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Category Archives: “How To…” – Practical Notes
So a guy with gas cans walks into @StPatsNYC in Midtown Manhattan…
…. No! Really! The NYPost reports – and I have verified through a NYPD source that this is for real – a guy with gas cans walked into St. Patrick’s Cathedral in midtown Manhattan today and got his crazy ass … Read More
PRAYERCAzT: What does the Latin Exorcism really sound like? FOR PRIESTS ONLY – UPDATED
UPDATE 17 April 2019: A while ago I had a request from an exorcist of a US diocese for a recording not only of Chapter 3, but also of Chapter 2. “Euge! Euge!”, quoth I, “It is, however, long. But … Read More
Fundraising idea for #NotreDame
I’ve been chatting with a friend. Here’s an idea. Those who are responsible for Notre Dame Cathedral might sell cubes of charred wood and vault from the burned roof. Say, 1 cm (5 cm for a lot more). This would … Read More
Fr. Z rants about #NotreDame fire and the Faith in the Church’s “eldest daughter”
In 1 Peter 2:2-5 we read: As newborn babes, desire the rational milk without guile, that thereby you may grow unto salvation: If so be you have tasted that the Lord is sweet. Unto whom coming, as to a living stone, … Read More
ASK FATHER: The priest is a jerk and has hang-ups
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Can priests be trusted with all parishoners or do they have hang-ups with particular types of people? I am a single woman and I feel like the priest at my church doesn’t like to be called … Read More
ASK FATHER: My unbaptized wife insists on contraception
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I’m a youngish Catholic man who very much wants closeness with Christ through the Church in Her teachings and Sacraments. I’m also a Catholic man married to an unbaptized woman, who has been insistent on taking … Read More
ASK FATHER: I’m angry! Father’s sermons are boring, lack joy!
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Our priest’s sermons are dull, dry, predictable, boring, , too serious (they lack joy) don’t speak to the heart and are uninspiring. It’s like listening to a student teacher stand at the pulpit and give a … Read More
ASK FATHER: Valid or invalid gluten free hosts?
From a priest… QUAERITUR: I was at a church this week and this is the gluten-free stuff they’re passing out. Look at the ingredients. How can this be valid matter? Just so that you can see it more clearly. NO! … Read More
Reader Feedback: Internet Prayer Funny and Thank You!
This is from a reader… great story about the Internet Prayer (always linked on the top menu)! I am a vice principal and theology teacher at a Catholic K-12 school in Texas. Last week I printed your post about St. … Read More
Does anyone have a 1959 Cantus Passionis? Post-1955?
You know what would be really useful? A reprint of the 1959 Cantus Passionis. I think that was the last version published before the Flood struck. It could be that the traditional movement is heading in the direction of the … Read More
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Tagged 1959, Cantus Passionis, Holy Week, Passion, pre-1955
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Charivari Rob on My View For Awhile: The City of Big Shoulders: “Did you get to not-so-new-now Comiskey Park for “Pope Hat Night”?”
