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moon1234 on “Quo nomine vis vocari?” What name will the next Pope take? – POLL: “PIUS XIII is my vote. It is what my heart wants. I am tired and just want to be catholic…”
Cus on ROME 25/4– Day 15: Easter Wednesday: “Father, you MUST visit Hungary. We had a pascal liturgy that… well I have no words for it. And the…”
Gregg the Obscure on “Quo nomine vis vocari?” What name will the next Pope take? – POLL: “Leo XIV and Nicholas VI because they hark back to popes who subsequent generations deemed them “the Great” yes, that…”
robtbrown on Pray for a new Pope to who will be… better than we deserve! : “excalibur says: We need a warrior Pope, someone like Saint Patrick, and surround himself with several dozen tough, like-minded men.…”
Fr. Reader on “Quo nomine vis vocari?” What name will the next Pope take? – POLL: “Pius still sounds antisemitic (popular opinion), John 24 would be a very high number, any recent name carries too many…”
APX on ROME 25/4– Day 15: Easter Wednesday: “The timing of this conclave is a bit uncanny. Cardinal Sarah turns 80 in June. I know people say he’s…”
robertotankerly on “Quo nomine vis vocari?” What name will the next Pope take? – POLL: “My money is on John XXIV because the new pope will be a centrist who desires to reach across the…”
APX on “Quo nomine vis vocari?” What name will the next Pope take? – POLL: “My preference would be for someone to take the name Pius XIII, Ah, but then what of the Pope Pius…”
Venerator Sti Lot on “Quo nomine vis vocari?” What name will the next Pope take? – POLL: “Pope Lot would be an apt choice, but, sadly, how unlikely a one!”
Venerator Sti Lot on “Quo nomine vis vocari?” What name will the next Pope take? – POLL: “Reading around about Formosus and Boniface and Stephen, as one does, I wonder if Romanus II would be a good…”
Orlando on “Quo nomine vis vocari?” What name will the next Pope take? – POLL: “Leo, we need a lion right now. Trump II , probably wouldn’t fly.”
VForr on ROME 25/4– Day 15: Easter Wednesday: “Those peonies! My, oh, my! They are beautiful. They are exactly the color I hope to add to my current…”
Benedictus on “Quo nomine vis vocari?” What name will the next Pope take? – POLL: “I hope it isn’t Pope Elton John or Pope Liberace. With the cast of characters and uncle ted’s nephews there,…”
A.M. on Pray for a new Pope to who will be… better than we deserve! : “In 2013 somebody set up a website where you could “adopt” a cardinal elector to pray for. Should we do…”
dep on “Quo nomine vis vocari?” What name will the next Pope take? – POLL: “I said Stephen II III because Stephen II I died after three days and gets left out (is he even…”
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“Until the Lord be pleased to settle, through the instrumentality of the princes of the Church and the lawful ministers of His justice, the trouble aroused by the pride of a few and the ignorance of some others, let us with the help of God endeavor with calm and humble patience to render love for hatred, to avoid disputes with the silly, to keep to the truth and not fight with the weapons of falsehood, and to beg of God at all times that in all our thoughts and desires, in all our words and actions, He may hold the first place who calls Himself the origin of all things.”
- Prosper of Aquitaine (+c.455), De gratia Dei et libero arbitrio contra Collatorem 22.61
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"But if, in any layman who is indeed imbued with literature, ignorance of the Latin language, which we can truly call the 'catholic' language, indicates a certain sluggishness in his love toward the Church, how much more fitting it is that each and every cleric should be adequately practiced and skilled in that language!" - Pius XI
"Let us realize that this remark of Cicero (Brutus 37, 140) can be in a certain way referred to [young lay people]: 'It is not so much a matter of distinction to know Latin as it is disgraceful not to know it.'" - St. John Paul II
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- ROME 25/4– Day 15: Easter Wednesday
- PASCHALCAzT 2025 – 50: Easter Wednesday – Wherein (also) Fr. Z rants
- “Quo nomine vis vocari?” What name will the next Pope take? – POLL
- Francis and the post-mortem smear job
- ROME 25/4– Day 14: Easter Tuesday
- The Whatever High Atop The Thing has rushed to the General Congregations BEFORE Cardinals can arrive. What’s the hurry?
