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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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Christophorus II on “Babes in Arms” Meets “Universi Dominici Gregis” – Hijinks Ensue: “I always feel sorry for the former sedevacantists — since they must now be conclavists (no ‘valid’ cardinals left). However,…”
Macarius on I INSTANTLY added this book to my list! (Fr. Z POLLS): ““in foramine terrae habitabat hobbitus” I still have my first copy of The Hobbit. I got it at university bookstore…”
Alaskamama on 9 December – Feast of St. Juan Diego. The AMAZING miracle for his canonization!: “A question for old-timers. I remember asking some Dominican sisters around 1980 who Our Lady of Guadalupe had appeared to.…”
Venerator Sti Lot on I INSTANTLY added this book to my list! (Fr. Z POLLS): “ex seaxe, How delightful! Sadly, the Tolkien Gateway article about that 12-part version says “No recordings of this series are…”
Ben on Daily Rome Shot 1503: “How can a font be woke? Bizarre. Verdana is a good one, but does weird things to your eyes in…”
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ex seaxe on I INSTANTLY added this book to my list! (Fr. Z POLLS): “I read a favourable review of the first part of the BBC 1955 radio adaptation of LOTR in a Science…”
CasaSanBruno on “Babes in Arms” Meets “Universi Dominici Gregis” – Hijinks Ensue: “As for Mickey R & Co. t always amazes me how the teenagers in movies from that era look about…”
DavidGeorge on Daily Rome Shot 1503: ““I wonder what fount I should use for drafting… I prefer sans serif for drafts. Any thought? I am often…”
mrjaype on “Babes in Arms” Meets “Universi Dominici Gregis” – Hijinks Ensue: “I went to the official “Holy See” website https://www.vatican.va/content/vatican/en.html and searched for “Rogitum.” I couldn’t find it. Am I looking…”
Gregg the Obscure on Daily Rome Shot 1503: “my employer has set the default to aptos – though we can change it prn – i’ve come to like…”
Not on Daily Rome Shot 1503: “Our Lady of Fatima message needs to be done. P.s. that picture is not the real Lucia. Sad fake. Whoever…”
OldProfK on I INSTANTLY added this book to my list! (Fr. Z POLLS): “It’s been ten or fifteen years since I read The Brothers Karamazov, so I reckon I ought to remedy that…”
WillP on “Babes in Arms” Meets “Universi Dominici Gregis” – Hijinks Ensue: “And the genitive of “pater” is “patris,” not “patri”. Not counting the wrong uses of the long s, I see…”
Gregg the Obscure on I INSTANTLY added this book to my list! (Fr. Z POLLS): “I read the Hobbit and LOTR repeatedly back in the 70s and 80s. i composed melodies for some of the…”
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“Until the Lord be pleased to settle, through the instrumentality of the princes of the Church and the lawful ministers of His justice, the trouble aroused by the pride of a few and the ignorance of some others, let us with the help of God endeavor with calm and humble patience to render love for hatred, to avoid disputes with the silly, to keep to the truth and not fight with the weapons of falsehood, and to beg of God at all times that in all our thoughts and desires, in all our words and actions, He may hold the first place who calls Himself the origin of all things.”
- Prosper of Aquitaine (+c.455), De gratia Dei et libero arbitrio contra Collatorem 22.61
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"But if, in any layman who is indeed imbued with literature, ignorance of the Latin language, which we can truly call the 'catholic' language, indicates a certain sluggishness in his love toward the Church, how much more fitting it is that each and every cleric should be adequately practiced and skilled in that language!" - Pius XI
"Let us realize that this remark of Cicero (Brutus 37, 140) can be in a certain way referred to [young lay people]: 'It is not so much a matter of distinction to know Latin as it is disgraceful not to know it.'" - St. John Paul II
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- Daily Rome Shot 1503
- “Babes in Arms” Meets “Universi Dominici Gregis” – Hijinks Ensue
- ADVENTCAzT 2025: 12 – Thursday 2nd Week of Advent
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- I INSTANTLY added this book to my list! (Fr. Z POLLS)
- ADVENTCAzT 2025: 11 – Wednesday 2nd Week of Advent
- Daily Rome Shot 1502
- An image drawn by a Cistercian nun provokes thoughts about the Immaculate Conception and the Tears of Eve. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
- 9 December – Feast of St. Juan Diego. The AMAZING miracle for his canonization!
- ADVENTCAzT 2025 – 10 – Tuesday 2nd Week of Advent
- Presidential Message on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception 2025
- Daily Rome Shot 1501 – Tota pulchra
- 8 December: Happy 20th Blogiversary! A retrospective
- Diocese of Charlotte: The community of the SSPX Chapel received a Papal Blessing
- ADVENTCAzT 2025 – 09 – Immaculate Conception
- Send 2025 CHRISTMAS CARDS to Fr. Z! – With a cautionary note.
