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- Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on ASK FATHER: If a bishop and also priests confirm at the same time, who is the minister of confirmation?: “Bruised: You might be limiting your vision of the Church, which extends beyond where you live. There are places in…”
- on ASK FATHER: If a bishop and also priests confirm at the same time, who is the minister of confirmation?: “Yay. Sounds like another way to be “nice” and “include” the priest in Confirmation. IMHO most of these situations will…”
- on ASK FATHER: Question about the impacts of Excommunication: “I’m pretty sure the state of the priest’s soul does not change the fact that the Eucharist is being conferred…”
- on ASK FATHER: Is it a sin to take a 15 minute leave during a terrible homily?: “I’ve had my fair share of some rough homilies, from some retired priest talking about his “chick magnet” from back…”
- on ASK FATHER: Is it a sin to take a 15 minute leave during a terrible homily?: “I did walk out of a daily Mass once when the priest was going on and on and on about…”
- on ASK FATHER: Is it a sin to take a 15 minute leave during a terrible homily?: “My church- and liturgy-history readings are unsystematic and the opposite of rigorous to put it mildly, but how is the…”
- on ASK FATHER: If a bishop and also priests confirm at the same time, who is the minister of confirmation?: “A wonderful and dearly departed Priest was given the faculties to Confirm when he was a Military Chaplain. Those Faculties…”
- on ASK FATHER: Is it a sin to take a 15 minute leave during a terrible homily?: “If a homily is bad or terrible (in terms of content, up to and even including outright heresy) isn’t there…”
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Category Archives: PODCAzT
AUDIO Longer St. Michael Prayer. @fatherz calls upon priests and bishops!
I’ve been mentioning – and finding mentions of – St. Michael often of late. I’m praying the longer, mighty St. Michael Prayer daily now. As a matter of fact, I just said it again as an important meeting about which … Read More
PODCAzT 158: Catholicism and Capital Punishment
Pope Francis recently made statements about capital punishment which are the cause of much discussion. While invoking “development of doctrine” he seems to contradict established Church teaching about the death penalty. It is as if His Holiness would harmonize these two statements: Capital … Read More
PODCAzT 157: Pius XII – Ingruentium malorum – On reciting the Rosary
National Catholic Register on 1 Oct 2017 had a terrific article which brought to my attention again an 1951 Encyclical of Pius XII 1951, Ingruentium malorum, on the recitation of the Rosary. The article by Joseph Pronechen is rightly called prophetic. As … Read More
PODCAzT 156 – Josef Seifert on The Persecution of Orthdoxy
Today at First Things there is a powerful and persuasive piece by Josef Seifert, former Dietrich von Hildebrand Chair of Realist Phenomenology at the International Academy of Philosophy in Spain. It is clear that there is now a not so subtle … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, Cri de Coeur, PODCAzT, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, Josef Seifert
4 Comments
4 Comments
PODCAzT 155: Latin Forms of Absolution, Vetus and Novus Ordo
From a priest…. QUAERITUR: Fr. Z, Grace and peace. Do you have an audio pronunciation of the absolution prayer (1962) or know of a link? Thanks for the question. Here is a brief PODCAzT, which can also be a PRAYERCAzT, … Read More
Advice from a saint, praise for a priest, explanation for a practice
According to the Novus Ordo calendar, today is the Feast of St. Alphonsus Liguori. In the traditional calendar it falls tomorrow. He is a Doctor of the Church, whose writings set the Church’s approach to moral theology on a healthy … Read More
PODCAzT 154: Card. Sarah in La Nef on 10th Anniversary of Summorum Pontificum
Recently the great Robert Card. Sarah had a piece in the French magazine La Nef. Only fragments were out on the interwebs. I eventually got my hands on the entire thing in French. I now also have a translation … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes
Was there a good point made in the sermon you heard during the Holy Mass in fulfillment your of Sunday Obligation? Let us know. Here’s what I said (below). This Sunday took me by surprise. I had assumed that I didn’t have … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, PODCAzT
Tagged green vestment, Season of Pentecost
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13 Comments
OLDIE PODCAzT 87 (2009): The Pentecost Sequence dissected – Veni Sancte Spiritus
Here is an oldie PODCAzT made back in 2009. Tempus fugit. ___ I started this one thinking that I could make a fast audio project and then move on. Ha! In this PODCAzT I dissect the Pentecost Sequence, Veni Sancte … Read More
Posted in Linking Back, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, PODCAzT
Tagged Pentecost, Sequence, Veni Sancte Spiritus
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PODCAzT 153: Card. Sarah’s 2017 ‘Summorum Pontificum’ Address – URGENT
His Eminence Robert Card. Sarah, Prefect of the CDW, gave an fantastic talk in Germany on the occasion of a colloquium held for the 10th Anniversary of Summorum Pontificum, Benedict’s XVI’s “emancipation proclamation” for the older, traditional form of the Roman … Read More
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on ASK FATHER: If a bishop and also priests confirm at the same time, who is the minister of confirmation?: “Bruised: You might be limiting your vision of the Church, which extends beyond where you live. There are places in…”
