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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: Linking Back
Card. Burke on women covering their heads in church
The great Canonical Defender, Dr. Ed Peters has an interesting note on the use… here we go again… about women wearing head coverings in church. He has something from Cardinal Burke in the topic. But first, in a nutshell here … Read More
THE list again: Fr. Z’s 20 Tips For Making A Good Confession (and Fr. Z rants)
You and I are going to die someday. We don’t know when. When we die we will be judged. Scripture teaches, and Christ’s own words and actions make clear, that there are some sins bad enough to kill the life … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Brick by Brick, Linking Back, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill, The future and our choices, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged confession, confessional, Four Last Things, mortal sins, number and kind, reconciliation, sacrament of penance, sins
34 Comments
34 Comments
6 years ago… where were you?
Six years ago today, Joseph Card. Ratzinger was elected as Bishop of Rome and he took the name Benedict, sixteenth of that name. Where were you? What were your thoughts at the time? I was in Rome on an uncomfortable … Read More
Posted in Linking Back
Tagged Benedict XVI, Chris Wallace, Fox News, Greg Burke, papal election
102 Comments
102 Comments
“But… for Wales?”
This is fascinating. NCFishwrap is urging support of one of their darlings, the Hon. Doug Kmiec, Attorney General for Wales…. er um… Ambassador to Malta. You will remember that Amb. Kmiec argued that Catholics could vote for pro-abortion candidates. Amb. … Read More
22 October: a new feast day and an old feast day!
A long-time participant here just pointed out to me in my email that the new feast day designated for Bl. John Paul II, 22 October, is also the feast of Sts. Nunilo and Alodia! Nunilio and Alodia were 9th c. … Read More
Rats in the Rectory – Redivivi
It looks as if in Macon, Georgia it may be time to pick up that Rituale Romanum again and flip to the part with the deprecatory prayers against rats. Poor Fr. McDonald at Southern Orders is fighting off the rats … Read More
Posted in Fr. Z KUDOS, Linking Back
Tagged deprecatory prayer, Macon, Rats, Rituale Romanum
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19 Comments
Follow up: TLM at York for St. Margaret Clitherow
You may recall that there was to be a TLM in York as part of a celebration of St. Margaret Clitherow. Photos are available. Apparently the Anglican Dean of the Cathedral of York, and Chapter, were very accommodating. The music … Read More
Norma Jean Coon: reconciled
Norma Jean Coon, who had been involved with some wymyn who think they can be pryssssts, Norma Jean Coon, who renounced her involvement with the same women, abjured her pretend ordination as a deacon, and sought reconciliation. She has an … Read More
Posted in Fr. Z KUDOS, Just Too Cool, Linking Back
Tagged Norma Jean Coon, women's ordination
10 Comments
10 Comments
About the upcoming Instruction on Summorum Pontificum
There was a great deal of anxiety poured out by traditionalists over reports that an upcoming Instruction on Summorum Pontificum might erode Pope Benedict’s own provisions. I was skeptical about that and cautioned calm and the action of prayer for … Read More
Posted in Linking Back, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill
Tagged Instruction, John L. Allen, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
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41 Comments
RECENT POSTS OF INTEREST
Listen to LENTCAzTs every day! They are only 5 minutes long. Here are some recent posts of interest, as they scroll along. Fishwrap wants Pope Benedict to resign, the Church to change moral teachings QUAERITUR: What sort of “wine” is … Read More
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on ROME 26/10-11 – Day 36: Ultimate: “I spoke with the sisters in Rome who do these corporals. I was told that they use a particular kind…”
