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Category Archives: My View
My View For Awhile: Meandering to Roma – Part 2
The journey continues after a sojourn in New York. This morning I sought something for a friend in Rome because is what we long time expats do for each other. Did you know that there was vanilla mint Chapstick? I … Read More
The Feeder Feed: Old Chasuble Edition
I’m enjoying some time at The Cloisters with a friend. In honor of a priest who has disparaged my posts about birds, I add this edition. Behold a priests chasuble from Venice of the late 15th to early 16th century. … Read More
Posted in On the road, The Feeder Feed, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged chasuble, Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters
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24 Comments
Saturday Stroll
Today I have done some reading and listened to the monks of Le Barroux sing the Tenebrae office. For lunch I found a great pastrami sandwich and went to the Park. Okay… here’s a better shot of the pastrami. … Read More
Posted in On the road, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged Central Park, dante, Frick Collection, Manet, pastrami
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14 Comments
Ready for the Triduum?
A wonderful place to reflect on the mysteries of Holy Week is in a gallery of a great museum with sacred art, especially with the Office ringing changes in your ears. At the Met. Detail of an Ecce Homo by … Read More
My View For Awhile: meandering towards Rome
It isn’t much like the Via Francigena. As help for the trip my mom sent me some money. I miss Lire. UPDATE: On the ground. I said I was meandering, after all. It is cold in Gotham, and windy, but … Read More
Z-SWAG: In The Wild – Phoenician Edition
From a reader: Dear Fr. Zuhlsdorf, I came across “Save the Liturgy, Save the World” and “Say the Black, Do the Red!” while reading Fr. John Lankeit’s bulletin letter to the parishioners at Sts. Simon and Jude Cathedral, Phoenix, Arizona … Read More
Pope Francis on the Devil, modern education “horrors”, mother and father families
Today the Pope spoke during his non-Magisterial, off-the-cuff fervorino at morning Mass in strong terms not just about generic, impersonal “evil”, but about the Enemy of your soul, the Devil. From VR: “We too are tempted, we too are the … Read More
Posted in "But Father! But Father!", Four Last Things, Francis
Tagged Enemy of the Soul, evil, Pope Francis, The Devil
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21 Comments
The Feeder Feed: Strigine Edition
I have written of owls before. I once shared a winter encounter I had with a Great Gray, seared into my mind’s eye. I also shared photos of the old “Owl Room”, the guest room, at the legendary Sabine Farm … Read More
Posted in Lighter fare, The Feeder Feed
Tagged bird watching, birds, feeders, ornithology, owls, strigine
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5 Comments
Nun UNDER The Bus
UPDATE 8 April: Bp. Jugis (D. Charlotte) endorses Sr. Jane Laurel and talk at High School _______ You probably saw my post Sister explains the situation. Spittle-flecked nutty, bullying, intimidation ensue. Sr. Jane Laurel, OP, gave a talk at a … Read More
Posted in I'm just askin'..., Liberals, New Evangelization, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Sin That Cries To Heaven, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice, The Olympian Middle, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged Antonio Gramsci, homosexual agenda, homosexualists, Keep America Beautiful, mob mentality, Thomas Malthus
104 Comments
104 Comments
ASK FATHER: Sister goes shopping while carrying the Eucharist to the sick. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
From a reader… I work at a religious supply store and yesterday a local religious sister came in and asked to be shown our selection of pyxes. I led her to the cabinet where they are kept and indicated that … Read More
