About this blog…
“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
Coat of Arms by D Burkart
Recent Comments
- Charivari Rob on Daily Rome Shot 1649: updates: “The Korean apothecary chest is beautiful. The chest of drawers with two clock-like faces intrigues me. The top is pretty…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1648: contradictions: “What’s really so disappointing is that when it comes to the Traditional Latin Mass some bishops become so rigid and…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1648: contradictions: “White to move and mate in 4 1. Qd4+ Re4 {forced} 2. Qf2+ Kxg4 {or *A Ke5} 3. Qg3+ Kf5…”
- on “Perdonamose!” St. John’s Birthday Feast and Midsummer Snails: “In the absence of a priest, it would seem that the father of the family (for a backyard bonfire on…”
- on 23 June – Vigil of St. John – solstices and snails, bonfires and witch burnings: “Thank you Father, and happy name day! Our FSSP priest is lighting the bonfire tonight after a “bring & share”…”
- on Distressing words of Leo about the SSPX consecrations: “Qui conversus, dixit Petro : Vade post me Satana, scandalum es mihi : quia non sapis ea quae Dei sunt,…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1648: contradictions: “@mickeyfitz – Prayers for you and your TLM community. This whole thing is insane, destructive, and evil. There is absolutely…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1648: contradictions: “Necessity? Can. 932 §1. The eucharistic celebration is to be carried out in a sacred place unless in a particular…”
CLICK and say your daily offerings!
A Daily Prayer for Priests
Fr. Z’s Podcasts RSS Feed
Federated Computer… your safe and private alternative to big biz corporations that hate us while taking our money and mining our data. Have an online presence large or small? Catholic DIOCESE? Cottage industry? See what Federated has to offer. Save money and gain peace of mind.
ABORTION PILL RESCUE NETWORK
Everyone, work to get this into your parish bulletins and diocesan papers.
Donate using VENMO
GREAT BEER from Traditional Benedictine Monks in Italy
Good coffee and tea. Help monks.
I use this when I travel both in these USA and abroad. Very useful. Fast enough for Zoom. I connect my DMR (ham radio) through it. If you use my link, they give me more data. A GREAT back up.
Help support Fr. Z’s Gospel of Life work at no cost to you. Do you need a Real Estate Agent? Calling these people is the FIRST thing you should do!
They find you a pro-life agent in your area who commits to giving a portion of the fee to a pro-life group!
This blog has to earn its keep!
PLEASE subscribe via PayPal if it is useful. Zelle and Wise are better, but PayPal is convenient.
A monthly subscription donation means I have steady income I can plan on. I put you my list of benefactors for whom I pray and for whom I often say Holy Mass.
In view of the rapidly changing challenges I now face, I would like to add more $10/month subscribers. Will you please help?
For a one time donation...
To donate monthly I prefer Zelle because it doesn't extract fees. Use
frz AT wdtprs DOT com
Category Archives: Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Concerning Mutual Enrichment. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
I remember, years ago, some folks who were deeply attached to the Traditional Latin Liturgy of the Roman Church almost lynched me when I suggested that there was something that we could learn from the Novus Ordo. Over the years, … Read More
Jesuit Thomas Reese against Transubstantiation. Wherein Fr. Z responds.
Fr. Thomas Reese, SJ, is well known to readers of this blog as a charlatan theologian. He was once the editor of Jesuit-run Amerika, but in 2005 the CDF ousted him due to his stances on the use of condoms, … Read More
Shoot up in Philadelphia – cops injured. I’m a simple guy and I’m worried.
I spent a lot of my youth in squad cars, police stations and jails. Before, you libs nod and sputter, “That explains a lot. That’s why you HATE VATICAN II!” My folks were cops. I grew up surrounded by cops, … Read More
@CCPecknold writes on belief in the Eucharist and Fr. Z rants at length
I need seminarians and young (especially) priests to pay attention to this. Chad Pecknold, contributing editor at the Catholic Herald (where I have a weekly column), is articulate, bring and right. He manifests these attributes much to the dismay of … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices, Turn Towards The Lord, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged ars celebrandi, gravitational pull, Lex Orandi Lex Credendi, Marshall Plan, mutual enrichment, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, virtue of religion
10 Comments
10 Comments
More on the systematic attack on John Paul II’s Magisterium. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
A systematic attack is being waged on the teaching legacy of John Paul II. Without fail, also look at THIS about the “purge” of the last remaining “Wojtylians”. The latest front in the attack is the intentional demolition of the Institute … Read More
Surviving and thriving in the Demographic Disaster we face as a Church. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
The article I read at Crisis, to which I will soon turn my attention below, has the ring of truth. But first, some scene-setting. In these USA, we as a Church are like band of adventurers on the march towards … Read More
UPDATE- A confluence of promptings leads Fr. Z to rant and to make a plea to bishops.
UPDATE: 1 July 2019 (Precious Blood) Concerning the video about the late Card. Bernardin (linked below) and my association with the novel Windswept House (which has identifiable real people as fictionalized characters), I bring an update. This is one of … Read More
Posted in "But Father! But Father!", GO TO CONFESSION, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liberals, Si vis pacem para bellum!, Sin That Cries To Heaven, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged Card. Bernardin, exorcisms, Fr. Alfred Kunz, Windswept House
26 Comments
26 Comments
ASK FATHER: A soul in anguish about the state of the Church. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Dear Father, I feel [unsafe] going to Church, which I unfortunately cannot bring myself to do. I firmly believe in the Catholic Faith and all of its traditional teachings. However, going to Mass anywhere has proved … Read More
Charivari Rob on Daily Rome Shot 1649: updates: “The Korean apothecary chest is beautiful. The chest of drawers with two clock-like faces intrigues me. The top is pretty…”
