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Category Archives: Cri de Coeur
Concerning overly sweet cookies
I start with a photo of cookies. They weren’t very good cookies; waaaay too sweet. I don’t have much of a sweet tooth. In general the sweet and, in other matters, the sentimental aren’t my first choice. Never have been. … Read More
Lovely, drippy, syrupy TLM and vocation video. Then Fr. Z rants about crying.
Pope Francis said something along the lines that certain realities can be seen only through eyes that have been cleansed by tears. At the Italian site Messa in Latino, I saw a little video, beautifully produced, focused very much on … Read More
Francis’ Corpus Christi Eucharistic procession. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
Here is a really sad tweet about this year’s Corpus Christi procession moved from Rome to Ostia. (Not a great idea, but, hey, they didn’t ask me.) There is a link to a video of the whole thing. Click ahead … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, "How To..." - Practical Notes, Cri de Coeur, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Si vis pacem para bellum!, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices, Turn Towards The Lord, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged Corpus Christi, gravitational pull, Marshall Plan, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
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Chilling – probably correct – explanation of mass school shootings
I just read at NRO a piece by David French, who in turn gives us the substance of an explanation of what is driving the increasing phenomenon of school shootings. I sense that the explanation – which provides quite the opposite … Read More
Bp. Schneider on the Met “Gay-la”
Fallout from the sacrilegious Met “Gay-la” continues. Today a priest sent a link to an article by Marybeth Hagan at Crisis called “Catholicism and Celebrity Culture at the Met”. He quipped: “a clue to why the New York seminary is emptying”. … Read More
Posted in Cri de Coeur, Liberals, The Drill, You must be joking!
Tagged Bp. Athanasius Schneider, Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Fascinating and sad: transcript of 1976 meeting of Paul VI and SSPX Archbp. Lefebvre
UPDATE The late, great Michael Davies (God rest his soul) published in his Apologia Pro Marcel Lefebvre (Vol. 1 Ch. 14 – US HERE – UK HERE) Lefebvre’s own account of that same meeting with Paul VI on 11 Sept 1976. … Read More
¡Hagan lío! Wherein Fr. Z is pretty angry and wants to fight back
I’ve been pondering the Met “Gay-La” in light of some experiences here in Rome. As a preamble, I still stand by everything I have written and said in the past concerning my convictions about Summorum Pontificum. It was a tremendous gift … Read More
Role of #MSM in mass shootings: If it bleeds, it leads. Angry @fatherz asks fearful questions
I dunno. What is the role of the MSM in these mass shootings? The networks descend on every mass shooting like vultures and create 24/7 coverage. I wonder if mentally disturbed people don’t fix on these horrors and then copy … Read More
Wherein Fr. Z rants in the wake of the Florida school mass murder
When man-made or natural disasters occur which result in the loss of life, I have often posted here about the importance of being in the state of grace. In the first LENCAzTs I have done, I’ve used texts from St. … Read More
Prophetic words from 1966 about the post-Conciliar state of the Church
Put aside everything else and go to First Things. They have reprinted a piece written for The Tablet in May 1966… 1966… by Christopher Derrick, a student of CS Lewis and WWII RAF pilot. He writes … in 1966… of how the … Read More
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