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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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- APX on 10 November – St Andrew Avellino (Vetus Ordo). Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “Many priests live alone, with no one to notice if they fail to rise, suffer a fall, or become suddenly…”
- on 10 November – St Andrew Avellino (Vetus Ordo). Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “Father, in case you haven’t already considered this, an iPhone might help you or another priest in that situation. “…”
- on 10 November – St Andrew Avellino (Vetus Ordo). Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “his Theatines maintain a minor seminary in the neighborhood under his patronage. i drove by it on the way to…”
- on WDTPRS – 9 November: Feast of the Dedication of St. John Lateran, Rome’s Cathedral: “Great stuff Fr Z….. are the doors to St John Lateran originally the doors from the Roman Curia in the…”
- 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…”
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Bp. Morlino’s letter to dissident parishoners
I posted a while about about the people in the Diocese of Madison who are giving a group of priests and Bishop Morlino a hard time. The article I posted mentioned a letter written by Bp. Morlino to the parishes. … Read More
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D. of Madision: liberals attacking faithful priests are harming the future of school children
Here is a sad story from the Diocese of Madison, which includes one of most liberal, in the negative sense, area in the US. I have met Bishop Morlino and the priests in question. They are outstanding. From the Madision … Read More
Purgamentum init, exit purgamentum
During his General Audience of 3 Nov, the Holy Father made the following observation. “[G]arbage is not just in the different streets of the world. There is also garbage in our consciences and in our souls.”
QUAERITUR: “forgive” rather than “absolve”
From a reader: Recently, a friend who goes to the same parish as me told me that he goes to Fr. So-and-so instead of the pastor, since the pastor uses “I forgive you of your sins, Father, Son and Holy … Read More
BLOG RENEWAL: mobile browsers again
I received an email from a reader having a hard time getting the blog on his Palm phone. He actually offered to do some research to help figure out how to solve the problem. And he did. He pointed me … Read More
The Post Election Entry
Here is an entry for some post-election discussion. CIVIL comments are welcome. My first observation: If the GOP was not going to take control of the Senate, then it is probably good that Sen. Harry Reid won his race in … Read More
QUAERITUR: “bishops in soutanes with big, gaudy riiiiiiings”
We now shift away from the less important issues – salvation outside the Church and American exceptionalism – to focus on something of momentous significance. From a reader: At times I have seen priests wearing a short black cape over … Read More
All Souls – Manhattan – Solemn TLM tonight
There will be a Solemn Mass with the 1962 Missale Romanum at Holy Innocents in Manhattan (near 37th and Broadway) for All Souls, Tuesday – election day – 2 November at 6 PM. The choir will sing Morales’ Missa pro … Read More
Politics and maturity
From the indefatigable Laudator: Nicolás Gómez Dávila (1913-1994), Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección (Bogotá: Villegas Editores, 2001), p. 248 (tr. by Stephen at Don Colacho’s Aphorisms): Man matures when he stops believing that politics solves his problems. El hombre … Read More
APX on 10 November – St Andrew Avellino (Vetus Ordo). Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “Many priests live alone, with no one to notice if they fail to rise, suffer a fall, or become suddenly…”
