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Category Archives: Saints: Stories & Symbols
20 Feb – Feast of Sts Francisco and Jacinta of Fatima
Last year, His Holiness of Our Lord canonized young Jacinta and Francisco, the seers of Fatima. They are, I believe, the youngest canonized non-martyr saints on the calendar. “On the calendar…”. They aren’t on the traditional Roman calendar. I’ve written … Read More →
JUST TOO COOL! Wherein Fr. Z is AMAZED at … coincidences? I think not.
Okay… someone tell me what’s going on here! (Trick question. I think I know.) As you recall, I have a great portable altar from St. Joseph’s Apprentice, and Pelican case to ship it in. HERE I also now have great … Read More →
Your parish priest and YOU.
I just received an email from a priest who informed me that today is the 200th anniversary of the day that St. John Vianney, arrived at his parish in Ars and began his work as a pastor with the care … Read More →
ASK FATHER: Newly canonized saints and the Traditional Roman Rite. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: In the 1962 Rubrics, Votive Mass of any Saint with an entry in the Roman Martyrology. Does this include the current Martyrology? Yes, no? No and yes. No, in the sense that Summorum Pontificum authorized the use of … Read More →
POLL: St. Blaise Day Blessing of Throats – 2018
Today we traditionally have the blessing of throats in honor of St. Blaise. Since yesterday was Candlemas it is logical to associate the blessing with candles. Did you receive a St. Blaise Day blessing of the throat? You don’t have … Read More →
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Saints: Stories & Symbols
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Tagged blessing of throats, candles, St. Blaise
14 Comments
14 Comments
14 Feb 2018 – St. Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday
Each year that St. Patrick’s Day falls on a Friday, in Lent, we witness the lunacy of dispensations so that people don’t have to do their regular Friday, lenten penance. This year, the Feast of St. Valentine – transmogrified, commercialized … Read More →
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, GO TO CONFESSION, Saints: Stories & Symbols
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Tagged Ash Wednesday, St. Valentine
17 Comments
17 Comments
The “Unfinished Vespers” of St. Thomas Becket – 1170
For St. Thomas Becket. A reader – who picked this up from Jeffrey Morse – writes: More bloodshed remembered on this 5th day of Christmas- St Thomas (Becket) of Canterbury- murdered in his Cathedral during the singing of Vespers on … Read More →
Relics of St. Francis Xavier to go on tour in….
As I write… US HERE – UK HERE – It seemed appropriate. In Rome, one visits the Gesù, the great church of the Jesuits (of yore) in the heart of the Centro. There one venerates the relics of mighty saints, Ignatius and the missionary Francis … Read More →
ASK FATHER: Should we pray for “Servants of God”?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: We pray with our Necrologium every night during Compline and we have many “Servants of God” along with “Venerables” and “Blesseds” among the dead of our Congregation. I was wondering, do we pray for their souls? … Read More →
Smoking and Saints
Pope Francis decided to ban, as of 2018, the sale of cigarettes in Vatican City (cheaper for employees which leads, of course, to a black market). Cigarettes are bad for people and, probably, the environment. Hence, they must be banned. … Read More →
Posted in Lighter fare, Saints: Stories & Symbols
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Tagged Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati, smoking, tobacco
36 Comments
36 Comments
waalaw on Daily Rome Shot 1696: “Never allowing Black time to check White’s King: 1. R-h6+ . . B×h6 2. Q-f7+ If . . . .…”
