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Category Archives: Mail from priests
Prayers for a priest who will celebrate TLM for the first time
From a priest reader: Fr. Z, this Sunday I will celebrate my first public Mass in the extraordinary form. I have not yet done it in private either, but I’m practicing as much as I can in preparation. I don’t … Read More
QUAERITUR: Priest looking for online Ordo for Extraordinary Form
From a priest reader: Thank you for the work you do on your blog. I appreciate your wise counsels and good advice and of course your humor. Above all, however, I appreciate your fidelity to to the truth and the … Read More
QUAERITUR: crossing stole and using maniple in Novus Ordo
From a priest reader: I try to bring into the Novus Ordo as many elements from the old rite as I can, where permitted. My question is: is it licit for a priest celebrating Mass according to the new rite … Read More
RATS IN THE RECTORY: The mugs
Over at the blog Southern Orders I see that Fr. McDonald and Fr. Justin received their new WDTPRS coffee mugs. These are Say The Black (Translation Edition) mugs.
Posted in Linking Back, Mail from priests
Tagged deprecatory prayer, Macon, mugs, Rats
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RATS IN THE RECTORY! Of priests and rodents: Part 2
Remember these guys? Here are some priests in Georgia suffering from a home invasion. By rats. Check the blog Southern Orders. The latest in the saga: This is rat central and I have an update for you on the rectory … Read More
QUAERITUR: Fragments – When does reverence become neurosis?
From a priest reader: I’ve been a priest for ten years, and the celebration of the Holy Mass is still the high point of my day. I’ve always been scrupulous about cleansing the sacred vessels after Holy Communion and the … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Mail from priests
Tagged fragments, ne pereant
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The Holy Father’s special Popemobile for the upcoming visit to England
My good friend His Hermeueticalness, Fr. Tim Finigan, the parish priest of mighty Blackfen, has alerted me to this entry of great importance. A special Popemobile has been developed for the Holy Father’s visit to England. It seems it will … Read More
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Apostles of Jesus Christ, Priest and Victim
I had an email from a priest today who told me about a new initiative to build up diocesan priests in their lives and ministry. Their new initiative, which has the approval of Card. George in Chicago, is called The … Read More
A Hymn to the Motu Proprio
I received this from a priest reader: Hymn to the Motu Iam enim hiems transiit;imber abiit, et recessit.Flores apparuerunt in terra nostra;tempus putationis advenit:vox turturis audita est in terra nostra;ficus protulit grossos suos;vineæ florentes dederunt odorem suum. Vidi speciosam sicut columbam,ascendentem desuperrivos … Read More
PODCAzT 107: Most Precious Blood and your sins; Interview with Fr. Finigan
At the beginning of July, a month dedicated in a special way to devotion to the Most Precious Blood of the Lord, I give you in the PODCAzT a short reflection on the Blood of the Lord, what happens at … Read More
Angelo Tan on Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 16th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 24th Ordinary): “The sermon for the 24th Sunday was brief but impactful. The Dominican priest encapsulated the whole Gospel reading for that…”
