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Category Archives: Patristiblogging
ASK FATHER: WDTPRS – “What to do when the new and old Vulgates differ, the entire context is changed?”
From a reader… QUAERITUR: What is one to do when the new and old Vulgates differ to such a high degree, the entire context is changed? What context is correct? For example, Psalm 143 from the traditional translation presents the … Read More
Wednesday of the Fast of the Seventh Month
In the September Ember Wednesday Mass as observed in the Vetus Ordo, the Usus Antiquior, Holy Church offers a promise of abundance within a call to fasting. A seeming paradox. Amos foretells vineyards planted and enjoyed, gardens yielding their fruit, … Read More
PODCAST – Voices of the Fathers 05 – St. Jerome’s wide open spaces
28 August 2026 – What I’m trying to do is described HERE (hint: rebuilding) Originally Published on: 18 Feb 2026 I recently rediscovered a slim volume entitled The Osterley Selection from the Latin Fathers, published in 1950. The preface praises the … Read More
PODCAST – Voices of the Fathers 04 – The Pilgrimage of Egeria
27 August 2026 – What I’m trying to do is described HERE (hint: rebuilding) Originally Published on: Feb 9, 2026 I was recently going through some old books and found a slim volume entitled The Osterley Selection from the Latin Fathers, … Read More
Posted in Patristiblogging, PODCAzT, SESSIUNCULA, Voices of the Fathers
Tagged Egeria, Voices of the Fathers
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“People reject the Church because she speaks against the sins they love” – St. Augustine…. NOT! Wherein Fr. Z corrects and then rants.
I ran across this quotation which the writer attributed to St. Augustine of Hippo (+430): “People reject the Church because she speaks against the sins they love” While this is true, Augustine did not say or write that in any … Read More
PODCAST – Voices of the Fathers 02 – The Martyrdom of St. Cyprian
25 August 2026 – What I’m trying to do is described HERE (hint: rebuilding) Originally Published on: Jan 19, 2026 I was recently going through some old books and found a slim volume entitled The Osterley Selection from the Latin Fathers, … Read More
Posted in Patristiblogging, PODCAzT, Voices of the Fathers
Tagged Fathers of the Church, Patristics, podcast, St. Cyprian of Carthage
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PODCAzT – Voices of the Fathers 01 – The Scillitan Martyrs
NOTA BENE: I’m in a process of rebuilding. All my podcasts… gone… from 2007 onward. I have the original recordings, or most of them. But all the links, embeds are dead. I’ve had some notes from you readers that you … Read More
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Tagged Fathers of the Church, Patristics, podcast, Voices of the Fathers
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Wherein Fr. Z and St. Augustine reflect on the Samaritans of the 12th and 13th Sundays after Pentecost (Vetus Ordo) and the danger of false teaching in the Church today
The Gospels for the 12th and 13th Sundays after Pentecost in the Vetus suggests a connection by the fact that they both include Samaritans. On the 12th Sunday we hear Christ’s parable of the Good Samaritan. The Samaritan is a … Read More
Patristic Rosary Project – 4th Glorious Mystery: The Assumption
Some years ago, I made something called the Patristic Rosary Project, reflecting on the mysteries of the Holy Rosary especially with quotes from the Fathers of the Church. Here is the entry for today’s beautiful feast: 4th Glorious Mystery: The … Read More
“…the young are more to be pitied, since they know not of what they have been deprived.”
I posted this recently, but since today is the Feast of St. Basil of Caesarea (which gives way to the Sunday), here it is again: Originally Published on: Jun 4, 2026 The evils which afflict us are well known, even … Read More
hwriggles4 on ROME 23/10 – Day 01-02: On the ground and in my digs: “Glad you made it to Rome in one piece. I am sure The Parish and old friends will be happy…”
