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- Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on ROME 24/4– Day 31 (-10): The Parish™…. what’s next?: “Just Some Guy: Perhaps others will get back to you before twilight’s last gleaming.”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 31 (-10): The Parish™…. what’s next?: ““This beautiful sunny yet cool Roman day started by the sun’s rising at 06:19 and it will end at 19:59.”…”
- on Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 3rd Sunday after Easter (N.O. 4th of Easter) 2024: “We are in the process of moving to the Lehigh Valley so this Sunday after the closing on our new…”
- on Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 3rd Sunday after Easter (N.O. 4th of Easter) 2024: “So, I usually attend a TLM at an FSSP parish at home. I was traveling this weekend, however, and opted…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 32 (-9): Happy Birthday Rome!: “acard: That’s fettucine alla bolognese. And they were good with a Lazio Syrah. The addition of the rosemary was a…”
- on ASK FATHER: Kissing the priest’s hand in the Latin Mass v. the liturgical spirit of Judas. Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “It seems more likely that medieval court rituals were based on the Mass, rather than the other way around. That…”
- on ASK FATHER: Kissing the priest’s hand in the Latin Mass v. the liturgical spirit of Judas. Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “Excellent overview Fr. Z! For those who are interested in a defense of the royalism or courtliness of the TLM,…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 32 (-9): Happy Birthday Rome!: “That pasta dish looks yummy! What is the name of that and ingredients?”
- on Faith practice declining far and wide…. except…: “Charivari Rob – Unfortunately I have been forced to switch computers twice recently and have lost the reference. The numbers…”
- on Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 3rd Sunday after Easter (N.O. 4th of Easter) 2024: “Our independent Traditional Catholic priest’s sermon was on the 11th and 12th articles of the Apostle’s Creed. He expounded on…”
- on ASK FATHER: Kissing the priest’s hand in the Latin Mass v. the liturgical spirit of Judas. Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “A very thoughtful and inspiring article. Thank you for it. One of the many aspects of the Vetus Ordo that…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 31 (-10): The Parish™…. what’s next?: “I am so enjoying “our” time in Rome with you Fr Z. Thank you for the pics, videos and continuing…”
- on WDTPRS: 4th Sunday of Easter (Novus Ordo) – Mighty humble Shepherd, humble mighty flock: “These mosaics helped Thomas Merton become a Catholic. See: The Seven Storey Mountain.”
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Category Archives: Synod
The Synod (“walking together”) office wants poems about The Synod (“walking together”). Be careful about what you ask for!
UPDATE: I’ve been told that people who don’t have Twitter accounts can no longer read tweets? True? In any event, I’ll post the long poem that Fr V zapped up using ChatBox. It’s… on the nose. Originally Published on: Jul 1, … Read More
Meanwhile, in Germany they are really connecting with the people and “zusammen gehen” and all that.
Remember, the people who desire the Traditional Latin Mass must be CRUSHED! Meanwhile, in Germany they are really connecting with the people and “zusammen gehen” and all that.
The rhetoric of “walking together-ity”
Robert Royal has a good piece today at The Catholic Thing about the twisty, tricksy, rhetoric of reality distortion that is hanging like a dense fog obscuring the swamp of synodality (“walking together-ity”). The Ruinous Rhetoric of ‘Synodal Interpretation’ Here’s … Read More
Responses to Card. McElroy’s essay in Jesuit-run Amerika
Jesuit-run (who else?) Amerika ran a piece by – and this still has me shaking my head – Card. McElroy of that key See of San Diego, suffragan to Los Angeles. The Amerika piece is a dreadful obfuscation of Catholic moral teaching and … Read More
A “perpetual synodal” (“walking together”) Church? What could go wrong?
From the National Catholic Register (the Catholic paper, not the other one, the Fishwrap). Pope Francis announced on Sunday that the Synod (“walking together”) on Synodality (“walking together”) will be extended to 2024. Speaking in his Angelus address on Oct. … Read More
Wow… just… wow….
WOW. I am a bit at a loss for words, after reading this. It is dead on. I would only quibble with one small part, but even in that he has a point that ought to be considered. There are … Read More
Posted in Fr. Z KUDOS, Synod, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Larry Chapp
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Card. Müller: “we must resist” the hostile takeover of the Church
The other day I saw in a dreadful video something really alarming in regard to the Synodal (“walking together”) process. The implication was that the Holy Spirit will change the Church and the Church’s doctrines because the Holy Spirit will … Read More
What do you think of this video from the Synod (“walking together”) of Bishops about the synodal (“walking together”) before the Synod (“walking together”) on Synodality (“walking together”)?
This was made by the office of the Synod (“walking together”) of Bishops. If you are going to comment, phrase it in such a way that it will be more likely I will let through the moderation queue, if you … Read More
Card. Koch: German Synod (“spazieren gehen zusammen”) is doing what some Christians did along with Nazism in order to change the Church’s teaching
It seems that Swiss Card. Koch has raised his concerns about the Germans “Synodal (“walking together”) Way”. In doing so, he has incurred the wrath of German bishops and others who have sent him, and the organizers of an event … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, Fr. Z KUDOS, Our Catholic Identity, Pò sì jiù, Synod, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Card. Koch
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The circularity of word salad synodality. Walking together… in a circle apparently.
I think today’s presser on the Synod (“walking together”) on Synodality (“walking togetherness”) produced the best description of Synodality (“walking togetherness”) so far. Cardinal Grech at Synod Presser: “To understand the Synodal Process one must think of a fruitful circularity … Read More
German Synod (“walking together”) wants to debate whether priests are needed in the Catholic Church
From Ed Pentin… Germany’s #SynodalWay wants to debate the question of whether priests are still needed, deciding by a narrow majority on Friday that the responsible working group should investigate the question of whether priests are needed in the Catholic … Read More
2021-23 Synod… “Walking Together”… with?
I sent this out to a few of my incredulous brethren the other day, with the note… “No. Really.” The Logo for the Synod (“walking together”) which is coming up. I think it’s missing something… beyond heterosexuality.
Amazing coincidences! Pachamama bowl – Vigil of Easter in St. Peter’s – Annuario Pontificio
At the end of the Amazon Synod (“walking together”) in October 2019, a black ritual bowl with markings associated with Pachamama, with demonic idol worship, was placed at Francis’ behest directly on the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica, above … Read More
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Tagged 50 Ways To Rig A Synod, Annuario Pontificio, bowl, Pachamama, Vicar of Christ
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Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on ROME 24/4– Day 31 (-10): The Parish™…. what’s next?: “Just Some Guy: Perhaps others will get back to you before twilight’s last gleaming.”
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