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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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- Orual on 10 November – St Andrew Avellino (Vetus Ordo). Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “One of my elderly former pastors fell in his home and laid there for 3 days before anyone came to…”
- 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…”
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Category Archives: SESSIUNCULA
Fr. Cantalamessa’s sermon for Good Friday in the Vatican Basilica
Here is the text in English of Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa’s sermon for Good Friday in the Vatican Basilica. My emphases and comments: "WE HAVE A GREAT HIGH PRIEST" Homily on Good Friday 2010 in Saint Peter’s Basilica "We have a … Read More
Taking it to the street
A small Greek Orthodox Church near where I am staying took it outside today. With the help of New York’s finest, they actually blocked 8th Ave for a while.
Benedict XVI’s Holy Thursday, Mass sermon
The Holy Father’s sermon for the Mass of the Last Supper on Holy Thursday. Pope Benedict teases out three sayings from the Lord’s discourse at the Last Supper in the Gospel of John. 1) "This is eternal life, that they … Read More
Benedict XVI’s Chrism Mass sermon: “In the lamp of our lives, the oil of mercy should never run dry.”
"In the lamp of our lives, the oil of mercy should never run dry." The Holy Father celebrated the Chrism Mass today, with priests of Rome. My emphases and comments: Dear Brothers and Sisters, At the centre of the Church’s … Read More
A useful summary of the controversy
The UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald, has a useful summary of the controversy which has lately engulfed the Holy Father and the Church.
Card. Levada on the present clerical sexual abuser controversies
The former Archbishop of San Francisco, now CDF Prefect, His Eminence William Card. Levada, offered a piece to his former archdiocesan newspaper about the recent controversies. His Eminence is now the head of the Vatican dicastery that handles the cases … Read More
TO ARMS! WDTPRSers! TO ARMS! MSNBC LIBELS THE POPE
UPDATE: NBC APOLOGIZES FOR MSNBC’S HIT ON POPE March 30, 2010 NBC apologized today for an article on MSNBC’s website entitled, “Pope Describes Touching Boys: I Went Too Far.” The article that readers accessed after clicking on it actually had … Read More
If enough people stop believing in hell, maybe it’ll cease to exist. No?
Last week I gave a parish mission on the Four Last Things. As some of you readers might guess, I placed certain emphases on the existence of hell and desirability if avoiding it. This comes from the acceptable weekly National … Read More
Orual on 10 November – St Andrew Avellino (Vetus Ordo). Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “One of my elderly former pastors fell in his home and laid there for 3 days before anyone came to…”
