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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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Category Archives: “How To…” – Practical Notes
Brick by brick in Wroclaw
Be sure to check out this Polish site Nowy Ruch Liturgiciczny for photos of a Solemn TLM coram episcopo, Most. Rev. Marian Golebiewski, Archbishop of Wroclaw. The photos are GREAT. Folks… this is what the RED MASS should always look … Read More
QUAERITUR: antique chalices
From a reader: A classmate of mine is about to be ordained to the priesthood. I’m trying to find an antique chalice for him. Do you know any merchants who sell antique chalices? Anyone?
QUAERITUR: cleaning up an old thurible and giving it to parish as incentive
From a reader: First let me say I am a long time reader of your blog. Thank you for all that you do. A few years ago I found a brass censer on eBay which I bought. The exterior is … Read More
Wanna read some comments under an NCR post?
I am sure you remember how the NCR instrumentalized an old priest of the Diocese of Kansas City, MO, to attack his bishop… NCR’s bishop… His Excellency Most Rev. Robert Finn. NCR published a letter from a priest of the … Read More
Unbleached beeswax candles – where to get them?
Our friends over at NLM have a really good entry about sources for unbleached beeswax candles used for Requiem Masses. Here is the post: Sourcing Unbleached Beeswax Altar Candles One of our priestly readers wrote in with the question of … Read More
nvlddmkm.sys delenda est
I am in the grip of a techno nightmare, the stuff of man-made purgatory. My main computer, the big one, which was giving me so many problems, which I had thought I had repaired, threw a nutty again yesterday in … Read More
QUAERITUR: When can I say a Requiem TLM?
From priest reader: I just started praying the usus antiquior low mass after a year of preparation (of latin and the rubrics). Question: When may I opt to say a missae defunctorum? When may I not? In other words, may … Read More
QUAERITUR: Solemn Pontifical Mass… proper terminology
From a reader in Japan… Dear Father Z, [I am] from Japan (therefore, I am sorry for my poor English).I thank God for your great blog. My faith grows up everyday by reading your blog. I have a question regarding … Read More
EMBER ALERT! – UPDATE
That is EMBER not "amber". It is almost Embertide again… this time the "Michael" Embertide…. 23, 25 and 26 Sept. [In my original post, I used a calendar with an error. I have corrected the dates. There is discussion of … Read More
Want to use your phone in church? Think again!
Have you ever wished that your car had a phaser option? That there was a trap door under the pulpit? A tip of the biretta to Mulier Fortis for the following. In the future there may be some serious penalties … Read More
Charivari Rob on Day 1 & 2 Conference for Priests: St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology: ““The Danger Zone” …as in the slippery slope to “If you’re hesitant about whether you should bring home 1 or…”
