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Category Archives: Lighter fare
I’m pretty good with flags. I am scratching my head over this.
I’m pretty good with flags. I am scratching my head over this. I saw this during a mountain stage of the Tour de France. I seems to be for Asturias and… ? Anyone?
20 July: International CHESS Day!
Before it isn’t the 20th any longer (soon, where I am), I wish all of you a happy International CHESS Day! In honor of this esteemed occasion, I repost… Animi caussa… the names of the pieces. 1 rex, sive scaccus 1 regina (vel virgo, vel amazon, … Read More
Seriously humorous SSPX statement on “Traditionis custodes” and a terrific imaginary curve ball
The SSPX office in Menzingen put out a statement, still only in French, about Traditionis custodes. HERE Here’s a taste… From Summorum Pontificum to Traditionis custodes, or from the Nature Preserve to the Zoo […] A organized extinction While Francis … Read More
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Analogies usually limp, but they are still helpful
I saw today sometime, I don’t recall where exactly for it has been busy day, that Joseph Ratzinger referred to the Church’s care of her sacred liturgical worship as like to tending a garden. I like the analogy. We prepare … Read More
This story has it all. Grand backdrops! Carabinieri … in clerics? JESUITS!
When the movie is made, it must star Peter Sellers as the Capo of the Guardia di Finanza‘s Bunko Squad on load from the Paris Sûreté, at one point impersonating an Argentinian in white. From Crux: Undercover as priests, Italian … Read More
Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On!
Yesterday, Italy beat England in soccer (football) to win the European Championship. When Italy won, the cheer in Rome was apparently so great that it showed up on seismographs that measure earthquakes. Which reminded me of one of the most … Read More
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VIDEO: Test your LIZARD’s DNA!
Lighter fare for this Friday. This appeals to my reptilian brain stem!
Happy Birthday @Card_R_Sarah
Je remercie chacun pour les nombreux messages que je reçois aujourd’hui à l’occasion de mon soixante-seizième anniversaire. Priez beaucoup pour moi. Que Dieu nous garde. +RS pic.twitter.com/nKqKUn4ns6 — Cardinal R. Sarah (@Card_R_Sarah) June 15, 2021
PARODY SONG ALERT: Synodal Rock!
From the blog’s Official Parodohymnodist… To the tune of Jingle Bell Rock! Bishops meet, some are sweet, synods are held, Some are included, some are repelled, Synodal synods, how synods are run, Now the synodal way’s begun. Synods on synods … Read More
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Ummm…. a little glitch in the new Apostolic Constitution “Pascite gregem Dei”
At the end of the Apostolic Constitution which promulgates a new Book VI of the 1983 CIC we find in the version released via the Bolletino… Ooops. It’s FRANCISCUS. At the top of the document, his name is spelled correctly. … Read More
ASK FATHER: How to make a “Trinitini” Martini for Trinity Sunday and avoid committing heresy?
QUAESITUM EST: We are planning to have a special drink for the potluck to commemorate today’s Feast of the Trinity. We were planning to do a “Trinitini”, a Martini with three olives to represent the three Persons in the One … Read More
The Lord’s Ascension, Beans, and You
I so very much wanted to be in Rome this month. My anniversary is coming up. The strawberries and artichokes are around, along with broad beans. We have lovely customs in our wonderful Roman Catholic Church, including special blessings on … Read More
There’s a first time for everything.
The other day I repeated my Novus Ordo and Vetus Ordo food analogy. I’ve often compared the shift from attendance at the Novus Ordo to participation in the Traditional Latin Mass as a kind of growing up and out of … Read More
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“Missa pica”
From a reader… animi caussa! Dear Fr Z, Last Monday week (April 26) was the day after Anzac Day, a day whereon all Australians and New Zealanders who died in war are remembered. We sang a daily requiem mass for the … Read More
ASK FATHER: Face mask vesting prayer in Latin?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Dear Father, do you know a good vesting prayer in Latin, or could you compose one, for putting on a facemask? The questioner seeks to tickle the funny bone, of course. As you know there are … Read More
Happy Talk Like Shakespeare Day 2021!
In the past, National “Talk Like Shakespeare Day” has like a prefatory defalcator stealthily crept in upon my dawning awareness. Not so this year. During this last year, under the inspiration of Sir Patrick Stewart and at the admonition of … Read More
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Challenge coin news and questions
I was lately the delighted recipient of a couple of challenge coins commemorating Fr. Emil Kapaun, chaplain, recipient of the Medal of Honor. His remains were recently identified. HERE I thought some of you would like to see these. HOWEVER… … Read More
Fr. Z’s Kitchen: Lenten Lentils
My post about Benedictines making wine (France) and beer (Italy) reminded me that I once posted a great Lenten recipe for lentils. I recall that there was some controversy about the use of chicken stock. I made the lentils last … Read More
