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Category Archives: “How To…” – Practical Notes
A priest’s great idea for solidarity with Pope Francis
My friend Fr. Richard Heilman (whom I have featured before, HERE and HERE), had a great idea yesterday. We were talking about how Pope Francis spends an hour before the Blessed Sacrament in the evening. Why not coordinate exposition and … Read More
What consequences should the Kenya terror attack bring about?
By now you all know about the horrific attacks in Kenya by Islamic terrorists against non-Muslims. It saddens me, and alarms me, that several of the terrorists had US passports and that they were living in my native place. Let … Read More
The fruits of my shouting at you and harassing.
This is the sort of note I live for: I hadn’t been to Confession in seven months because I had an uncomfortable experience with the priest afterward the last time and was nervous about going back. However, your endless repetition of GO TO … Read More
You may weep.
A reader sent me a link to a photo-story on HuffPo. This is so sad. You may actually weep with sorrow, anger, frustration. The photo-story is of abandoned churches. Even in their disheveled ruin they are still more beautiful than … Read More
QUAERITUR: Why are SSPX Masses valid, but not marriages or absolutions?
From a reader: Fr Z, can you help me out with the why here and right terms.. I’m missing a piece of the puzzle? A priest was asking me a question, regarding another person who is coming from the SSPX … Read More
Have you read Tolkien’s books? What can they teach?
Reading The Hobbit was a pivotal moment in my young life. I saw at the blog The Art of Manliness a great post about this influential book. Here is are the bullet points. You can read the rest there. The Hobbit has … Read More
Confession tips, and notes about not receiving, or doing, the assigned penance.
GO TO CONFESSION! Now that I have that out of the way, I saw an incoming link from my friend, the great Fr. Finigan, His Hermeneuticalness, to my page Fr. Z’s 20 Tips For Making A Good Confession As I … Read More
BOOK RECOMMENDATION: David Kupelian’s The Marketing of Evil: How Radicals, Elitists, and Pseudo-Experts Sell Us Corruption Disguised As Freedom.
How have we gotten to the point we are at with so many of our societal problems… so quickly? The changes seem coordinated, truly evil, and unstoppable. A while back I recommended a book by David Kupelian called The Marketing of … Read More
September Ember Alert!
With the arrival of mid-September, and the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross (14 Sept) we come around again to our Ember Days. The September Ember Days this year are today, Wednesday 18 Sept, Friday 20 and Saturday 21. … Read More