- PASCHALCAzT 2025 – 49: Easter Tuesday – Worshiping with our whole being
- ROME 25/4– Day 13: Easter Monday called “of the angel”, Pasquetta, and Happy 2778th Birthday of ROME!
- ASK FATHER: Priest and the Roman Canon… what do we say now?
- ASK FATHER: Octave of Easter, what about Requiem Masses, Votives for the Election of a Pope… Novena to St. Catherine?
- Pray for a new Pope to who will be… better than we deserve!
- With the death of Francis, some will have questions about an election
- PASCHALCAzT 2025 – 48: Easter Monday – Divine Symphony
- ROME 25/4– Day 12: Easter Sunday
- PASCHALCAzT 2025 – 47: Easter Sunday
- ROME 25/4– Day 11: Holy Saturday
- “He descended into Hell” – Notes on “The Harrowing of Hell”
- Truth from T.S. Eliot
- LENTCAzT 2025 – 46: Holy Saturday
- ROME 25/4– Day 9-10: Holy Thursday – Good Friday
- Good Friday FASTING and ABSTINENCE explained, links to recipes, notes about what breaks the fast, what doesn’t
- LENTCAzT 2025 – 45: Good Friday
- YOUR Holy Thursday SERMON NOTES and a POLL about Holy Thursday Washing of Feet
- Holy Thursday Plenary Indulgence
- LENTCAzT 2025 – 44: Holy Thursday
- ROME 25/4– Day 8: Holy Wednesday Birthdays
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Grant unto thy Church, we beseech Thee, O merciful God, that She, being gathered together by the Holy Ghost, may be in no wise troubled by attack from her foes. O God, who by sin art offended and by penance pacified, mercifully regard the prayers of Thy people making supplication unto Thee,and turn away the scourges of Thine anger which we deserve for our sins. Almighty and Everlasting God, in whose Hand are the power and the government of every realm: look down upon and help the Christian people that the heathen nations who trust in the fierceness of their own might may be crushed by the power of thine Arm. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. R. Amen.
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ASK FATHER: Priest and the Roman Canon… what do we say now?
Priests have written, one with some precise notes and cites, and I’ve seen one piece in my email by Louis Tofari, who knows his way around an Ordo. QUAERITUR: With the death of Francis, what do priests say in the … Read More
Holy Thursday Plenary Indulgence
A plenary indulgence, under the usual conditions, is granted to the faithful who: Visit the Blessed Sacrament for adoration lasting at least half an hour; OR Piously recite the verses of the Tantum ergo after the Mass of the Lord’s … Read More
Yes… Communion rails are returning and it isn’t going to be stopped…
Today I received a text from a priest friend who sent photos of the brand new COMMUNION RAIL which they just installed in the “old church”. This one these places where they built a new church but kept the old … Read More
Are there any Excel wizards out there?
UPDATE: You can stop offering now! I have a couple I’m looking at. UPDATE: A priest saw this post and wrote to say that he needs it too! Several people have responded so far, so hold off until I see what … Read More
ASK FATHER: Difference between the “rejoice” of “Laetare” (4th Sunday of Lent) and “Gaudete” (3rd Sunday of Advent)?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Can you explain the difference between gaudete and laetare? Gaudete seems to be 2nd person plural, imperative, while laetare appears to be an infinitive, both seem to mean rejoice in those respective forms. But the roots … Read More
ASK FATHER: Is speeding a sin?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I am a leadfoot driver, have been for decades. My wife says I could have been an Indy racer. My driving record is solidly good and I drive a well-handling sedan. To limit speeding, I set … Read More
ASK FATHER: Mass “for the gift of tears”… for someone else?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Can a Mass for the gift of tears be said for someone else or is it only for the celebrant or person requesting the Mass? The prayers seem like a powerful source of conversion for self. … Read More
During this “watch”, each evening at St Peter’s Gregorian chant is sung… but hardly anyone sings. Why is that?
