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“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
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Category Archives: Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Benedict XVI on the huge crisis we face as a Church. Wherein Fr. Z gets on his knees and begs you to act.
In his address to the Plenary meeting of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, His Holiness said this, which is merely one paragraph of his address in my rapid translation: As we know, in vast areas of the … Read More
QUAERITUR: The Leonine Prayers after Mass in the Ordinary Form. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
From a reader: I recently went to FOCUS student leadership summit and Curtis Martin, the founder, told the story behind the Leo XIII’s prayer to St. Michael. Well the students at the summit loved the prayer, and spontaneously started praying … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Brick by Brick, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, The future and our choices, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged devotions, Leonine Prayers, Memorare, prayers after Mass
26 Comments
26 Comments
What is Pres. Obama’s attack on the 1st Amendment really about?
I’ve been thinking about how Pres. Obama is no longer even pretending to seek “common ground”, as he said when he duped Notre Dame against the will of the American Bishops. Pres. Obama, through his surrogate catholic Sec. of HHS, … Read More
Posted in Religious Liberty, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged 1st Amendment, Pres. Obama, religious liberty
51 Comments
51 Comments
“Here comes everybody!”
I get lots of hate mail and I share very little of it. Why waste our time? After glancing at 99.999% of the missives in this category I think, “There’s 8 seconds of my life I will never have back.” … Read More
QUAERITUR: What to do about bad homilies?
A reader writes asking about “bad homilies”: Every once in a while, you get a real clunker, one that isn’t just theologically weak, but turns what should be a feast into over microwaved junk. What is the proper response? You … Read More
Liturgical road-kill! (WARNING! Not for the timid.) Wherein Fr. Z rants.
Have you ever had the experience of driving down the interstate and spying from afar some dark lump alongside the road? You know that it is some unfortunate critter who met its high speed end at the hands of the … Read More
Votes matter
The results of the Iowa Caucuses were incredibly close, a virtual tie: Romney by 8 votes… .000065%. I have friends who have opined that they may opt out of the voting process in this election cycle. That is a really … Read More
QUAERITUR: Should I write to the bishop about urging priests to hear confessions?
From a reader: Would it be appropriate to write a bishop asking if diocesan priests under his leadership be encouraged to hear confessions more regularly? Most parishes seem to only have confessions on Saturday afternoons. I know our priests are busy, but … Read More
“the time has come for us to be courageous in working for a true reform of the reform and also a return to the true liturgy of the Church”
A friend and I have been talking about the provisions of Summorum Pontificum and the need to press press press them forward again. We need to keep pressing and working. On that note, I was delighted to read at NLM … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Brick by Brick, Fr. Z KUDOS, Just Too Cool, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, SESSIUNCULA, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The future and our choices, Universae Ecclesiae, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged Card. Ranjith, Extraordinary Form, Marshall Plan, Vetus Ordo
15 Comments
15 Comments
supercooper on What’s going on in Rome?: “Lord have mercy. I am thankful to God for a profound signal grace to keep me in the Catholic Church.…”
