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- monstrance on WDTPRS – 4th Sunday after Easter (Vetus Ordo): “[T]he smoke of Satan has entered into the temple of God”: “Values – An often used word by the modern day US demonic Democrat Party.”
- on WDTPRS – 4th Sunday after Easter (Vetus Ordo): “[T]he smoke of Satan has entered into the temple of God”: “Allan Bloom, In his “Closing of the American Mind,” has an interesting explanation of the term “values” and how it…”
- on WDTPRS – 4th Sunday after Easter (Vetus Ordo): “[T]he smoke of Satan has entered into the temple of God”: “O almighty God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men: Grant unto thy people, that…”
- on WDTPRS – 4th Sunday after Easter (Vetus Ordo): “[T]he smoke of Satan has entered into the temple of God”: “Ut Oh…. With respect Fr Z. Sorry to be a Debbie downer but as a kid (14 years old) I…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “I love the News of the Church. I even go back and listen to them again. Well all of your…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 36 (-5): Sacristy secrets, music from nuns, and Fr. Z’s Kitchen (real “all’amatriciana”): “Love bucatini. My Sicilian Mother made many a great recipe. I have learned to reproduce many of them. In Gloucester…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 35 (-6): adventures in symmetry: “If I recall correctly, this is called rotational symmetry.”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 36 (-5): Sacristy secrets, music from nuns, and Fr. Z’s Kitchen (real “all’amatriciana”): “Dinner looks exceptional. Newfoundland has great history, you should go. Will be listening to the Sisters.”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “I’ve heard it said there are as many galaxies as grains of sand. Here is interesting facts about our Milky…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 36 (-5): Sacristy secrets, music from nuns, and Fr. Z’s Kitchen (real “all’amatriciana”): “Thanks for the all’amatriciana”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Thanks Father Z, cosmology lesson as only you can impart.”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 35 (-6): adventures in symmetry: “Hmmm. Those kind of tassels have always reminded me of fancy curtain tiebacks so I have avoided making them but…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Fr.Z sez: …The Voyagers are destined—perhaps eternally—to wander the Milky Way and then become characters in Star Trek…. V’ger!! https://youtu.be/gxAaVqdz_Vk?t=96”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Being from Florida, I remember when both Voyagers launched – you could see them from our house. At that time,…”
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Category Archives: Our Solitary Boast
“…yea thou art now Thy Maker’s maker,…”
Annunciation by John Donne (+1631): Salvation to all that will is nigh; That All, which always is all everywhere, Which cannot sin, and yet all sins must bear, Which cannot die, yet cannot choose but die, Lo, faithful virgin, yields … Read More
LENTCAzT 2024 – 41: Monday of Holy Week – What a prodigy of infinite love!
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, even though the Feast of the Annunciation is transferred, we hear from Fr. Troadec about Mary’s “yes”. We are also reminded to be resolute about our resolutions. … Read More
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Card. Burke invites everyone to join in a Nine Month Novena to culminate on 12 December 2024
I’m calling on every Catholic in America to return to Our Lady and join in prayer. – RAYMOND LEO CARDINAL BURKE The website is HERE Sign up and each month you will received an email from Card. Burke. This video … Read More
ADVENTCAzT 2023 – 16 – Monday 3rd Week of Advent: Meekness
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent and Christmas 2023. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · ADVENTCAzT 2023 – 16 – Monday 3rd Week of Advent: Meekness Today, Card. Bacci describes gratitude and Fr. Troadec describes Mary and what we … Read More
Posted in ADVENTCAzT, ADVENTCAzT, Our Solitary Boast, PODCAzT
Tagged ADVENT, ADVENTCAzT, Christmas, podcast, PODCAzT
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15 September: Feast of the Seven Sorrows of Mary – The “Our Lady of Sorrows Project”
Today, the day after the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, is the Feast of Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary. There is an analogous commemoration on Friday after 1st Passion Sunday. Some time ago, I wrote a … Read More
12 September – Feast of the Holy Name of Mary and anniversary of the Battle of Vienna (1683)
In the Divine Praises we pray: Blessed be the name of Mary, Virgin and Mother. A few days ago, 8 September, we celebrated the Nativity of Mary. Today, 12 September, is the Feast of the Holy Name of Mary. Devotion … Read More
