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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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Recent Posts
- Daily Rome Shot 1667
- Daily Rome Shot 1665
- Remember… the TLM has to be suppressed because… you know… reasons.
- Ratzinger in 1976 on the “old Missal” and “new Missal”
- 22 July: Feast of St. Mary Magdalene – A rocky history. Like the saint herself?
- Daily Rome Shot 1664 – quick
- VINTAGE RECTORY BATHROOM TILES: 05
- 20 July – St. Elijah, Prophet of the Old Testament
- Would a marriage impediment apply in this case
- Daily Rome Shot 1663 – Happy International Chess Day!
- ASK FATHER: public veneration of relics
- Daily Rome Shot 1662
- Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 8th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 16th Ordinary) 2026
- ASK FATHER: Cut off from my beloved SSPX chapel, suffering.
- A Cardinal accidently gets it right!
- Daily Rome Shot 1661
- WDTPRS – 16th (Novus Ordo) Sunday in Ordinary Time: Wherein Fr. Z rants.
- WDTPRS – 8th Sunday after Pentecost – living right
- Daily Rome Shot 1660 – A day that will live in INFAMY
- Daily Rome Shot 1659 – GO TO CONFESSION (says the Jesuit)
- ALERT: The SSPX appeals against the Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
- Mass this afternoon – Unity of the Church… differently
- Daily Rome Shot 1658
- My View For Awhile: homeward – CONCLUSION
- From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 26-06-23 – Toupee or not toupee
- Archbp. of Milwaukee reacts to the SSPX consecrations. Fr Z comments.
- WDTPRS – 7th Sunday after Pentecost: God can neither deceive nor be deceived
- Daily Rome Shot 1657 – new life
- Daily Rome Shot 1656 – different stuff
- WDTPRS – 15th Ordinary Sunday (N.O.): Too far right or too far left, we wind up in the ditch in the dark
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“Until the Lord be pleased to settle, through the instrumentality of the princes of the Church and the lawful ministers of His justice, the trouble aroused by the pride of a few and the ignorance of some others, let us with the help of God endeavor with calm and humble patience to render love for hatred, to avoid disputes with the silly, to keep to the truth and not fight with the weapons of falsehood, and to beg of God at all times that in all our thoughts and desires, in all our words and actions, He may hold the first place who calls Himself the origin of all things.”
- Prosper of Aquitaine (+c.455), De gratia Dei et libero arbitrio contra Collatorem 22.61
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- The most evident mark of God’s anger and the most terrible castigation He can inflict upon the world are manifested when He permits His people to fall into the hands of clerics who are priests more in name than in deed, priests who practice the cruelty of ravening wolves rather than the charity and affection of devoted shepherds.
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"But if, in any layman who is indeed imbued with literature, ignorance of the Latin language, which we can truly call the 'catholic' language, indicates a certain sluggishness in his love toward the Church, how much more fitting it is that each and every cleric should be adequately practiced and skilled in that language!" - Pius XI
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Grant unto thy Church, we beseech Thee, O merciful God, that She, being gathered together by the Holy Ghost, may be in no wise troubled by attack from her foes. O God, who by sin art offended and by penance pacified, mercifully regard the prayers of Thy people making supplication unto Thee,and turn away the scourges of Thine anger which we deserve for our sins. Almighty and Everlasting God, in whose Hand are the power and the government of every realm: look down upon and help the Christian people that the heathen nations who trust in the fierceness of their own might may be crushed by the power of thine Arm. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. R. Amen.
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Category Archives: Fr. Z’s Kitchen
Sunday Supper: reluctant and without zeal edition
I have zero appetite. Zero. I forced myself tonight to make something and then not eat it standing over the sink, as I usually do. As I have written, I have rather lost my interest in cooking. But… for the … Read More
Lunch: Follow up to 20th Anniv. supper
I made chicken the other night. I am eating left-overs. Sandwich from toasted bread with chopped garlic, watercress, goat cheese, chicken. I found a sweet tooth today. Chocolate chip cookies in a pale imitation of my mother’s masterpieces. Espresso.
20th Anniversary Supper: chicken
I have been trying to recapture some verve for cooking. The kitchen hasn’t been very interesting lately. But yesterday, with the help of a couple donations which came in for my 20th anniversary of ordination, I picked up some groceries … Read More
Starship Supper … awful… wonderful…
There is a reader here who really liked the 1997 movie Starship Troopers. It was incredibly loosely based on the Heinlein novel we oooolllld people read when we were kids. And when I say loose, I mean loose. There is … Read More
Fending off death by starvation: Linguine Edition
I have had a few emails from readers complaining that I haven’t posted many cooking posts lately. I haven’t been cooking much lately. However, it seemed a good idea to do something a bit more interesting than a bowl of … Read More
Friday meatless lunch. Not difficult.
Fridays are days of penance, which in the normal course of things means not eating meat. Which also means that it is the only day I really want a cheeseburger. Instead of a cheeseburger, for lunch I had these. Homemade…. … Read More
Lenten Soup
Vegetable broth Chopped up vegetables Ginger root, shaved Soy sauce and rice vinegar Rice noodles Bring broth to a boil with the ginger. Put in the noodles and cook for a minute. Put in the veg and cook for half … Read More
Monday Supper … and poetry
I am posting a Monday instead of Sunday Supper offering. We are having a meeting of our literary group, and I am cooking. We are reading G. M. Hopkins, in a certain phase. We are having “spaghetti al seminario” and … Read More
A new spin on an old idea
I usually enjoy the movies made by Zhang Yimou. He has a quirky film called A Woman, A Gun and a Noodle Shop. Have you ever heard about the contests or display of prowess some pizza makers put on to … Read More




















