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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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Category Archives: SESSIUNCULA
Fr. Z’s e-mail
First and foremost, Happy Easter! I wanted to keep the internet thing a bit calm for the Triduum and Easter. However, I am now facing literally hundreds of e-mails from good people, many of them asking questions about sundry topics. … Read More
D. of Lafayette in Indiana: implementing Summorum Pontificum
Here is a piece about what is going on in the Diocese of Lafayette, Indiana. My emphases and comments. Indiana’s Bishop Higi is Faithful to Summorum Pontificum with FSSP Support Bishop Higi tells Una Voce Carmel to Think Big Carmel, … Read More
SF Chronicle on TLM in Oakland
I got a very interesting e-mail from a reader. A reader sent an article from the San Francisco Chronicle with this explanation: Hello Fr. Z! Strange: in the print newspaper the article is "Latin Mass Makes a Comeback"; but on-line, … Read More
Blog Awards – where’s that Bugatti?
You veteran readers of WDTPRS recall that I was supposed to get a Bugatti Veyron for one of those award things last year. Remember? Vincenzo caught a photo from last year. This year, since there don’t seem to be any … Read More
WHITE PAPAL MOZZETTA!
I received this excellent news via e-mail (edited): When ___ and I were in Rome last February the guy at Gamarelli told us that they were busy making various things for the Pope. I asked him if they had any … Read More
Sermon for Vigil of Easter
I had the honor of being celebrant for the Vigil of Easter, with the 1962 Missale Romanum, at St. Augustine’s Church in S. St. Paul, Minnesota. Here is my sermon. https://wdtprs.com/wp-content/legacy/audio-archive/prayercazt/080323_Vigil_sermon.mp3
The Holy Father’s Vigil Sermon – theological starting points for liturgy, ad orientem worship
We can approach the Holy Father’s magnificent Easter Vigil sermon on many levels. Since WDTPRS is mainly interested in our Catholic life of prayer, let’s look at it from the stand point of what Benedict XVI is offering for our … Read More
Oldie PODCAzT 17: For those who must sing the Exsultet in Latin, TLM or NO
If any of you out there must sing the Exsultet in Latin, there is a PODCAzT available with a recording of me doing it, in the Novus Ordo version, a couple years ago and explaining some things about it. UPDATE: … Read More
Benedict XVI – Good Friday – Roman Vestments
NLM has more! I loved the use of the ombrellino!
CLARIFICATION about something false attributed to me regarding “viri selecti”
I was alerted that at the Q&A section of EWTN’s site, a questioner made a claim about me that is not true in the context of a question about the washing of feet on Holy Thursday. Here is the exchange: … Read More
Kathleen10 on Daily Rome Shot 1117 – A *POLL* about 2026-27: “Fr Z thanks so much for 2 reminders. 1. Using your Amazon link! For heaven’s sake it costs us nothing…”