8 September – Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Today’s feast, the Nativity of Mary, is older than the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, which was precisely nine months ago. Stop for a moment. Consider what our eternal prospects were before the birth not only of Our Lord, but … Read More
SEPTEMBER: Our Lady of Sorrows – Think “rhomphaia”
This image of Mary is found in the the Basilica of Santo Stefano Rotondo in Rome. The month of September is traditionally a time for meditation on and veneration of Our Lady of Sorrows. 15 September, the day next to … Read More
5th Glorious Mystery: The Crowning of Our Lady, Queen of Heaven and Earth
Today is the Feast of the Queenship of Mary, in the new-fangled, Novus Ordo calendar. Here is an oldie post from 2006, the final installment of my Patristic Rosary Project. ___ We conclude our Patristic Rosary Project today with the: … Read More
22 August: Mary’s Immaculate Heart and Queenship
On 22 August we observe, in the traditional Roman calendar, the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. In the newer calendar it is the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary. When the angel Gabriel came to Mary he told … Read More
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary: The 4th Glorious Mystery
NB: Today, the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we can begin a 54 Day Novena! We might pray a 54 Day Novena using the Memorare, the Rosary, or another Marian prayer, for the mitigation of the cruel Motu … Read More
“Hail Mary, full of grace. Shoot the Devil in the face.” KID ART!
One of my favorite depictions of the Blessed Virgin shows her protecting a soul in the form of a child from the Devil whom she is beating with a club. I also have one of St Margaret beating Satan with … Read More
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Tagged kid art, rosary
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27 June: Feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
I have great affection for the title of Our Lady “Perpetual Help”. At my home parish in St. Paul every Tuesday evening there was the recitation of the Novena of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, followed by Benediction with the … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 716: Glorious
Quite the evening. In chessy news, Netflix is offering a game/trainer based on the massive-hit 7-part series The Queen’s Gambit, a book by Walter Tevis. That series was one of the elements that fueled the chess tsunami that is still … Read More
Building a spectacular new altar for Our Lady of the Rosary
I recently wrote about a book: “Copies should be obtained and given to priests, especially those who lean toward traditional, and to bishops perhaps along with a spiritual bouquet.“ What book? Does TRADITIONIS CUSTODES Pass the Juridical Rationality Test? by Fr. … Read More
Contemplating mysteries in the face of Our Lady of Guadalupe
I had posted about this some years ago, but on this wonderful Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe it gives us something to think about anew. Gazing at an image crafted by a true master who intended to open us … Read More
Tota pulchra es, Maria
Happy Feast of the Immaculate Conception! Here’s something beautiful for Our Lady. When I was in seminary in Rome, the rector called everyone to the chapel and personally taught all the men this chant. Here’s another version which I love, … Read More
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NOVENA for the Immaculate Conception (8 Dec): Day 9 – FINAL
Today is the 9th and Final Day for a Novena before the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Will you participate? Even if you are late to starting, that’s okay! Start anyway. And remember that there is no one way to observe … Read More
NOVENA for the Immaculate Conception (8 Dec): Day 8
Today is the 8th Day for a Novena before the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Will you participate? Even if you are late to starting, that’s okay! Start anyway. And remember that there is no one way to observe this Novena. … Read More
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NOVENA for the Immaculate Conception (8 Dec): Day 7
Today is the 7th Day for a Novena before the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Will you participate? Even if you are late to starting, that’s okay! Start anyway. And remember that there is no one way to observe this Novena. … Read More
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monstrance on WDTPRS – 4th Sunday after Easter (Vetus Ordo): “[T]he smoke of Satan has entered into the temple of God”: “Values – An often used word by the modern day US demonic Democrat Party.”
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