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“This blog is like a fusion of the Baroque ‘salon’ with its well-tuned harpsichord around which polite society gathered for entertainment and edification and, on the other hand, a Wild West “saloon” with its out-of-tune piano and swinging doors, where everyone has a gun and something to say. Nevertheless, we try to point our discussions back to what it is to be Catholic in this increasingly difficult age, to love God, and how to get to heaven.” – Fr. Z
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- TheCavalierHatherly on Does it feel to you as if something is building to an explosive point? : “To be read in nasal tones, to the harmonica’s dulcet buzz: “Come gather round people, In communion with Rome, And…”
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- on Does it feel to you as if something is building to an explosive point? : “Something is coming to a head. But may be like a big painful pimple that just won’t pop. The SSPX…”
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Category Archives: GO TO CONFESSION
ASK FATHER: Must I confess mortal sins which I honestly forgot in previous confession?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: After a valid confession, if we later remember a forgotten mortal sin, are we strictly obligated to mention it in our next confession, or is it optional? I have found contradictory answers by both priests and … Read More
The Four Last Things, False Paths, and @JamesMartinSJ
Homosexualist activist James Martin, SJ, tweeted this today. Gospel: Today Jesus talks about not only the end times, but the end of our lives. Is it morbid to think about your death? No, it can be clarifying. It helps you … Read More
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ASK FATHER: Venial sins forgiven during Mass?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Thank you for all of your efforts here, as it really brings strength to many of us during our sojourn. A priest at our local university gave a homily a few days back wherein he spoke … Read More
The Three Living and Three Dead and YOU! Also, wherein @fatherz has an idea for @jamesmacm
I read a truly fascinating post at the blog of the British Library for Digitised Manuscripts. It is about medieval trope of the Three Living and Three Dead. Given the time of year this is, it is appropriate and helpful! Excerpt: … Read More
A priest’s prayers for before and after making his own confession
From an old prayerbook for priests which I’ve had since before my ordination. They are dense with old wisdom. Here are two prayers, in Latin and English, for priests, for before and after they make confession their own confession. I’ve … Read More
Prayer request for Santa Rosa and Fr. Z makes observations
Last Saturday I was in the Diocese of Santa Rosa, in Napa Valley, CA, to speak at a conference. At one point I had noticed smoke plumes on the far sides of a large Eastern ridge. On Saturday evening the other … Read More
ASK FATHER: In what scenario would you give Holy Communion to the divorced and remarried?
QUAERITUR: You wrote in a recent post, “Holy Communion for the divorced and remarried (which in 99.99% of cases would be sacrilege).” Can you tell me what scenario would permit your conscience to give communion to the remarried? I can … Read More
#LasVegasShooting – Wherein Fr. Z rants.
For some days now I have been avoiding watching news and news commentary shows, etc. So, through a look at my Twitter feed earlier today, I learned of the horrifying events in Las Vegas. The usual hysteria is now pouring … Read More
Devastated Puerto Rico makes you ponder. PREPARE and GO TO CONFESSION!
Recent storms devastated the electrical grid of Puerto Rico. Virtually the entire island is without power. That’s over 3 million people without electricity, water, etc…. for months to come. Consider what life would be like for you were that to happen where … Read More
Moving feedback from a “gay” reader
This is the kind of note that make all the flak worthwhile: A thousand times, thank you for your blog. I’m a Catholic in no small part because of this blog. When I first entered the Church ten years ago, I fell … Read More
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