Category Archives: My View

Coincidences? I think not.

I recently wrote: I am convinced that one of the reasons certain bishops and priests seem determined to suppress the TLM and isolate, marginalize the people who want it is because the TLM unsettles, disturbs, annoys, irritates, needles, vexes clerics … Read More

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ASK FATHER: Should displaced Catholics attend the Novus Ordo? Wherein Fr. Z rants.

I begin with his peroration… Perhaps the bishops are not thinking about the liturgy at all, but about the people – whose devotion they envy, and whose moral conservatism they detest. Is that it? Are they more to be punished … Read More

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My View For Awhile and Days 3-4 of the spiffy St. Paul Center Conference for priests.

The conference has wrapped up and every one has returned home… or… they aren’t there anymore. The Conference was terrific. I would go every year and I warmly recommend it to my priest readers.  HERE BTW… many of the guys … Read More

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My View For Awhile: Northward

I’m heading to a conference for priests. More on this HERE. Priests could sign up for the virtual conference from anywhere in the world. My next flight is delayed… not too long, but perhaps long enough to miss a shuttle. … Read More

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ROME 22/06 – Day 32: My View For Awhile

I was up with the Roman sun at 5:37 but I won’t be around for the sunset at 20:52.  I won’t be around to hear – or not hear – the Ave Maria bell ring in Vatican City at 21:15. … Read More

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ROME 22/06 – Day 31: Someone saw the list… no… the Letter!

Rome greeted somewhat less blazing sun at 5:36 and shall bid the chariot to depart at 20:52.  The Ave Maria remains in the 21:15 cycle.  It is the Feast of the Most Precious Blood and this month is dedicated to … Read More

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ROME 22/06 – Day 24: “talkin’ ’bout my g-g-generation”

Sunrise… sunset… sunrise… sunset…. not many more!   5:34 and 20:52 & AV@2115. It is the feast of, inter alios, St. Proper of Aquitaine (+455 in Rome). In other news, in Madrid nudius tertius, for Round 8 Nepo threw a Reti … Read More

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ROME 22/06 – Day 23: Resistance is futile

Sunset was at 20:52 and, somewhere the Ave Maria may have rung at 21:15.  The sunrise was at a distant 5:33. Please remember me when shopping online. Thanks in advance, it’s really important for me. US HERE – UK HERE And please let any … Read More

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ROME 22/06 – Day 21: Different kinds of pawns

We are past the Solstice.   Sunrise was at 5:33 and sunset will be at 20:52.  The Ave Maria should ring at 21:15 One of the saddest lines in all of the New Testament, but also one leading to profound mysteries, … Read More

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ROME 22/06 – Day 20: Field of flowers

Sunrise was at 5:33 and sunset at 20:51 and the Ave Maria, were it to chime in SCV, 21:15. The Summer Solstice occurred at 9:13 UTC.  It is the Feast of St. Aloysius Gonzaga in both the Novus and Vetus. … Read More

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