- Time flies… 7 Dec 1965 – Vatican II closed
- 7 December St. Ambrose of Milan, Doctor and Very Cool
- Daily Rome Shot 1500
- Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 2nd Sunday of Advent – 2025
- Send 2025 CHRISTMAS CARDS to Fr. Z! – With a cautionary note.
- ADVENTCAzT 2025 – 08 – 2nd Sunday of Advent
- ADVENTCAzT 2025 – 07 – Saturday 1st Week of Advent
- Daily Rome Shot 1499
- ADVENTCAzT 2025 – 06 – Friday 1st Week of Advent
- Daily Rome Shot 1498 – URGENT VIDEO WHICH FIGHTS AGAINST BOTH *STUPID* AND *HERESY*
- ADVENTCAzT 2025 – 05– Thursday 1st Week of Advent
- Final Considerations of the 2nd Study Commission on the Female Diaconate
- ASK FATHER: Does a communicant have the right to receive communion from a cleric?
- ADVENTCAzT 2025 – 04 – Wednesday 1st Week of Advent
Let us pray…
Grant unto thy Church, we beseech Thee, O merciful God, that She, being gathered together by the Holy Ghost, may be in no wise troubled by attack from her foes. O God, who by sin art offended and by penance pacified, mercifully regard the prayers of Thy people making supplication unto Thee,and turn away the scourges of Thine anger which we deserve for our sins. Almighty and Everlasting God, in whose Hand are the power and the government of every realm: look down upon and help the Christian people that the heathen nations who trust in the fierceness of their own might may be crushed by the power of thine Arm. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. R. Amen.
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Category Archives: POLLS
I INSTANTLY added this book to my list! (Fr. Z POLLS)
Not all that glitters is gold, unless it is from the pen of Peter Kreeft. I INSTANTLY added this one to my wishlist list and I will promote it here and now – contrary to my usual MO – even … Read More
POLL: Which is scarier?
A serious question, but you are only qualified if you have watched some si-fi movies. Which is scarier The xenomorph (from the original Alien or Aliens) The nasty critters in The Tomorrow War. I picked these two, because there are … Read More
Leo XIV proclaimed St. John Henry Newman a Doctor of the Church – POLL
NOW: Pope Leo XIV has proclaimed St. John Henry Newman a Doctor of the Church. Cdl. Marcel Semeraro (prefect of Dicastery for the Causes of the Saints) repeated the formal request at Mass, prior to @Pontifex's declaration. pic.twitter.com/wasxejQk9b — Michael … Read More
The execrable BoB, Happy Water, and You (UPDATED with a POLL)
Concerning the origins of the dreadful “Book of Blessings” (De Benedictionibus), which ironically doesn’t bless anything. I thought there was one prayer which truly blessed, an option for a rosary with the traditional version they ported in, but they changed … Read More
POLL: When are the announcements made where you usually go to Mass?
Please choose the best answer. We want your comments, too, what you think about the placement. Anyone can vote, but only registered and approved readers can comment. All comments on every post go into a queue.
If it’s Immaculate Conception, then BLUE vestments on the 2nd Sunday of Advent… RIGHT??!? – POLLS
Remember the BLUE vestment craze during Advent? Does anyone still see that? Anyone can vote. You must be registered and approved to comment. Meanwhile, at The Parish™ in Rome, this is what people say today, but NOT for ADVENT. Rather, … Read More
ROME 24/10– Day 0: He shall make all things new – and a POLL
ALERT: There’s an important poll in this post. Breakfast in Brooklyn. I have to have a poll about something relative to BAGELS. See below. I saw this at Ann Barnhardt’s place and it was too good not to share. I … Read More
Your Ash Wednesday Sermon notes and ASH POLL – Did you get your #ASHTAG?
Today is NOT a holy day of obligation. That said, many people try to go to Mass on Ash Wednesday. Many, however, cannot. Therefore, let us know about your good experiences of Holy Mass and the good points in the sermon, … Read More
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Your Sunday Sermon Notes – Gaudete Sunday – 3rd of Advent 2023 – VESTMENT POLL
It was the 3rdd Sunday of Advent. Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Sunday Mass of obligation? Share the good stuff. Quite a few people are forced to sit through really bad preaching. … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes – SEPTUGESIMA Sunday (N.O.: 5th Ord) 2023 – Fr. Z POLL!
We are back in violet this Sunday, as Pre-Lent begins in the traditional Roman Rite. Here’s a poll. Anyone can vote, but only registered and approved participants can comment. ALL comments are moderated. Keep in mind that Septuagesima could fall … Read More





















