Category Archives: My View

Fr. Z’s annual rant about Ascension Thursday Sunday

We know with holy and Catholic Faith that what was not assumed, was not redeemed (St. Gregory of Nazianzus – +389/90). Our humanity, body and soul, was taken by the Son into an unbreakable bond with His divinity. When Christ … Read More →

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Prof. Peter’s and a scary thought about can. 1387

The Canonical Defender, Prof. Ed Peters, has posted something that shook me a little, when I think of the implications it could have for priests who are less than committed to the Church’s moral teachings.  He has an article in … Read More →

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Teas in the afternoon

It was a tea day, with an equivocation. First, I shifted a Fukien Tea I picked up for a song at, of all places Sam’s Club, into a bonsai tray sent by a reader here some time ago, chosen from … Read More →

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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.

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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 →

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The Feeder Feed: Z-CAM edition

Here are a few screenshots from the live Z-CAM which I have running again.  I still have some technical problems, but it is running.  I have chaplets of the Rosary in Latin, prayers for the Pope, and other prayers. And … Read More →

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Benedict XVI entrusts Italy to the Blessed Virgin. Fr. Z rants

You may have seen this yesterday. POPE ENTRUSTS ITALY TO VIRGIN’S PROTECTION VATICAN CITY, 27 MAY 2011 (VIS) – Yesterday afternoon in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Benedict XVI presided over the praying of the Rosary together with the … Read More →

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QUAERITUR: TLM readings in the vernacular and UE 26

From a reader: I know this is not the same as an official dubium to the PCED, but your view would be appreciated. (I ask these questions because of the situations at two different parishes in the Archdiocese of ___ … Read More →

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The Feeder Feed: Z-Cam update

I am still having some technical problems with the Z-Cam but I have it up and running again. Here are a couple screen shots taken within just a few minutes. And Oriole was hanging around on the hummingbird feeder and … Read More →

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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 →

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