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Category Archives: My View
We Are Our Rites! Wherein Fr. Z rants after reading Peter Kwasniewski
At NLM, PK has a good offering. (“Ho hum!”, you are saying, because I have to write that so often.) Starting with Nietzsche and his famous “God is dead”, he spins up a good argument about “modern” liturgy, liturgists, etc., … Read More
My View For A While: Counter March
Time to head home. Another wonderful Delta experience greeted me at the airport. First, in my app, all my flights, today’s and future, vanished. That was strange. Hence, I had to go through the check in process. At least there … Read More
DC March for Life 2018 – DAY 2: Forward MARCH!
Today before the rally on the mall we grabbed some sandwiches at a nearby cafe and headed out. Perfect weather. We parked ourselves near the speakers stand, but also near to a flag from my native place. It was great … Read More
Posted in Emanations from Penumbras, On the road, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged March for Life
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DC March for Life 2018 – DAY 1: Paintings and plots
It is a whirlwind jump to DC, but one of my main reasons for coming this year was also to see the exhibition of Vermeer and other Dutch genre painters at the National Gallery. It did not disappoint. His … Read More
My View For Awhile: March For Life 2018 Edition
I’m off to the nation’s capital, where at least one good thing will be accomplished on Friday: the 2018 March For Life. Among other events, I will probably attend the TLM at St. Mary’s and the customary meet up afterward … Read More
Posted in Emanations from Penumbras, On the road, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged Delta, March for Life
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An Armenian bishop “ordains” a deaconette
My inbox is being pelted with a story that some Armenian Orthodox bishop in Tehran “ordained” a female deacon. For example HERE and HERE. To which I respond: Ho hum. First, I’m not sure that we care much about a … Read More
Posted in "But Father! But Father!", Deaconettes, You must be joking!
Tagged Aime G. Martimort, Armenians, deaconettes
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Wherein Fr. Z comments on a @RorateCaeli post about priests, permissions and exorcism prayers. Then @fatherz rants.
At Rorate there is a post especially for priests about the proper and improper use of the exorcism prayers in the older Rituale Romanum. It’s a good service. After providing images of a 2009 letter from the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” … Read More
ASK FATHER: Are blessings, holy water, etc., less effective if Latin isn’t used? Wherein Fr. Z rants.
From a reader… who picked up on something I wrote about blessings and holy water in the traditional form compared to the new, post-Conciliar form… HERE QUAERITUR: “The exorcisms of the salt and water are to be done in Latin.” … Read More
PODCAzT 160: Bishops of Kazakhstan issue “Profession of the immutable truths about sacramental marriage” AUDIO
As the controversy erupted at the irruption of Amoris laetitia, I opined that, even though the document could be read in a properly orthodox way, those who were inclined not to support the Church’s teaching would say it meant something innovative … Read More
