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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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- Midwest St. Michael on 3 Sept – Anniversary of the Death of Fr. Paul Mankowski, SJ. – Rest peace Mankus Chrysokalamus!: ““Lawyer is entirely justified in both his praise of Fr. Mankowski as well as in his scorn for his Jesuit…”
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- on 3 Sept – Anniversary of the Death of Fr. Paul Mankowski, SJ. – Rest peace Mankus Chrysokalamus!: “I have been really slow on the uptake here – e.g., not yet having read “the Thematic framework, the Preparatory…”
- on 3 Sept – Anniversary of the Death of Fr. Paul Mankowski, SJ. – Rest peace Mankus Chrysokalamus!: “Eternal Rest, Fr. Mankowski. The martyrs of Georgia, who will be beatified this October are a wonderful example to the…”
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Category Archives: Saints: Stories & Symbols
28 April – Prepare to be amazed! – St. Gianna Molla’s 2nd miracle. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
This is an oldie post, but it is very worth review if you’ve seen it before. If not, prepare to by amazed. Today is the Dies Natalis of St. Gianna Beretta Molla (+28 April 1962 at 39 years of age). … Read More →
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Tagged miracles, St. Gianna Beretta Molla
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6 Comments
Fr. Z’s Kitchen: A weird intro and then Hungarian food in honor of Bl. Karl’s centenary
I stumbled across Modernist Pantry. “Well,” quoth I, “let’s see what this might be.” Noting the similarity of theme with the Fishwrap or a German Synod (“walking together”) where they can whip up any sort of modernism you want, can make … Read More →
Posted in Fr. Z's Kitchen, Saints: Stories & Symbols
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Tagged Card. Marx, Hungarian Food, Pörkölt
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9 Comments
25 March: Feast of St Dismas, the Good Thief “who stole heaven”
Today is Lady Day, the Feast of the Annunciation, the instant of the Incarnation. However, 25 March is also the Feast of the Good Thief, St. Dismas! Fulton Sheen famously quipped of this thief-saint that he “stole heaven”. A good thief … Read More →
Posted in Classic Posts, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Saints: Stories & Symbols
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Tagged Good Thief, St. Dismas
3 Comments
3 Comments
Daily Rome Shot 447, etc.
Daily Fervorino from live stream. HERE With Litany of St. Joseph. WORDLE
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Tagged Rome Shots, sermons, St. Joseph, Wordle
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12 March 1622 Canonizations – 400 years ago today
On this day, 12 March, in 1622 Pope Gregory XV canonized Sts. Teresa of Avila, Ignatius of Loyola, Francis Xavier, Philip Neri and Isidore the Farmer. “Four Spaniards and a saint!”
8 February: St. Josephine Bakhita, Daughter of St. Magdalene
J.R.R. Tolkien’s concept of eucatastrophe runs strong with the Catholic “thing”. We Catholics know that there are some catastrophic events which produce unexpected blessings. Usually with a lot of pain along the way. O Felix Culpa! I am trusting God … Read More →
22 January – St. Vincent Pallotti. Wherein Fr. Z reflects on God’s plan.
Today, in addition to being the Feast of Sts. Vincent of Saragossa and Athanasius the Persian, it is the feast of another Vincent, St. Vincent Pallotti, founder of the Pious Society of Missions (the Pallottine Fathers). I have a connection … Read More →
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Tagged St. Vincent Pallotti
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3 Comments
NEW BOOK on St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher!
How does the phrase go from… is it Kipling?… if you can keep your head when all around you are losing theirs and blaming it on you…. Something like that. It describes rather aptly these days how tradition-oriented Catholics are … Read More →
Posted in Modern Martyrs, REVIEWS, Saints: Stories & Symbols, The Campus Telephone Pole
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Tagged St. John Fisher, St. Thomas More
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6 Comments
27 Dec – St. Fabiola – Wherein Card. Wiseman says: “We must deny to Protestantism any right to use the Bible, much more to interpret it.”
Today, being the Feast of the Evangelist John, we have a special blessing for wine and other libations. I wrote about that HERE. We have this blessing because of an assassination attempt. There was an attempt on the life … Read More →
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Tagged Nicholas Card. Wiseman, St. Fabiola, St. Jerome, St. John Evangelist
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5 Comments
Old Testament Prophets who are Saints in the Church’s calendar
Since the beginning of December, Holy Mother Church has been imitating the Lord on the Road to Emmaus. She has been reminding us of all the prophecies about the coming of the Messiah who would also be incarnate God. She … Read More →
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Tagged feast days, Prophets
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13 Comments
Midwest St. Michael on 3 Sept – Anniversary of the Death of Fr. Paul Mankowski, SJ. – Rest peace Mankus Chrysokalamus!: ““Lawyer is entirely justified in both his praise of Fr. Mankowski as well as in his scorn for his Jesuit…”
