the well flirting is a bit reductionist. I think it’s fair to call it in form…”
- on ACTION ITEM! GULF of America BISHOPS, PRIESTS, LAITY: Pray the Litany against Hurricane “Isaias”: “For up to date info on the hurricane look for the alabama weather network on you tube.”
- on Archbishop: Church had greater unity under Summorum Pontificum: “For Luke Welborn and The Bruised Optimist – it won’t happen overnight – as the last part implies – “It…”
- on Archbishop: Church had greater unity under Summorum Pontificum: “Luke Wellborn: I really don’t understand the supposedly negative “compromise”. For 10 years we had a wonderful sung Sunday Traditional…”
- on ACTION ITEM REVIVED! The “Birettas for Seminarians Project”: “I often feel hopeless/helpless in the face of so much wrong with the Church. Thank you for this very concrete…”
- on Archbishop: Church had greater unity under Summorum Pontificum: “My pastor is not allowed to baptize the children of his own parishioners. The new baby has to wait an…”
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Category Archives: Classic Posts
QUAERITUR: I was supposed to love the TLM, but I hated it!
From a reader with my emphases and comments: I’ve been following your blog quite attentively for a few months now and all my reading convinced me that I needed to give the Extraordinary Form of the Mass a try ASAP. … Read More
Kicking it up a notch: our Catholic identity – Fr. Z rants
A reader alerted me to a letter of His Excellency Most Reverend R. Daniel Conlon, Bishop of Steubenville about Friday penance. This is post on the website of the Diocese of Steubenville and the letter was to be read before … Read More
Posted in Brick by Brick, Classic Posts, Our Catholic Identity, SESSIUNCULA, The future and our choices
Tagged crisis, fasting, friday, identity, penance, rubrics, Steubenville
186 Comments
186 Comments
SHHHHHSSSSers
Under another entry commenter "Allan" posted the following, which is worthy of consideration on its own. My emphases and comments. I’ve been wondering where to post this, but under the theme of “brick by brick” I think there’s a lesson … Read More
Posted in Classic Posts, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged church, correction, quiet, reverence, silence
219 Comments
219 Comments
A 1943 parish Holy Week schedule
A reader sent this interesting bit. While browsing through my parish’s historical archives (i.e., the closet for all the stuff that no one knows what to do with,) I came across a copy of the parish’s Holy Week schedule from … Read More
Brilliant addition to Bp. Doran’s letter… brilliant!
The official parodohymnologist of WDTPRS strikes! Tim Ferguson wrote a brilliant comment under the entry about Bp. Thomas Doran’s letter to Fr. Jenkins of Notre Shame University. Bp. Doran suggests that if Notre Dame won’t reconsider the invitation to Pres. … Read More
Bp. Martino: “My job as a Bishop is to promulgate the authentic teaching of the Catholic Church”
PREVIEW: I also offer this postscript to those who criticize me for taking public stances that may not be popular or “politically correct,” or may not agree with their own personal notions of what “progressive” Catholic doctrine should be. My … Read More
PODCAzT 79: Augustine on your solidarity with Christ; your voicemail
This PODCAzT, the first in a while, is a bit of a blast from the past. I am going back, on this 1st Sunday of Lent, to the topic of the very first PODCAzT I made. It seems appropriate. I … Read More
Posted in Classic Posts, Linking Back, Patristiblogging, PODCAzT
Tagged Augustine, Parts of Rhetoric, podcast, PODCAzT, Time Travel
12 Comments
12 Comments
Way of the Cross by St. Alphonsus Liguori (voice and with chant)
For your Lenten spiritual warfare, here are two version of the Via Crucis, the Way or Stations of the Cross, by St. Alphonsus Liguori. If people a truly impeded from going to a church, chapel or place where the Stations … Read More
Fr. Z’s 20 Tips For Making A Good Confession
In light of Archbp. Nienstedt’s initiative, and the good discussion it is raising here, I thought I would repost my list, useful to some, called… Fr. Z’s 20 Tips For Making A Good Confession o{]:¬) We should… 1) …examine … Read More
QUAERITUR: Advent wreaths and my annual rant on BLUE vestments
About this time of year I start getting questions about advent wreaths. For example, this came from a a reader today: Dear Fr. Zuhlsdorf, Is it proper to use scented candles for the advent wreath? Sure… if you want to deal … Read More
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on Keeping an eye on the “Amoris laetitia” confab in Rome – 7-14 October: “allegorical betrothal Of course it is “nuptial”. It is at a well. “Flirting” is stupid. Review OT at wells.”
