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- summorumpontificum777 on The shift toward “the old ways” is really a step forward into the future.: “There’s no question that the “biological solution” is a real phenomenon, and is playing out before our eyes in real-time.…”
- on ASK FATHER: Why do people today freak out about exorcisms?: “To Philmont237: You probably have done the renunciation prayers against FM in the family line? You also probably know that…”
- on ASK FATHER: Why do people today freak out about exorcisms?: “I take great pride in the term, “we are our rites”, I see that more and more as the years…”
- on ASK FATHER: Why do people today freak out about exorcisms?: “Speaking as a layperson who is very familiar with exorcisms: most people freak out about exorcisms because their minds immediately…”
- on ASK FATHER: Why do people today freak out about exorcisms?: “We have to keep in mind that Jesus is Victor! Our Lady is a powerful intercessor and the wicked ones…”
- on ASK FATHER: Why do people today freak out about exorcisms?: “Thank you for reports and photos from Rome”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 41 (0): Se vedemo & My View For Awhile: “Father, I’ll be traveling to Rome soon and would like to know if there are English speaking priests hearing confessions…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 41 (0): Se vedemo & My View For Awhile: “**Fr. Z, your contact systems are not working, neither the email nor the “ask father.” I post and submit, receive…”
- on ASK FATHER: Why do people today freak out about exorcisms?: “It occurs to me that, had this traditional understanding of and approach to blessings been continued in the modern era,…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 41 (0): Se vedemo & My View For Awhile: “God bless you on your journey, Father; may the angels carry you all the way safely.”
- on ASK FATHER: Why do people today freak out about exorcisms?: “I really enjoyed your article, a very common sense approach to exorcism. Exorcism just as our daily rosary is just…”
- on ASK FATHER: Why do people today freak out about exorcisms?: “Fr. Z said: Speaking of the traditional Holy Mass, before the Gospel, the priest or deacon says two prayers. The…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 41 (0): Se vedemo & My View For Awhile: “God Bless Pippo (Campo de’ Fiori) for looking after Our Lady. Safe journey, Fr. Look forward to October/November in Rome,…”
- on ASK FATHER: Why do people today freak out about exorcisms?: “FEAR IS GOOD! We can love God or fear God, either way can get us to heaven. I have fear…”
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Category Archives: Our Solitary Boast
8 May – HOLY MASS (TLM) for Mary, Mediatrix of all Graces & “Supplica” to O.L. of Pompeii – LIVE VIDEO: 1200h CDT (GMT/UTC -5)
Will you please subscribe to my channel? HERE I will LIVE stream a Traditional Latin Mass at NOON Central Daylight Time (= GMT/UTC -5 and ROME 1900h). Today I will celebrate Mass in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mediatrix … Read More
Posted in LIVE STREAMING, Our Solitary Boast
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ACTION ITEM! BISHOPS! Exorcise your dioceses BEFORE the 1 May consecration of these USA and Canada to the Mother of God
Archbp. Gomez, President of the USCCB, has called on US bishops, in conjunction with the bishops of Canada, to renew the consecration of both nations to Mary. This will be broadcast live on EWTN. 1500h, on Friday 1 May. It … Read More
Friday after 1st Passion Sunday: Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows and the “Our Lady of Sorrows Project”
Today, Friday after 1st Passion Sunday, and a 1st Friday this year, we commemorate Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows. Priests can say the Mass of Our Lady of Sorrows today, with counter-intuitive white vestments, a Gloria and other aspects usually … Read More
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Tagged Our Lady of Sorrows Project, Seven Sorrows of the BVM
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A beautiful Gregorian chant against disease
Several sources sent to me about this chant, but a good one seems to be Rorate right now, which has a well crafted, useful page of the chant. The origins of this prayer are, as some writings have detailed, from the Sisters … Read More
VIDEO: Doing something
I really like this. Believe me. I’ve said that graffiti splatters should be publicly beaten. This is another thing. These guys are making better art with spray cans than most of the other “icon” work I’ve seen. Some of the … Read More
The Last Full Moon Of This Decade
Last night I was zipping through Columbus Circle and saw that your planet’s Moon was full. At it turned out, the last Full Moon of your decade was at 12:12 EST on 12/12. The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. … Read More
