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- monstrance on WDTPRS – 4th Sunday after Easter (Vetus Ordo): “[T]he smoke of Satan has entered into the temple of God”: “Values – An often used word by the modern day US demonic Democrat Party.”
- on WDTPRS – 4th Sunday after Easter (Vetus Ordo): “[T]he smoke of Satan has entered into the temple of God”: “Allan Bloom, In his “Closing of the American Mind,” has an interesting explanation of the term “values” and how it…”
- on WDTPRS – 4th Sunday after Easter (Vetus Ordo): “[T]he smoke of Satan has entered into the temple of God”: “O almighty God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men: Grant unto thy people, that…”
- on WDTPRS – 4th Sunday after Easter (Vetus Ordo): “[T]he smoke of Satan has entered into the temple of God”: “Ut Oh…. With respect Fr Z. Sorry to be a Debbie downer but as a kid (14 years old) I…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “I love the News of the Church. I even go back and listen to them again. Well all of your…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 36 (-5): Sacristy secrets, music from nuns, and Fr. Z’s Kitchen (real “all’amatriciana”): “Love bucatini. My Sicilian Mother made many a great recipe. I have learned to reproduce many of them. In Gloucester…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 35 (-6): adventures in symmetry: “If I recall correctly, this is called rotational symmetry.”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 36 (-5): Sacristy secrets, music from nuns, and Fr. Z’s Kitchen (real “all’amatriciana”): “Dinner looks exceptional. Newfoundland has great history, you should go. Will be listening to the Sisters.”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “I’ve heard it said there are as many galaxies as grains of sand. Here is interesting facts about our Milky…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 36 (-5): Sacristy secrets, music from nuns, and Fr. Z’s Kitchen (real “all’amatriciana”): “Thanks for the all’amatriciana”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Thanks Father Z, cosmology lesson as only you can impart.”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 35 (-6): adventures in symmetry: “Hmmm. Those kind of tassels have always reminded me of fancy curtain tiebacks so I have avoided making them but…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Fr.Z sez: …The Voyagers are destined—perhaps eternally—to wander the Milky Way and then become characters in Star Trek…. V’ger!! https://youtu.be/gxAaVqdz_Vk?t=96”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Being from Florida, I remember when both Voyagers launched – you could see them from our house. At that time,…”
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Category Archives: GO TO CONFESSION
On Divine Mercy Sunday a sobering thought from a Pope about that terrible day
“Divine Mercy! Rah, rah, rah!” Right? Right. However… We have come to Low Sunday, Dominica in albis, the Octave of Easter. I reviewed something of what Fathers of the Church had to say about our Gospel passage on this famous … Read More
Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum!
From a reader… Dear Father Z, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart and soul for your constant exhortations to “Go To Confession.” It has taken me quite a while (years) to step up to the … Read More
ROME 24/3– Day 15: Easter Thursday
The Parish™ 6 July 2023 4 April 2024 This beautiful sunny yet cool Roman day started by the sun’s rising at 06:45 and it will end at 19:42. The Ave Maria (which you know all about now) is at 20:00 … Read More
ROME 24/3– Day 13 & 14: Easter Tuesday and Wednesday – QUAERITUR: The Ave Maria Bell Explained… even too much
Today, 3 April, Easter Wednesday, at 6:47 the sun rose over the Eternal City. The sunlight day will begin to end at 19:40. I got a little screwed up with my days in posting, so this is a sort of … Read More
Posted in ASK FATHER Question Box, GO TO CONFESSION, Just Too Cool, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Ave Maria Bell, noad
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10 Jan 2023 – 1 year anniversary – George Card. Pell – R.I.P.
