About this blog…
“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
Coat of Arms by D Burkart
Recent Comments
- waalaw on Daily Rome Shot 1674: “My dear Watson: 1. . . . . . . N-b4+ 2. K-a3 . . N-c2+ If 3. K×a2 .…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1673: I have bad news, worse news and okay news.: “The Pontifical Biblical Commission has embarrassed itself and weakened its prestige and standing among serious biblical scholars in every denomination.”
- on Bp. Schneider: “Danger!”: “Bishop Schneider hits the nail on the head. But is anyone listening to him? It’s less about liturgy than it…”
- on YOUR URGENT PRAYER REQUESTS: “For my various novena petitions, job situation, conversion of sinners, & the release of the Souls in Purgatory (especially those…”
- on Bp. Schneider: “Danger!”: “@TraditionalOFS: I have many of the same questions. I grew up in the 60s and 70s, and then it was…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1674: “Mate in 4. Black to move 1. … Nb4+ 2. Ka3 {forced} Nxc2+ 3. Ka4 {or Ka2} Ra1+ 4. Na2…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1674: “Isn’t it extremely sexist to have some lady come out to do the chore of setting the table, carrying the…”
CLICK and say your daily offerings!
A Daily Prayer for Priests
Fr. Z’s Podcasts RSS Feed
Federated Computer… your safe and private alternative to big biz corporations that hate us while taking our money and mining our data. Have an online presence large or small? Catholic DIOCESE? Cottage industry? See what Federated has to offer. Save money and gain peace of mind.
ABORTION PILL RESCUE NETWORK
Everyone, work to get this into your parish bulletins and diocesan papers.
Donate using VENMO
GREAT BEER from Traditional Benedictine Monks in Italy
Good coffee and tea. Help monks.
I use this when I travel both in these USA and abroad. Very useful. Fast enough for Zoom. I connect my DMR (ham radio) through it. If you use my link, they give me more data. A GREAT back up.
Help support Fr. Z’s Gospel of Life work at no cost to you. Do you need a Real Estate Agent? Calling these people is the FIRST thing you should do!
They find you a pro-life agent in your area who commits to giving a portion of the fee to a pro-life group!
This blog has to earn its keep!
PLEASE subscribe via PayPal if it is useful. Zelle and Wise are better, but PayPal is convenient.
A monthly subscription donation means I have steady income I can plan on. I put you my list of benefactors for whom I pray and for whom I often say Holy Mass.
In view of the rapidly changing challenges I now face, I would like to add more $10/month subscribers. Will you please help?
For a one time donation...
To donate monthly I prefer Zelle because it doesn't extract fees. Use
frz AT wdtprs DOT com
Category Archives: “How To…” – Practical Notes
Comment Registration, Blank Pages, Banning, Thanks, and You
In order to comment here, readers must register and I must approve the registration. This is for two reasons. First, were I not to place this restriction, the combox would be a demonically crazy place. My traffic here would go … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, O'Brian Tags
Comments Off on Comment Registration, Blank Pages, Banning, Thanks, and You
Comments Off on Comment Registration, Blank Pages, Banning, Thanks, and You
HELP! A liturgy nerd is building a digital-calendar-generator for the TLM
Can you brilliant liturgy nerds help this… liturgy nerd cum computer geek? Thanks! From a reader: Hi father Z! I have spent the last two weeks constructing a digital-calendar-generator for the TLM/-62 (in Swedish, with celebrations according to the calendar … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged liturgy, TLM
20 Comments
20 Comments
READER FEEDBACK: Going to confession and first Traditional Latin Mass
From a reader down-under: Thank you for the work you do as I have learnt much from your blog. I have been to Confession twice recently, having put it off until the constant encouragement from you helped me to go. … Read More
On Mercy Sunday a sobering thought from a Pope about fear and that terrible day
As we have come to Low Sunday, Dominica in albis, I reviewed something of what Fathers of the Church had to say about our Gospel passage on this famous Sunday: John 20:19-31. Pope St. Gregory the Great (+604) preached on … Read More
If Francis wants a leaner, humble liturgy… then we need sacred music to match. We already have it!
Some extol the new “humble” liturgical style of Pope Francis in the wrong way. They oppose his style to a grand or solemn style, as if the one excludes the other. The humble does NOT cancel out the grand. Nor … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Benedict XVI, Francis, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Reading Francis Through Benedict, The future and our choices
Tagged Benedict XVI, Gregorian chant, James MacMillan, liturgical music, Pope Francis, sacred music
37 Comments
37 Comments
QUAERITUR: Is it a sin to fast during the Easter Octave?
From a reader: I listen to the Catholic Channel on Sirius/XM a lot and yesterday a priest who is usually fairly reliable made the comment that it is a sin to fast during the Octave of Easter. My wife started … Read More
A diocesan “morality clause” in Louisiana
Bp. Vasa has had a bumpy ride in Santa Rosa in implementing a provision that teachers in Catholic schools not live or teach in open violation of Catholic teachings. Now I see that in the Diocese of Lafayette, a Catholic … Read More
What’s this you say? Popes are *not* above the law? Analysis at Commonweal.
Seen at the site of Commonweal. This is great! You watch… now that a liberal publication has put out something like this, pretty soon other liberals will be okay with talking about exactly what we have been discussing. The difference … Read More
waalaw on Daily Rome Shot 1674: “My dear Watson: 1. . . . . . . N-b4+ 2. K-a3 . . N-c2+ If 3. K×a2 .…”
