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- on Are things as bad as the seem? Auctores scinduntur.: “it is a propitious time for a novena to St. Jude with his feast coming next week. i had a…”
- on Are things as bad as the seem? Auctores scinduntur.: “Father, I just don’t understand what the edit to this decree actually does. One can surmise that either A. No…”
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Category Archives: Just Too Cool
New art from Daniel Mitsui: Pater Noster and Requiem Mass
Daniel Mitusi occasionally sends me new pieces of art which he has created. This time he sent me a large text of the Pater Noster and a smaller image of a Holy Requiem Mass. For his site click HERE Please … Read More
Wherein Fr. Z, who died a painful death, is … STILL ALIVE?
Long time readers might remember that I was killed a while ago. I have been a character in some sci-fi books. HERE Chris Kennedy has been turning out some highly entertaining sci-fi books in which he includes “red shirts”. After … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Lighter fare, Linking Back
Tagged Chris Kennedy, Christopher Kennedy
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13 Comments
All Saints and All Souls Masses on the High Seas!
A friend of mine who is a Navy Chaplain sent photos of his Masses for All Saints and All Souls aboard USS KEARSARGE. That’s what we’re talkin’ about! Pray for all in the armed forces, that God will protect … Read More
Cool WOTD – “maril” (Tolkien connection!)
From the OED Online’s Word of the Day: Your word for today is: maril, n. Your word for today is: maril, n. maril, n. [‘ An ornamental binding material with a variegated grain, made from scraps of coloured leather mixed … Read More
Ite Catuli!
How about those Cubs? They beat the Cardinals to advance another step toward the World Series. That said, today is the anniversary of the infamous Bartman incident, when a fan interfered with an out, thus extended the enemy’s inning and … Read More
Card. Sarah: “We find ourselves between ‘gender ideology’ and ISIS”, apocalyptic beasts… demonic origin
What Nazi-Fascism and Communism were in the 20th century, Western homosexual and abortion Ideologies and Islamic Fanaticism are today. Thus, Card. Sarah. Robert Card. Sarah is Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and an amazing fellow. Read his great new … Read More
The Domino Effect
No, this is not about the collapse of the entire Church because of a few of the members of the Synod. It’s amazing, but also hard to imagine that someone would do this. Some 10K old iPhones.
1492: Christopher Columbus makes landfall
From History: […] On August 3, 1492, Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain, with three small ships, the Santa Maria, the Pinta, and the Nina.On October 12, the expedition reached land, probably Watling Island in the Bahamas. Later that month, … Read More
Bp. Olmsted (D. Phoenix) issues to men a tremendous call to battle!
Liberal catholics want to wussify the Church. They effectively embrace the world’s ways and think the Church should adapt her teachings and practices to shifting secular mores. They accuse those who still dare to stand up in the public square and defend … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, "How To..." - Practical Notes, ACTION ITEM!, Be The Maquis, Cri de Coeur, Fr. Z KUDOS, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Just Too Cool, Mail from priests, Semper Paratus, Si vis pacem para bellum!, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices
Tagged Be The Maquis, Bp. Olmsted, culture wars, D. Phoenix, manhood, men
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21 Comments
NEWS: In the past Popes both smiled and were nice to babies
One of you readers sent a link to a video of a clip from a 1958 movie called “Embezzled Heaven”. In it there is footage from a real audience with Ven. Pius XII. Some of it is obviously staged. It … Read More
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on Are things as bad as the seem? Auctores scinduntur.: “Francisco: I feel like I’m questioning my sanity here. Welcome to blackwhite. To believe contradictory truths at the same time,…”