21 Nov: Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. With a prayer of my own.
Today is the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary’s Presentation in the Temple. The Collect for the Mass in the traditional form: Deus, qui beátam Maríam semper Vírginem, Spíritus Sancti habitáculum, hodiérna die in templo praesentári voluísti: praesta, quaésumus; ut, … Read More
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URGENT ACTION ITEM: Special warfare for the Church on 1 Nov, 2 Nov, 3 Nov – VIDEO
Friends and I have kicked around a project which you can all participate. Get this video out to at least FIVE other people. Ask each one of them to share it with another FIVE… etc. What’s this about? The Church … Read More
ROME DAY 11: Butchers, Roman Rosary, and an Odd Dessert
Today’s Roman Sunrise 17:19, Sunset 18:33. The Ave Maria is fixed these days at 18:45. Yesterday was about as perfect a Sunday as one could desire. Not only was John Henry Newman canonized, but the weather was magnificent, everything one … Read More
INDULGENCE 1st Sunday of October – Supplication to O.L. of Pompeii
There is a beautiful tradition for this day (often right at 1200 noon). Once upon a time one could obtain this day a plenary indulgence by reciting the Supplication to the Madonna of Pompeii. The other day for this is 8 … Read More
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Our Lady of Sorrows Project: 7th Sorrow – The Burial of Jesus
Today is the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows. So, on this day, after the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, we conclude our brief work. So far… 1st Sorrow – The Prophecy of Simeon 2nd Sorrow – The … Read More
Our Lady of Sorrows Project: 6th Sorrow – The Piercing of the Side of Jesus, and His Deposition.
So far… 1st Sorrow – The Prophecy of Simeon 2nd Sorrow – The Flight into Egypt 3rd Sorrow – The loss of the Child Jesus in Jerusalem 4th Sorrow – Mary meets Jesus on the way to Calvary 5th Sorrow … Read More
Our Lady of Sorrows Project: 5th Sorrow – The Crucifixion of Jesus
So far… 1st Sorrow – The Prophecy of Simeon 2nd Sorrow – The Flight into Egypt 3rd Sorrow – The loss of the Child Jesus in Jerusalem 4th Sorrow – Mary meets Jesus on the way to Calvary Now we … Read More
Our Lady of Sorrows Project: 4th Sorrow – Mary meets Jesus on the way to Calvary
So far… 1st Sorrow – The Prophecy of Simeon 2nd Sorrow – The Flight into Egypt 3rd Sorrow – The loss of the Child Jesus in Jerusalem Now we turn to… Mary meets Jesus on the way to Calvary. (Tradition … Read More
Our Lady of Sorrows Project: 3rd Sorrow – The loss of the Child Jesus in Jerusalem
So far… 1st Sorrow – The Prophecy of Simeon 2nd Sorrow – The Flight into Egypt Now we turn to… The Loss of the Child Jesus in the Temple in Jerusalem. (Luke 2:43–45) In the Presentation, the Lord – the … Read More
Our Lady of Sorrows Project: 2nd Sorrow – The Flight into Egypt
The first post in the series is 1st Sorrow – The Prophecy of Simeon Now we turn to the: 2nd Sorrow – The Flight or Escape into Egypt. (Matthew 2:13-23) Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the … Read More
Our Lady of Sorrows Project: 1st Sorrow – The Prophecy of Simeon
Sunday, 15 September is, in the traditional calendar, the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows (2nd Class). For Holy Mass we will use the 14th Sunday after Pentecost with commemorations of the Feast. I believe that the Rubricae Generales of … Read More
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8 Sept – Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Stop for a moment. Consider what our eternal prospects were before the birth not only of Our Lord, but also before the birth of His Mother, from whom He took our human nature, the Blessed Virgin Mary. Ponder the state … Read More
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