Please, in your goodness, stop and say a prayer for Card. Pell. One year ago, I was so sad to hear of the death of George Card. Pell at 81 years. I got along quite well with him years ago, … Read More
From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 23-12-13 – They’re all against me
Previous… HERE. I guess there is something in the air these days about the Sacrament of Penance. December 13th 2023 Dear Diary, I am pissed off at Fr. Tommy. I’m pissed at Vice. I’m pissed at the ST rector.* I’m … Read More
Posted in Diary of Bp. McButterpants, GO TO CONFESSION, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Bp. Fatty McButterpants, confessional
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5 Comments
ASK FATHER: Michael Voris
There are enough emails in my box asking me my take on the resignation of Michael Voris from Church Militant to merit a post. CM issued a statement that Michael was asked to resign for breaching their “morality clause”. Michael … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ACTION ITEM!, GO TO CONFESSION
Tagged Michael Voris
33 Comments
33 Comments
You, dear reader, have an immortal soul.
You, dear reader, have an immortal soul. One of the most important things we pray in the Litany of Saints … those who know and use only the Novus Ordo perhaps have never heard this… is “A subitanea et improvisa … Read More
Full marks plus an extra kudo to Jesuit Fr. Robert McTeigue, SJ. for his comments on “Eucharistic Revival”
I give full marks plus an extra kudo to Jesuit Fr. Robert McTeigue, SJ. His article at Catholic World Report is OUTSTANDING. How many times have I here urged GO TO CONFESSION! Have I not again and and begged priests … Read More
Pertaining to Tip 2
Given that I recently posted again, after a long time, about Fr. Z’s 20 Tips For Making A Good Confession (HERE) I had to share this from my friend Patrick Madrid. Pertaining to Tip 2: pic.twitter.com/RkltGEqFOY — Patrick Madrid ?? (@patrickmadrid) … Read More
Fr. Z’s 20 Tips For Making A Good Confession – in SPANISH
Many years ago I posted Fr. Z’s 20 Tips For Making A Good Confession If you are nervous about making a confession, or perhaps afraid, use these tips. I hope they will be helpful. I was recently contacted by a … Read More
We have a life we learn with, and a life we live with after
GO TO CONFESSION. There is no sin so bad that you can commit that God can’t forgive, provided you ASK for forgiveness. The way He wants you to do that is through the SACRAMENT he instituted precisely so that we … Read More
This is a reminder to…
This is a reminder to… GO TO CONFESSION! Taken from My Days With Benedict XVI US HERE – UK HERE
ASK FATHER: After being away for years, I went to confession but I forgot something.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I recently got over myself and went to confession after being away from the sacramental life of the church for a number of years. I then realized that I had not confessed the fulfillment of my … Read More
Posted in ASK FATHER Question Box, GO TO CONFESSION
Tagged confession, GO TO CONFESSION, reconciiation, sacrament of penance
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6 Comments
ASK FATHER: Why isn’t everyone praying the Imprecatory Psalms? Wherein Fr. Z rants.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: In your very, very fruitful apostolic endeavors, might you please have a moment to a) correctly list the Imprecatory Psalms, and b) expound on them a bit Good God…why everyone isn’t praying them daily is a … Read More
Note from a reader about CONFESSION
I received this note today: Let me share something with you as a note of appreciation on this Holy Vigil. You always write: GO TO CONFESSION! And I did. After thirteen years… When the session ended, my confessor, Father J, … Read More
From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 23-04-01 – Reconciliation service
April 1st 2023 Dear Diary, Lenten reconciliation service at the cathedral. Different stations for reconciliation set up with six priests and me. We used one of the old “box” confessionals for the people stuck in the past! God love ’em. … Read More
Posted in Diary of Bp. McButterpants, GO TO CONFESSION
Tagged Bp. Fatty McButterpants, Ray Repp, reconciliation
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11 Comments
Priests saying STUPID THINGS in the confessional… again
I had an exchange this morning via texting with a friend who was wondering about the validity of an absolution. I suspect that priests who screw around with the words of absolution aren’t purposely trying to be cruel… but that’s … Read More
ASK FATHER: What is the status of SSPX weddings when the local bishop denies permission, delegation?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I am from a town where the SSPX has recently established a vibrant chapel and has been extremely generous in providing Traditional Latin Mass and other Sacraments in the traditional rite. The local diocesan parish has … Read More
monstrance on WDTPRS – 4th Sunday after Easter (Vetus Ordo): “[T]he smoke of Satan has entered into the temple of God”: “Values – An often used word by the modern day US demonic Democrat Party.”
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