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Category Archives: PODCAzT
PODCAzT 40: Eusebius of Vercelli in exile; my column in The Wanderer about detractors of Summorum Pontificum
In today’s PODCAzT you will hear excerpts of a tender letter (ep. 2) from an exiled St. Eusebius of Vercelli to his flock. I have a rather longer selection of the Latin original this time. Also, I read my latest … Read More
PODCAzT 39: St. Augustine on Christ the Mediator; “for all” or “for many”?
In today’s PODCAzT, we hear from St. Augustine of Hippo (+430) who contributes to the second reading in today’s Office of Readings. The selection is from Bk 10 of the Confessions. I use that as a spring board into … Read More
PODCAzT 38: Ratzinger on “active participation”; The Sabine Farm; Merry del Val’s music
https://zuhlsdorf.computer/podcazt/07_07_25.mp3 Our PODCAzT today comes after a long break. I has some technical problems. In today’s PODCAzT I continue the project I started last time of looking at some fundamental characteristic of Holy Mass, especially in light of the older, … Read More
It’s a conspiracy, tell you!
After solving a few of my techincal problems, which made getting the last couple PODCAzTs made and promulgated so arduuous, today I am having environmental problems! It seems like everytime I settle into get something done, the phone squawks or … Read More
PODCAzT 37: The position of the altar and the priest’s “back to the people”
Our PODCAzT today comes after a long break. I had some technical problems. This is the first PODCAzT since Pope Benedict XVI issued the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum. On 14 September the use of the older form of Mass will … Read More
PODCAzT 36: St. Augustine on John the Baptist; Ut queant laxis
https://zuhlsdorf.computer/podcazt/07_06_24.mp3 Our PODCAzT for this Solemnity of the Nativity of John the Baptist presents a selection from sermon (s. 288) preached by St. Augustine of Hippo (+430) in Carthage in 401. This is not the same selection as you find … Read More
PODCAzT 35: Cyprian on the Our Father; MP Rules of Engagement
https://zuhlsdorf.computer/podcazt/07_06_17.mp3 In the PODCAzT we examine a selection from St. Cyprian of Carthage’s treatise on the Lord’s Prayer, De oratione dominica. Afterward, I make some comments about liturgical prayer. Then I gloss my 5 Rules of Engagement for When and … Read More
PODCAzT 34: St. Thomas Aquinas on the Eucharist; Mass in heaven? No!
Today’s PODCAzT brings a reading from St. Thomas Aquinas on the Eucharist. This is a selection used in the Office of Readings and also in the pre-Conciliar Breviarium Romanum. It is from the Angelic Doctor’s Opusculum 57, on the … Read More
PODCAzT 33: Augustine on loving “too late”; the Trinity; leaving Roma
In today’s PODCAzT I retrace my steps a few days to a powerful selection in the Office of Readings from Book 10 of Augustine’s Confessions. Since it is Trinity Sunday I speak about our Catholic faith in a Triune God. … Read More
PODCAzT 32: Gregory the Great on Job; rubrics; sacred music
In this somewhat longer PODCAzT we hear from St. Pope Gregory the Great (+604) who gives us a commentary on Job’s suffering. These days in the Office of Readings, now that it is "Ordinary Time" again… sigh… we are hearing … Read More
Geoffrey on Distressing words of Leo about the SSPX consecrations: “I dare say “to live the communion” of the Church would definitely include not consecrating bishops in direct violation of…”