From a priest reader… As I’m sure you’ve noticed, each night in St. Peter’s Square, a small schola has sung the Oremus pro Pontifice for the Holy Father. It’s a gesture that is simultaneously reverent and traditional, yet incredibly simple. … Read More
ASK FATHER: Is still possible to gain indulgences during a papal interregnum?
From a reader…. QUAERUNTUR: I was wondering if it is still possible to gain indulgences during a papal interregnum (i.e., praying for the Holy Father’s intentions being a requirement to gain the indulgence)? Also are there any traditional practices during … Read More
ASK FATHER: How can Septuagesima and Sexagesima be “70th” and “60”? It doesn’t add up.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I don’t get it. “Septuagesima” means “seventieth” and “sexagesima” means “sixtieth”, which are ten apart. But the Sundays are seven days apart. 10 isn’t 7. Is there an explanation? Here is something I’ve penned before. Roman … Read More
Notes about different kinds of Holy Water
Recently there was an incident in St. Peter’s Basilica. A man (allegedly with mental problems) profaned the main altar over the tomb of the Apostle. In the case of a profanation like this, the altar could be “reconciled”, a kind … Read More
“GO TO CONFESSION!” I always say. Another thing I say is that it is CRUEL to leave penitents in doubt.
Today I was out and about in Rome doing errands. I chanced on a posted sign in the penitents’ part of the free standing confessionals that line most Roman churches, often dusty from neglect. The sign is a little blurry … Read More
Another point of Catholic identity out with the bathwater?
Occasionally we have a collision of Holy Days of Obligations and Feasts in the calendar. Feasts get transferred. Does the obligation get transferred? We had this situation recently regarding the Feast/Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception which fell on an Advent … Read More
“I asked the new Chinese AI “DEEPSEEK”, about the priest’s posture during the consecration in the Traditional Latin Mass. It’s Reply….”
Some think that AI is here to stay. If that is so, then I am not convinced that we are (cf. Skynet). In the meantime, AI is bringing us bread and circuses: great memes and videos, etc. That’s what the interwebs did, … Read More
What is Catholic teaching about “deportation”? Maybe not what some higher-ups think.
At Catholic Vote there is an article (seemingly assembled from tweets/x) which you should look at about Catholic teaching on “deportation”. PROBLEM: Official Church documents on faith and morals have perennially been written in LATIN. That fact is not the … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 1217 – “Why”, you may be asking? Wherein Fr. Z rants.
I have a comparatively short trip to Rome coming up. First, a couple days with a priest friend in Brooklyn, which breaks up the journey and puts a buffer into the flights. A couple weeks in Rome. The same coming … Read More
ACTION ITEM – FIRES IN CALIFORNIA – Bishops! Priests! Pray!
UPDATE 9 Jan ’25 06:08: Today’s entry in the traditional Roman Martyrology states: At Ancona, St. Marcellinus, bishop, who, according to St. Gregory, miraculously delivered that city from destruction by fire. St. Marcellinus of Ancona! Pray for us! Originally Published … Read More
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PRAYERCAzT: Singing the 2024 Christmas Proclamation or Kalendas in Latin (audio), – and a hard ASK FATHER question
First, the Kalendas. For years I’ve posted about this. It was/is a custom for centuries before Mass begins to sing the Kalendas, the solemn announcement of the birth of the Savior at Prime. Since Prime isn’t being sung in many places, … Read More
ASK FATHER: Book about Mary in the Old Testament
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Father, Merry Christmas, almost. I’m looking a resource/s that will help me see Our Lady in the Old Testament. I know there are many passages that allude, foreshadow or indirectly tell us about her. I would … Read More