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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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- Powerful people think that they can suppress the Traditional Latin Mass. They will not succeed. This is one reason why. VIDEO
- Daily Rome Shot 534, etc.
- The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary: The 4th Glorious Mystery
- Daily Rome Shot 533, etc.
- ASK FATHER: What hobbies are permitted on Sundays?
- Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 10th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O. 20th Sunday)
- 14 August – St. Maximilian Kolbe : priest, martyr, #HamRadio operator. The path of “Oblatio Vitae” for Beatification. #CQ
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- ASK FATHER: “If I go to Saturday night mass and receive Communion, and then go also to Sunday mass, may I receive Communion again?”
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- Daily Rome Shot 532, etc.
- Coincidences? I think not.
- Liturgical Question: Which of these is NOT like the other?
- Daily Rome Shot 531, etc. – packed!
- ASK FATHER: A priest asks, “Is it okay to learn how to say the Traditional Latin Mass?” Wherein Fr. Z rants.
- You thick-headed restorationists, you backwardist, dogma-refrigerating Neopelagians… there is only one unique expression of the Roman Rite! VIDEO
- Daily Rome Shot 530, etc.
- 10 August: Wonderful Collect for St. Lawrence
- Daily Rome Shot 529, etc.
- “The sky is crying…” – The Vigil and Tears of St. Lawrence
- Daily Rome Shot 528, etc.
- Wherein Fr. Z rants and recommends a must read entry at NLM
- Meanwhile, the Novus Ordo is the only expression of the Roman Rite… not.
- ASK FATHER: The faithful put blood, sweat, and tears into the building, revival of churches, parishes. Given how bishops treat them, is there recourse in Canon Law?
- Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 9th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O. 19th Sunday)
- Daily Rome Shot 527, etc.
- If a law isn’t accepted, it is essentially no law at all. Traditionis? Time will tell. Novus Ordo? Time has told.
- ASK FATHER: Considering the chaos surrounding ‘Traditionis custodes” could we say that, in effect, it is no law at all?
- Daily Rome Shot 526, etc.
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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Daily Rome Shot 520, etc.
Please remember me when shopping Amazon online. Thanks in advance. US HERE – UK HERE Tell your friends to use my links. At least 68 Masses will be celebrated today for Blase Cupich, who has been so cruel to the Catholics of Chicago … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 519, etc.
Meanwhile…. The Masses for Cupich Project, for the change of his heart about the ICK and TLM in Chicago is up to 60 Masses as I write. White to move. Don’t get rooked. Please remember me when shopping online. It … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 518, etc.
I’ve been updating the “Day in Rome” project. Thanks to the donors! The Masses for Cupich Project, for the change of his heart about the ICK and TLM in Chicago is up to 60 Masses as I write. Wyoming Catholic College … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 517, etc.
I’ve been updating the “Day in Rome” project. Thanks to the donors! The Masses for Cupich Project, for the change of his heart about the ICK and TLM in Chicago is up to 60 Masses as I write. Wyoming Catholic College … Read More
ASK FATHER: Consecration of bishops when there is no Pope
From a reader… QUAERITUR: If Francis were to (God forbid) die tomorrow, how would that affect the rules concerning episcopal consecrations? I saw a comment on this blog saying the SSPX could likely use sede vacante periods to slip by … Read More
8th Sunday after Pentecost: We will see the end of all this and Christ will see us through.
Cross posted with One Peter Five: This week’s task is scary. The Gospel for this 8th Sunday after Pentecost presents probably the most difficult of the Lord’s parables to explicate. This week we hear the Parable of the Unjust Steward … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 516, etc.
I’ve been updating the “Day in Rome” project. Thanks to the donors! The Masses for Cupich Project, for the change of his heart about the ICK and TLM is up to 59 Masses as I write. Wyoming Catholic College is looking … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 515, etc.
I’ve been updating the “Day in Rome” project. Thanks to the donors! Also, I learned that Wyoming Catholic College is looking for a chaplain. HERE In Chess News… 50 years ago today in Reykjavik, It was challenger Fischer v. Spassky in Game … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 514, etc.
I’ve been updating the “Day in Rome” project. Thanks to the donors! 3:16 isn’t just in John. Try Leviticus!Please remember me when shopping online. Thanks in advance. US HERE – UK HERE
Daily Rome Shot 513, etc.,
Probably saw the consistory list. From a column in The Guardian, white mates in three moves. Tricky. Forced play. White to move and force the line. Please remember me when shopping online. Thanks in advance. US HERE – UK HERE
UPDATED ACTION ITEM! PROPOSAL TO PRIESTS: On 1 August say Holy Mass for Blase Cupich – LINK to post
UPDATE: 31 July Proposed: Every priest who possibly can on 1 August should celebrate Holy Mass for the intention of Card. Blase Cupich. In private… in public… TLM or Novus Ordo…. pray that God provides him with exactly what he … Read More
A note from a reader in Washington DC, where Card. Gregory has treated the faithful with great cruelty.
A note from a reader in Washington DC, where Card. Gregory has treated the faithful with great cruelty. My emphases: Thank you for your reporting on the TLM situation out here in the DC area. I have written to you … Read More
“Days in Rome” Project – October 2022
Many of you have dropped me a note about how you enjoyed my posts from Rome. I intend to return in October, which will also allow me to participate in the “Summorum Pontificum” pilgrimage, which I understand is still on. … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 511, etc.
Many of you have dropped me a note about how they enjoyed my posts from Rome. I intend to return in October, which will also allow me to participate in the “Summorum Pontificum” pilgrimage, which I understand is still on. … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 7th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O. 17th Sunday)
Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment of all. Share the good stuff. Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Mass of obligation for the 7th Sunday after Pentecost (17th … Read More
Francis weakens the Opus Dei “personal prelature”
We read today at Acistampa that Opus Dei which has been a “personal prelature” will no longer be able to have a bishop as its prelatial head. Instead, the head of the Opus Dei will be a Protonotary Apostolic Monsignor … Read More
Archd. Washington… more cruelty from Gregory for people who desire Traditional worship.
I’m picking this up late, so I will limit to linking and a couple comments. At The Pillar: Tomorrow the Archdiocese of Washington DC? will announce the implementation of Traditionis custodes in the capitol see, restricting the Extraordinary Form to … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 510, etc.
Please please please remember me when shopping online. Thanks in advance. US HERE – UK HERE If you use my link to enter Amazon, I will get a small percentage of the sales. I can’t see what you buy. Every little bit accrues. … Read More
VIDEO: A young person’s message to the Cardinal who shut down her Traditional Latin Mass
A message to bishops… specifically Card. DiNardo. ? Longer version HERE These bishops are hurting people. That’s precisely the goal that some of them have: they don’t like the TLM, but even more they don’t like the people who like … Read More
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Day 1-2: Oglebay Conference for Priests
I’m attended the St Paul Center for Biblical Theology’s conference for priests in WV. This is a great annual event and I look forward to it. This year the theme is “Be Strong And Courageous”. Also, we are focusing on … Read More