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Category Archives: Wherein Fr. Z Rants
WDTPRS – 5th Sunday after Easter (V.O.): Liturgical goop. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
I am going to drag you – again – through my standard and sustained rant about liturgy, punctuated by Latin vocabulary and Neoplatonism. Consider this a different sort of “food post”. I will apply what I rant about to the … Read More
ASK FATHER: Can the “Dies Irae” be used in the Novus Ordo Requiem Mass? Wherein Fr. Z rants.
From a priest… I think… QUAERITUR: Preparing for a funeral Mass in the near future; Is it permissible to chant the Dies Irae sequence in a Latin requiem Mass using the ordinary form? Didn’t see it anywhere in the copy … Read More
Vigil of Epiphany – The 1937 Missale Romanum Mass readings. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
In some places where the pre-1955 Missale Romanum is being used (recently reprinted by the monks of Norcia – unboxing video HERE), for Mass the formulary for the Vigil of Epiphany is used with violet vestments. Already by the 1962 … Read More
CHRISTMASCAzT 2025 – 30 – St. Thomas Becket – Wherein Fr. Z rants
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for the Octave of Christmas. I rant for a while about St. Thomas of Canterbury, and Church and State and … shepherds. Yesterday’s podcast HERE.
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Tagged ADVENT, ADVENTCAzT, podcast, PODCAzT
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ASK FATHER: Why do the TLM Gospels switch between “Ierusalem” and “Ierosolyma”? Wherein Fr. Z drills and then rants. – UPDATED
UPDATE 15 Dec: Follow up question below. From a priest reader… QUAERITUR: Why do the TLM Gospels switch between “Ierusalem” and “Ierosolyma” as in today’s “Ierosolymis” when referring to Jerusalem? Father has been observant! Good question. Indeed, this week the … Read More
An image drawn by a Cistercian nun provokes thoughts about the Immaculate Conception and the Tears of Eve. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
Today on Twitter I ran across an image HERE made by a Cistercian Trappist Sister of Our Lady of the Mississippi Abbey They have an online store for the support of their community HERE which includes prints of the image … Read More
Note from a reader: first confession in 19 years! Wherein Fr. Z rants.
I nag you to… GO TO CONFESSION! I received a note today which made my day. Father Z, Today, on the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, I went to Adoration and Confession. It was my first time going … Read More
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Face-hardware and “ink”. What’s with that? Wherein Fr. Z rants and WARNS.
I don’t get it. Preface: I am catching up on videos of Charlie Kirk on college campuses. I didn’t watch them before. He was amazing. However, as I see in these videos… what’s with all the girls with face hardware? … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 1431 – “Less chattering … more processions!” (Wherein Fr. Z rants.)
From The Parish™, where I will soon return. Yesterday there was a procession with a relic of the Cross through the streets of the neighborhood, down the Via dei Pettinari, onto the Via Giulia, back up to the Piazza Farnese, … Read More
Wherein Fr. Z had a bad scare and thereafter Fr. Z rants.
Dear Readers… I had a scare. From time to time I write about online and telephone scams, to warm you to be careful. The scammers are devious and “creative” (ironically destructive). I am not sure what happened exactly, but I … Read More
