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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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- TheCavalierHatherly on ROME 26/6 – Day 68: hot and humid: “More Virgil, without edits: “Ultima Cumaei venit iam carminis aetas; magnus ab integro saeclorum nascitur ordo. iam redit et Virgo,…”
- on ROME 26/5– Day 67: zzzzzzeeeeeeeeeiop: “We live on an island in Massachusetts, North Shore. Sea gulls galore. I refer to them as rats with wings.…”
- on ROME 26/5– Day 64: If you are not over the target, they don’t shoot at you.: “White to move and mate in 4. Whew – this was a complicated one! Lots of variations. A big problem…”
- on ROME 26/5– Day 65 & 66: better late than the other thing: “White to move and mate in 4 1) Bg6+ Kg8 forced 2) Qh7+ Kf8 forced 3) Qh8+ Bg8 forced 4)…”
- on ROME 26/5– Day 64: If you are not over the target, they don’t shoot at you.: “I think that jhogan overlooked the fact that Black’s 2nd move Q×N (or Q×g6) puts White’s King in check. That…”
- on ROME 26/5– Day 67: zzzzzzeeeeeeeeeiop: “Your posts on all these little trials of life are so enchanting Father. Thank you for letting us share them.…”
- on ROME 26/5– Day 67: zzzzzzeeeeeeeeeiop: “I suppose your apartment in Rome is on the ground floor and also relatively well sheltered from direct sunlight, Father?…”
- on ROME 26/5– Day 67: zzzzzzeeeeeeeeeiop: “Sub Aquilis is a great name for a Roman apartment! I called our former second home in the mountains Offhand…”
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Category Archives: Patristiblogging
OLDIE PODCAzT 59: St Leo the Great on Pentecost fasting; Benedict XVI’s Pentecost sermon
? [Because the player which is now the default is not very good (there’s no obvious control for speed or to download and you can’t even skip around) … HERE… you can download. I don’t want you to be forced … Read More
Posted in Classic Posts, Linking Back, Patristiblogging, PODCAzT, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Ember Days
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OLDIE PODCAzT: Wednesday in the Octave of Pentecost
For an explanation of what has happened to links on the blog, HERE Original Notes: This is the third PODCAzT for the Pentecost Octave. Today we learn about what Ember Day’s are, these beautiful days which helped Catholics for may … Read More
Posted in Classic Posts, Linking Back, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Patristiblogging, PODCAzT
Tagged Pentecost, podcast
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OLDIE PODCAzT: Monday in the Octave of Pentecost
A long time ago, I made some podcasts for the Octave of Pentecost… some 18 years ago. They are listed on my old PODCAzT Page. However, since the last migration of the blog, all the links changed from wdtprs.com to … Read More
Posted in Linking Back, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Patristiblogging, PODCAzT
Tagged Pentecost, podcast
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St. Monica, her incipient alcoholism, the intervention that saved her. WORLD HISTORY CHANGING in an INSTANT!
In the older calendar, today is St. Monica’s Feast, also spelled Monnica, a Punic name. Monica was an inch away from becoming an alcoholic. (The story of her abusive husband has been told here before.) This is IMPORTANT. At the … Read More
ASK FATHER: Judas and the 300 denarii v. the 30 pieces of silver
From a reader… QUAERITUR: A blessed Holy Week to you! I noticed that in the Gospel Judas complained that the ointment could have been sold for 300 coins. Are those the same coins with which he was paid later? Is … Read More
The Annunciation – The 1st Joyful Mystery (Patristic Rosary Project) Ave Gratiarum Mediatrix Omnium!
Years ago I put together the Patristic Rosary Project. Although this is fundamentally a feast of Our Lord (His Incarnation) we also rightly say and do not err in so doing… Θεοτόκε Παρθένε, χαῖρε! Ave Gratiarum Mediatrix Omnium! Here’s the … Read More
On this Ember Friday we are 38 days out from Easter. What does the number 38 mean to St. Augustine?
With this Ember Friday we are 38 days out from Easter. In the Gospel for today in the Traditional Latin Mass we have the scene from John 5 about the paralytic man waiting by the pool for the angel to … Read More
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Tagged Augustine of Hippo
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PODCAzT 190 – Voices of the Fathers 05 – St. Jerome’s wide open spaces
I recently rediscovered a slim volume entitled The Osterley Selection from the Latin Fathers, published in 1950. The preface praises the great classical authors—Caesar, Cicero, Livy, Virgil—yet insists that Christian also worthy. The collection includes brief selections from Fathers of … Read More
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Tagged Patristics, St. Jerome, Voices of the Fathers
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PODCAzT 189 – Voices of the Fathers 04 – The Pilgrimage of Egeria
I recently rediscovered a slim volume entitled The Osterley Selection from the Latin Fathers, published in 1950. The preface praises the great classical authors—Caesar, Cicero, Livy, Virgil—yet insists that Christian also worthy. The collection includes brief selections from Fathers of … Read More
Was St. Nicholas the mixed martial arts coach of St. John Chrysostom?
Today in the calendar of both the Novus Ordo and the Usus Antiquior it is the feast of St. John Chrysostom (+407). Benedict XVI wrote a splendid little Apostolic Letter about St. John Chrysostom for 1600th anniversary of the death … Read More
TheCavalierHatherly on ROME 26/6 – Day 68: hot and humid: “More Virgil, without edits: “Ultima Cumaei venit iam carminis aetas; magnus ab integro saeclorum nascitur ordo. iam redit et Virgo,…”
