About this blog…
“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
Coat of Arms by D Burkart
Recent Comments
- WVC on Daily Rome Shot 1681 – cartoons old and less old: “Something that bothers me about statements being made about those “against” Traditionis Custodes is the consistent idea that “we now…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1680: “Well in the early 1980s that seat would have been the smoking section and you were at least close to…”
- on My View For Awhile: The City of Big Shoulders: “Disagree that Trump is a great president. He has betrayed America and he lied to us in MAGA! He is…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1681 – cartoons old and less old: “1. . . . Qa1+ 2. Qc1 Rd1+ 3. QxR QxQ+ 4. Re1 QxR++”
- on Some good news in Canada: “while i have every confidence that the Institute does great things, the acronym is most unfortunate”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1680: “I think as the weather gets more severe we road warriors are having to get used to this, unfortunately. I…”
- on The Big Lie of Mr. Cricket: “The passage The Masked Chicken quotes and Professor Cover discusses had me wondering about “the ‘typical’ editions” – would that,…”
- on A message from Card. Burke to readers of Fr. Z’s Blog – August 2026: “Off topic (with apologies to our reverend host, who should have been at least a monsignor by now), a link…”
CLICK and say your daily offerings!
A Daily Prayer for Priests
Fr. Z’s Podcasts RSS Feed
Federated Computer… your safe and private alternative to big biz corporations that hate us while taking our money and mining our data. Have an online presence large or small? Catholic DIOCESE? Cottage industry? See what Federated has to offer. Save money and gain peace of mind.
ABORTION PILL RESCUE NETWORK
Everyone, work to get this into your parish bulletins and diocesan papers.
Donate using VENMO
GREAT BEER from Traditional Benedictine Monks in Italy
Good coffee and tea. Help monks.
I use this when I travel both in these USA and abroad. Very useful. Fast enough for Zoom. I connect my DMR (ham radio) through it. If you use my link, they give me more data. A GREAT back up.
Help support Fr. Z’s Gospel of Life work at no cost to you. Do you need a Real Estate Agent? Calling these people is the FIRST thing you should do!
They find you a pro-life agent in your area who commits to giving a portion of the fee to a pro-life group!
This blog has to earn its keep!
PLEASE subscribe via PayPal if it is useful. Zelle and Wise are better, but PayPal is convenient.
A monthly subscription donation means I have steady income I can plan on. I put you my list of benefactors for whom I pray and for whom I often say Holy Mass.
In view of the rapidly changing challenges I now face, I would like to add more $10/month subscribers. Will you please help?
For a one time donation...
To donate monthly I prefer Zelle because it doesn't extract fees. Use
frz AT wdtprs DOT com
Category Archives: Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
ASK FATHER: Heavy-handed priest imposes quirky personal whims on TLM
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I kindly ask your opinion (and perhaps advice) on the following matter of great importance to our local TLM community. The rector of the church (who sometimes celebrates the EF for us, but we are not … Read More
Canonist Ed Peters’ observations about post-Conciliar liturgical as “irreversible”
Today canonist Ed Peters provides some helpful notes (HERE) about something His Holiness of Our Lord said the other day about the liturgical reform after Vatican II being irreversible. Pope Francis seemed in invoke the Magisterium. Peters explains what … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill
Tagged Ed Peters, irreversible
19 Comments
19 Comments
WDTPRS 12th Sunday after Pentecost: RUN! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!
Today’s Collect survived the liturgico-surgical scalpels of the Bugniniites (cf. BUGNINICARE – “If you like your Latin in the Mass, you can keep your Latin in the Mass!”) to live on in the Novus Ordo for the 31st Sunday of … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Our Catholic Identity, WDTPRS
Tagged munus
1 Comment
1 Comment
First thoughts on Pope Francis’ address to Italian liturgists
His Holiness of our Lord gave a speech to participants at a national assembly of Italian liturgists. HERE Given what I have seen and heard in Italy, my mind reels in dread at the very notion of a room full … Read More
PHOTOS: Pontifical Mass for Immaculate Conception
Some shots from the Pontifical Mass at the Throne the other day, 22 August, at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Monona for the Feast of the Immaculate Heart (Extraordinary Form). His Excellency Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino is the … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged D. Madison, Extraordinary Ordinary
7 Comments
7 Comments
ASK FATHER: Deacon consumed unconsecrated Hosts which dropped to the floor
From a reader… QUAERITUR: At Mass on the Assumption, the lady carrying the hosts for the offertory was unable to carry the container level (appeared to have Parkinson’s and was shaking) and dropped several on the floor. The deacon noticed, … Read More
ASK FATHER: Communion for organist after Mass
From a reader… QUAERITUR: When leaving Church I noticed a deacon (not the deacon of the Mass) giving the Eucharist to the organist after the Mass had ended (up in the choir loft). There is singing or playing any time … Read More
Blue vestment sighting
Over at NLM there is a post with photos of Holy Masses for the Feast of the Assumption. There are some stunners, of course. One set caught my eye. They are of Pontifical Vespers celebrated by the abbot at Heiligenkreutz. … Read More
ASK FATHER: Could it be a sin to attend a Novus Ordo Mass if you think the TLM is superior?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: If a lay person is presented with the option to attend either a Novus Ordo Mass or a Traditional Latin Mass, and, in turn, (a) believes that the TLM is more substantively and consistently reverent to … Read More
VIDEO: Pius XII declaring the Dogma of the Assumption
The fabled pastor of my home parish, the late Msgr. Richard Schuler told stories about being in Rome when Ven. Pius XII infallibly declared the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin to be a dogma of the Faith. He was present … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Our Solitary Boast
Tagged Assumption, dogma, Pius XII
5 Comments
5 Comments
WVC on Daily Rome Shot 1681 – cartoons old and less old: “Something that bothers me about statements being made about those “against” Traditionis Custodes is the consistent idea that “we now…”
