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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
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This is confirmation of what we already know. From a friend: …..1962 Missale Romanum!!! (and Latin breviaries are not far behind..) The AD should play a gingle like “Tradition, works every time it’s tried” or “Catholic identity, 20 centuries of … Read More
Archbp. Nauman, backed by Bp. Finn and Archbp. Chaput, about Sr. Keehan and CHA
Canonist Ed Peters offers this on his excellent blog In the Light of the Law: If it deserves Abp. Naumann’s attention, it certainly deserves ours Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City KS (no stranger to doing the right thing under … Read More
Furze
A timely and light-hearted offering from the Laudator: Oliver Rackham, The History of the Countryside (1986; rpt. London: Phoenix Press, 2000), p. 295: Furze is an important and widely-used fuel; it produces a quick hot blaze suitable for heating ovens, … Read More
Religious cover for wavering Dems in place? Dissident women religious lobby House Reps in favor of the health care bill
I fear that this may give the Democrats wavering about the health care bill because of abortion the religious cover they need to vote in favor of the health care bill. Here is an article in the WaPo. Catholic nuns … Read More
Benedict XVI on how to govern
Sandro Magister has this today, which you will want to take a moment to read in full. Be sure to visit chiesa. My emphases and comments. How to Pilot the Church in the Storm. A Lesson Benedict XVI has taught … Read More
Posted in Pope of Christian Unity, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Benedict XVI, St. Bonaventure, Wednesday Audience
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Twitter update: another feed – @FatherZuhlsdorf
I have started another Twitter feed: @FatherZuhlsdorf Follow this. And @fatherz I will use this new one to follow a great many more people. Also, sign up with the Google thingy on the left side bar. I am closing on … Read More
Mass on Wednesday of the 4th Week of Lent
What a moving formulary for Holy Mass in the older form today. I am not usually the emotional type when saying Mass. I really wish that "priestcraft" wasn’t a negative word, because I think priests should firstly attend to their … Read More
A reminder
As I was listening to the news tonight, I tuned into hear Fox News White House correspondent Major Barrett in front of the White House. As he spoke there was a Cardinal singing unmistakably, brazenly, unselfconsciously, in the background. Matthew … Read More
Embarassing treatment of Summorum Pontificum on vatican.va website
I received a note from a friend of many years in Rome. I don’t know how many times have I called them to alert them to unbelievable errors in their transcripts and translations, to no avail, despite their reassurances after … Read More
QUAERITUR: Friday Lenten penance on Solemnity of St. Joseph
From a reader: Friday is the Solemnity of St. Joseph. I know that according to canon law, solemnities take precedence over any day of penance, at least in ordinary time. Are we still bound to abstinence from meat on March … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged abstinence
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45 Comments
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…”
