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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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- Rob83 on 10 November – St Andrew Avellino (Vetus Ordo). Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “As the demographic collapse accelerates, priests may find it prudent to live together in a central location with their deanery.…”
- on Some notes for your Sunday Mass in the Vetus and the Novus Ordo: “This is the best explanation I have heard in my almost 50 years. I wish it was what was heard…”
- on Some notes for your Sunday Mass in the Vetus and the Novus Ordo: “moon1234: We have to understand something about the Lord’s parables. The parable, or Hebrew mashal is an allegorical lesson of…”
- on WDTPRS – 9 November: Feast of the Dedication of St. John Lateran, Rome’s Cathedral: “The obelisk outside the building was originally built by Thutmose III, and contains dedications from subsequent pharoahs. If you follow…”
- on Some notes for your Sunday Mass in the Vetus and the Novus Ordo: “Yet, as a modern farmer, none are leaving weeds to grow with the main crop until harvest. Zero. Everyone is…”
- on YOUR URGENT PRAYER REQUESTS: “Thank you to all those who have prayed for my intentions in the past! This might be a small thing,…”
- on WDTPRS – 9 November: Feast of the Dedication of St. John Lateran, Rome’s Cathedral: “Fr Z — this is an excellent piece. Great teaching. Thanks for this.”
- on “Sometimes the scalpel is the honey.” Wherein Fr. Z rants about “the parable of the wheat and tares”.: “Another thought: sometimes the only one who can successfully use the scalpel on us is ourself. Because ultimately, it is…”
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Category Archives: SESSIUNCULA
Your good news
Do you have any good news for us? For my part, in the instant gratification column, I have a splendid mug of excellent coffee as I write. Sometimes its the small things. In the medium range column, I have had … Read More
To those who have donated: Mass Monday and Wednesday
Your PROTEST v. Fishwrap donations are still coming and I am very grateful. I will add these names to the list for tomorrow morning’s (MONDAY 0900 EDT – 1400 UK) Mass. DD, GB, MT, SW, AT, JMJ, JB, MD, CL, … Read More
The Feeder Feed: ORANGE!
Today as I was driving, a flash of orange swooped in front of me. Oriole, thought I. I had put out orange slices in the hope of attracting the first returning Orioles. Now the place is lousy with Orioles! On … Read More
Do As I Say, Not As I Do! – UPDATE
Do you recall that “Do As I Say, Not As I Do!” post? Refresh your memory here. Precious or not, beautiful or not, Pope Benedict did not use glass vessels at the Mass as Mestre/Venice.
THANKS TO PROTESTERS!
As St. Augustine said in s. 238, a vigorous sermon preached during the Octave of Easter about heretic errors: Nemo tibi fabulas uendat, non latret rabies haereticorum de angulo. Thank many readers and donors for the signs of support for … Read More
Brick by brick, literally
Remember Fr. George David Byers? He is the priest who has begun life as a hermit with the aim especially of praying for priests. I wrote about him before, HERE. His web site is HERE. When you are using my … Read More
What is your good news?
Have any great news to report? For my part, I am doing tech updates today. This will inevitably bring problems, because when you touch any part of the carefully balanced techy house of cards, everything falls apart and it takes … Read More
When Popes get angry.
I found this on Spirit Daily which doesn’t link here nearly often enough This is an article entitled Bl. John Paul’s former personal secretary, Stanislaw Card. Dziwisz, now Archbishop of Krakow, spoke of two times the late Pope got angry. … Read More
Rob83 on 10 November – St Andrew Avellino (Vetus Ordo). Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “As the demographic collapse accelerates, priests may find it prudent to live together in a central location with their deanery.…”
