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Category Archives: Just Too Cool
VIDEO: Solemn Exposition of Relics at Ss Trinità dei Pellegrini (Church of the Most Holy Trinity of the Pilgrims) in Rome
1 November 2025 – Solemn Exposition of Relics at Ss Trinità dei Pellegrini (Church of the Most Holy Trinity of the Pilgrims) in Rome The custom of the exposition of relics on All Saints Day in the Roman tradition is … Read More
Note from a reader: first confession in 19 years! Wherein Fr. Z rants.
I nag you to… GO TO CONFESSION! I received a note today which made my day. Father Z, Today, on the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, I went to Adoration and Confession. It was my first time going … Read More
Posted in GO TO CONFESSION, Just Too Cool, Our Catholic Identity, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged sacrament of penance
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Michael Knowles stepped in for Charlie Kirk yesterday: Traditional Latin Mass
Did you see that Michael Knowles stepped in for Charlie Kirk yesterday at the University of Minnesota? HERE He spoke several times about the Traditional Latin Mass. 48:30 1:09:00 1:12:00 etc 1:13:36
17 July ’25: Dutch Card. Eijk of Utrecht warmly commended Card. Burke for how endured criticism from inside the Church (including some in particular) – VIDEO
https://guadalupeshrine.org/mass-live-stream/ Dutch Cardinal Willem Jacobus Eijk of Utrecht has warmly commended Cardinal Raymond Burke for how he has endured criticism from some inside the Church who have attacked him for proclaiming the fullness of the Catholic faith. Cardinal Ejik was … Read More
JUST TOO COOL: 20 July 1969 – MOON LANDING – on the 56th Anniversary, Leo XIV called Astronaut Buzz Aldrin – UPDATED (About Michael Collins and ROME)
This evening, 56 years after the Apollo 11 moon landing, I spoke with the astronaut Buzz Aldrin. Together we shared the memory of a historic feat, a testimony to human ingenuity, and we reflected on the mystery and greatness of … Read More
VIDEO: Corpus Christi in Tokyo
I want to give a shout to the wonderful traditional community in Tokyo. For Corpus Christi they had a procession. Their FIRST. They have a short video about it. I hope you will take a moment to watch it. I … Read More
New recording from the London Oratory Schola boys choir – Terrific!
I was contacted by the director of the boys choir of the London Oratory. They have made wonderful recordings, discs/downloads, in the past. The present is no exception. There is a new collection available for pre-order: Sacred Treasures of Rome … Read More
19 June 325 – Adoption of the Nicene Creed
On this day, 19 June 325, exactly 1700 years ago, it is thought that the Council of Nicea adopted the original Nicene Creed. It would be amended in 381 by the Council of Constantinople. This creed was adopted to combat … Read More
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Let’s talk about Starlink. Do you have it? What’s it like?
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, I'm just askin'..., Just Too Cool
Tagged Starlink
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OrdainedButStillbeingFormedDiakonos on “Sometimes the scalpel is the honey.” Wherein Fr. Z rants about “the parable of the wheat and tares”.: “I’m finally reading the Divine Comedy. I’m through the Inferno and halfway in the Purgatorio. I often wonder if someone…”
