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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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Category Archives: My View
Celebratory meal for SSPX and LCRW news: UPDATED
Since I am sure the leadership of the LCWR is hopping mad and since I hope that the CDF and SSPX will hop to it and get the reunion completed, in celebration of the news of the SSPX and of … Read More
Posted in Brick by Brick, Fr. Z's Kitchen, Lighter fare
Tagged Bugs Bunny, coniglio in umido, Julia Child, Lapin au Saupiquet, LCWR, rabbit, SSPX, Veuve
31 Comments
31 Comments
Of touch downs and splash downs
Today Discovery, heading to her tomb in Washington, touched down safely at Dulles Airport on the back of the 747. Today in 1970 the stricken Odyssey of the Apollo 13 Moon mission splashed down safely on the back of courage, ingenuity … Read More
Posted in Look! Up in the sky!, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged Apollo 13, Discovery, NASA, Odyssey, Pres. Obama, space program, Space Shuttle
36 Comments
36 Comments
My Eggs Benedict roundup with obiter dicta
To observe both Pope Benedict’s Birthday and National Eggs Benedict Day (coincidence?) I made… wait for it… Eggs Benedict. Thank you to the few, you happy few, who sent donations for groceries. I thought of you as I shopped and … Read More
Posted in Fr. Z's Kitchen, Lighter fare
Tagged Canadian bacon, chives, Eggs Benedict, English muffin, Ham radio, Hollandaise sauce, lemon, QRU
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10 Comments
National Eggs Benedict Day … Coincidence?
A friend has informed me that, in addition to it being Pope Benedict’s 85th birthday, it is also.. and I didn’t know this… National Eggs Benedict Day. Coincidence? I think not. Thus, I urge you all to make or to … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Fr. Z's Kitchen, Lighter fare
Tagged Eggs Benedict
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11 Comments
US Bishops: Bloggers play ‘critical role’ in defending Church. Fr. Z makes a proposal.
When the Obama Administration began to attack the 1st Amendment, Catholic bloggers rose up. When the U.S. Bishops called for rallies for religious freedom, Catholic bloggers posted links and dates and places. When the USCCB and Card. Dolan and Bp. … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Biased Media Coverage, Blognics, Brick by Brick, Dogs and Fleas, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged bloggers, blogging, blognic, blogs, Catholic bloggers, Joel 2:15, meeting, summit, US bishops, USCCB
41 Comments
41 Comments
The Feeder Feed: Scruffy and Christological Goldfinch Edition
I haven’t posted much about the birds at the feeder. This, and a recent trip to the Detroit Institute of Art, gives me a chance to use a feature the blog’s software offers and which I have never used. Here … Read More
Posted in On the road, The Feeder Feed
Tagged bird feeder, bird watching, birds, Christological Goldfinch, Detroit, DIA, goldfinch, Junco
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5 Comments
WDTPRS Easter Monday – Post Communion
The Post Communion prayer for today’s Mass in the Ordinary Form caught my eye because of it’s interesting beginning. Exuberet, quaesumus, Domine, mentibus nostris paschalis gratia sacramenti, ut, quos viam fecisti perpetuae salutis intrare, donis tuis dignos efficias. This prayer … Read More
Posted in "But Father! But Father!", Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
Tagged Easter Monday, exubero, infantes, Octave, uber
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1 Comment
QUAERITUR: Too many people for confession. Priest gives General Absolution.
From a reader: This past Saturday afternoon, I went to confession (or, rather, I tried to go to confession). The good news is that the line was full of penitents. There were at least 25 people waiting in front of … Read More
Artist Daniel Mitsui’s VERY COOL new art, including a “Four Last Things”. (Fr. Z rants a little.)
The artist Daniel Mitsui, in his newsletter, indicates that he has new art, including a representation of the Glorious Mysteries (a nice gift to a priest after Easter) and – this really caught my eye – the Four Last Things! … Read More
Posted in Four Last Things, Fr. Z KUDOS, REVIEWS, The Campus Telephone Pole, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged art, artist, Daniel Mitsui, De novissimis, death, death panels, Four Last Things, heaven, hell, judgment, Kelmscott Chaucer, Ordination Tambourine, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pres. Obama, religious art
11 Comments
11 Comments
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