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Category Archives: My View
Wherein Fr. Z rants
Our Lord promised us that Hell would not prevail against the Church. He did not promise that Hell would not prevail in the USA, or in your town or parish. Today we are seeing a shrinking of Holy Church in many … Read More
Posted in "But Father! But Father!", Four Last Things, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, The Drill, The future and our choices, Wherein Fr. Z Rants, Year of Faith
Tagged Archbp. Chaput, Archd. Philadelphia, creative minority, Il gattopardo, St. Augustine, the gates of Hell, The Leopard
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The Catholic League on efforts to silence Archbishop Cordileone
I bring to your attention something from The Catholic League about the recent DUI incurred by Archbishop Cordilone, newly appointed to San Francisco. Liberals are dancing around their bonfires as if Cordilone’s head is already on a stick. I’ve been watching … Read More
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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Fr. Hugh Twaites, SJ – R.I.P.
I saw this on the site of His Hermeneuticalness, Fr. Finigan, whom I hope to see fairly soon: A correspondent just sent me news of the death of Fr Hugh Thwaites SJ earlier today. I had the privilege of meeting … Read More
Neil Armstrong: R.I.P.
In your kindness, please stop and pray for Neil Armstrong, who has died at the age of 82. [wp_youtube]HCt1BwWE2gA[wp_youtube]
REQUEST TO READERS
Prayers today, please. I have a few daunting tasks during the day. Perhaps in your kindness you would ask God to send His holy Angels to protect me and all other readers here, who have need, from all spiritual and … Read More
Card. George diagnosed with cancer
Perhaps in your goodness you would remember Card. George in your prayers, perhaps even offering some penances and mortifications for him. From WGN: WGN News 4:11 p.m. CDT, August 17, 2012 CHICAGO— Cardinal Francis George will undergo treatment for cancer, … Read More
A reader’s liturgical observation and Fr. Z’s ironic ranting light-heartedly serious response
From a reader: Tonight [15 August], due to work, I was not able to attend mass at my parish for the Feast of the Assumption. That was not a problem, because my office is a block away from my diocese’s … Read More
SP3RN
Sometime ago I expressed interest in obtaining a Ham (amateur) Radio license. Did you know that St. Maximilian Kolbe is the only saint to have held an amateur radio license? His call: SP3RN … Okay… he is a martyr saint. … Read More
Posted in Ham Radio, Just Too Cool, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged Ham radio, SP3RN, St. Maximilian Kolbe
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A bishop explicitly charges all his seminarians to learn the Extraordinary Form. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
For your Brick by Brick file. In another entry I answered a question from a lay person who desired to pray for a priest as he learns the Extraordinary Form of Holy Mass at the request of his bishop. It … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Benedict XVI, Brick by Brick, Fr. Z KUDOS, Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill, The future and our choices, Universae Ecclesiae, Wherein Fr. Z Rants, Year of Faith
Tagged Bp. Morlino, D. Madison, Extraordinary Form, Marshall Plan, seminarians, seminaries, TLM, Universae Ecclesiae
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