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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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- ProfessorCover on Germans… “for many” in the Consecration formula, rather than “for all”: ““The problem is… as I see it… the approval of translation of sacramental forms is reserved to the Roman Pontiff…”
- on CQ CQ CQ – EWTN shut down its shortwave radio service on 31 October. Understandable, but I have some reservations.: “That is sad, because shortwave may be the only thing to survive a major emergency.”
- on WDTPRS – 5 November: Feast of the Holy Relics. These bones shall live again. Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “We were so fortunate to visit and venerate St Jude’s arm when it was brought round by Fr Martins a…”
- on WDTPRS – 5 November: Feast of the Holy Relics. These bones shall live again. Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “Years ago I taught a high-school level CCD class. One of the kids asked me if there were any relics…”
- on Germans… “for many” in the Consecration formula, rather than “for all”: “I find it curious that the German bishops are apparently not considered in schism for changing the actual form (words)…”
- on ROME 26/10-11 – Day 35: Penultimate: “White to move and mate in 4. 1. Rc5 Rg2 {or Ra2,Rb1,Rc2-Rh2,b3,c2,g5} 2. Rh5+ gxh5 forced 3. g5+ Rxg5 forced…”
- on ROME 26/10-11 – Day 33: All Souls: “Like many others I have some family members that I disagree with on several issues. However, one thing a few…”
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Category Archives: Our Catholic Identity
QUAERITUR: Can we attend non-Catholic weddings?
From a reader: Is it wrong if not in fact sinful to attend the weddings and funerals of non-Catholics? For as Pope Pius XI stated in his encyclical treating on Christian unity, Catholics are never to participate in schismatic or … Read More
THE list again: Fr. Z’s 20 Tips For Making A Good Confession (and Fr. Z rants)
You and I are going to die someday. We don’t know when. When we die we will be judged. Scripture teaches, and Christ’s own words and actions make clear, that there are some sins bad enough to kill the life … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Brick by Brick, Linking Back, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill, The future and our choices, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged confession, confessional, Four Last Things, mortal sins, number and kind, reconciliation, sacrament of penance, sins
34 Comments
34 Comments
How is your Lent so far? II
A couple weeks ago I asked how your Lent was going… if you were sticking to your plan… if you had a plan, that is. It is time to ask again. So? How’s it going? Select an answer and add … Read More
REVIEW: L’Osservatore Romano’s new website and online editions
UPDATE: 20 April The new L’Osservatore Romano site is working better today, though it is still clunky and a bit hard to navigate. I was able to bring up the PDF of today’s daily. One curiosity: They fuzzed out the … Read More
Posted in Brick by Brick, Fr. Z KUDOS, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, REVIEWS
Tagged L'Osservatore Romano, online edition, website
19 Comments
19 Comments
If Easter is coming, it time to bash the Catholic Church.
Remember… if Easter is near, its the season to bash the Catholic Church. Before Easter and before the beatification of Pope John Paul we are seeing the uptick in anti-Catholic gestures saved up by the MSM precisely for this period. … Read More
AP Story on the Roman Station Churches
Speaking of my LENTCAzTs, which always spend a moment looking at the Roman Station church for the day…. Once upon a time I would be the celebrant for Lenten Station Masses in Rome for a confraternity dedicated to the Roman … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, LENT, LENTCAzT, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill
Tagged NAC, Nicole Winfield, North American College, Roman Stations
6 Comments
6 Comments
A monastery with falling numbers trying to find more men
Today’s number of the New York Times in the Media and Advertising section there is a story about the Benedictine Abbey at Portsmouth, RI, which is, essentially, aging to death. I have a sincere hope they can turn the place … Read More
Posted in Our Catholic Identity
Tagged Abbey, Benedictine, monastery, monks, Portsmouth, vocations
32 Comments
32 Comments
Getting ready for Palm Sunday
We are getting ready for Palm Sunday.
Posted in Brick by Brick, Just Too Cool, Our Catholic Identity, SESSIUNCULA, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged Holy Week, Palm Sunday
10 Comments
10 Comments
QUAERITUR: Holy Thursday altar of repose in the basement where coffee is usually taken
From a reader: Is there any guidance about where the Altar of Repose on Holy Thursday should be located? For many years at my parish, it was located at one of the side altars in the Church (we have five … Read More
To priests in difficult circumstances
A note from Fulton J. Sheen to priests in difficult circumstances: When nothing makes sense, when one is certain that “things can no longer go on like this,” one immediately is brought face to face with the most thwarted and … Read More
ProfessorCover on Germans… “for many” in the Consecration formula, rather than “for all”: ““The problem is… as I see it… the approval of translation of sacramental forms is reserved to the Roman Pontiff…”
