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Category Archives: “But Father! But Father!”
QUAERITUR: If a priest cannot say Mass in the Extraordinary Form, is he properly trained? Wherein Fr. Z rants.
From a reader: At ordination, the rector of the seminary is asked if the candidate is fully prepared for priestly duties. If a priest cannot say Mass in the E F, should that be considered not being prepared to assume … Read More
Posted in "But Father! But Father!", "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, Universae Ecclesiae, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged can. 249, Extraordinary Form, Latin, Latin language, OT 13, Roman Rite, SC 36
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36 Comments
How liberal Chicago Politicians (chuckle) reacted to Card. George and Chick-fil-A. Fr. Z rants.
From the Washington Times (the sane paper of the Capitol city): Chick-fil-A still ruffling [Chicago alderman] Proco Joe Moreno’s feathers By Peter V. Bella [retired Chicago Police Officer, freelance journalist and photojournalist, cook, and raconteur. WDTPRS likes retired cops… a … Read More
Posted in "But Father! But Father!", Biased Media Coverage, Blatteroons, Fr. Z KUDOS, Liberals, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice, Throwing a Nutty
Tagged Card. George, Chicago, Chick-fil-A, Proco Joe Moreno, Rhetoric
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32 Comments
QUAERITUR: Does kneeling for Communion show a “spirit of disobedience”?
From a reader: Our new pastor recently published a letter in the bulletin [I’ve cut that out in order to “anonymize” this.] in which he uses the GIRM [General Instruction on the Roman Missal] to argue that those who genuflect … Read More
Proposal and Counter-Proposals for Pope Benedict and the SSPX
I was sent a link to an article in The Remnant on the SSPX situation. The article contains the following statements: Instead of harassing Bishop Fellay to sign a doctrinal preamble, the Vatican should require every superior, university president and … Read More
Wherein it is not possible but that Fr. Z rants.
At the blog of the Latin Mass Society‘s chairman, Joseph Shaw, there is the exposition of an important Latin text of Pius X in 1905 about frequent reception of Holy Communion. The Latin is presented and compared to an English … Read More
Of Women Priests and Ecumenism and how we should respond. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
I was sent something from the California Catholic Daily about a member of parish liturgy committee who participated in a fake and sacrilegious “ordination” by Roman Catholic Womenpriests. My emphases: A member of the liturgy committee at a San Francisco parish … Read More
Posted in "But Father! But Father!", "How To..." - Practical Notes, Dogs and Fleas, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, The Drill, The future and our choices, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged ecumenism, sacrilege, women's ordination, Women's Ordination Conference, wymyn
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96 Comments
The Sins Which “Cry To Heaven” For Vengeance and You
Taylor Marshall at Canterbury Tales has posted on the sins which “cry to heaven” for vengeance, saying also that the USA have failed 4 for 4! Some sources identity five sins that cry to heaven for vengeance or, variously, justice. If … Read More
Posted in "But Father! But Father!", GO TO CONFESSION, New Evangelization, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged CCC1867, cheating workers of their wages, confession, mortal sin, murder, oppression of widows and orphans, sacrament of penance, sins that cry to heaven, sodomy
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21 Comments
Bug Out Bags
Please use the sharing buttons! Thanks! I just saw a government sponsored commercial showing people being tossed around. Then dad grabs the “bug out bag” and they head for the door. The slogan at the end: Get a kit. Make a … Read More
Posted in "But Father! But Father!", Global Killer Asteroid Questions, Linking Back
Tagged bug out, TEOTWAWKI, TSHTF
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45 Comments
Is it easier to pray in your car in the parking lot than in church before or after Mass?
Today on the digital, full version of the UK’s best Catholic Weekly, The Catholic Herald (to which you can subscribe from anywhere in the world), I found a good letter to the editor, an image of which I post, below: … Read More
UPDATE on the tumult in Platteville. Bp. Morlino sends a letter to the community.
A little while I posted an update about a group of liberals in Platteville, WI (D. Madison) who, rebelling against their priests, worked to undermine the finances of the parish and school. The fruit of their labors has now come to … Read More
