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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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- Gregg the Obscure on Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 3rd Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 11th Ordinary): “Father clarified parts of the Gospel reading. “Jesus’ heart was moved with pity” is much more visceral in the original,…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1645: Homework: “Very on-the-fly: IN THE YEAR OF THE LORD 1763 ON MAY 26, THE FEAST OF ST. PHILIP NERI JOSEPH ANDERLINI,…”
- on “…the young are more to be pitied, since they know not of what they have been deprived.”: “The Greek and a Latin translation are in Patrologia Graeca 32 (https://www.google.com/books/edition/Patrologiae_cursus_completus_Series_grae/OjY2AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0), columns 473-4. I am not going to attempt…”
- on YOUR URGENT PRAYER REQUESTS: “For my sister, M., who has to deal with both a husband’s rapid decline from Alzheimer’s and an autistic son.…”
- on Wherein Fr. Z rants. Benediction using the humeral veil BUT… blessings at Communion time? Fathers! THINK!: “I have made this argument for years. I would argue that even giving the blessing with the host is problematic.…”
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- on Leo XIV to priests on the Feast of the Sacred Heart: “He could have made strides to bring back the Orthodox but he made the same mistake of previous Popes. He…”
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Category Archives: The Campus Telephone Pole
BOOK NOTES: New from Peter Kreeft and a one-day KINDLE sale on the Rumer Godden’s In This House Of Brede
I am starting on a new book from Ignatius Press by Peter Kreeft – always good – who has written a fictional conversation about the Eucharist between three religious figures of the 20th century: C.S. Lewis J.R.R. Tolkien Billy Graham … Read More
UPDATE: “the finest rosaries I’ve ever seen” with a new site
In the last few months I have written about the return of the finest rosaries I’ve ever seen. Especially HERE. Also, I wrote about these rosaries at the end of December. I had black and white matching rosaries made for … Read More
Posted in Our Catholic Identity, Our Solitary Boast, The Campus Telephone Pole
Tagged rosaries
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NEW BOOK from William R. Forstchen. “Sauron’s Eye” is about to kill everything on Earth.
One of these days, friends, your planet is going to get really pasted by your yellow Sun. It is not a matter of “if”. It is a matter of “when”. Contemplate losing all electricity. What would happen to your life? … Read More
Help a young entrepreneur!
Let’s give this guy a boost. A young entrepreneur reached out to me for help with his project. He started something called Crown and Stars, clearly in honor of the Blessed Virgin. He told me that he wants to make… … Read More
New art from Daniel MITSUI – great gift idea
Are looking for unique religious gifts? May I suggest checking out the beautiful art of Daniel Mitsui? Daniel works with a fascinating fusion of forms and produces some invocative religious images, pleasing at a glance but profitable for contemplation. He … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, The Campus Telephone Pole
Tagged Daniel Mitsui, William Holman Hunt
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TAMPA: A TLM at a Jesuit school?!?
I received news of a TLM in Tampa. What caught my eye is that it will be at a Jesuit High School. ANNOUNCEMENT TEXT “Jesuit High School, the Latin Mass Society of Tampa Bay, and Epiphany of Our Lord Catholic … Read More
UPDATED BRICK BY BRICK in Florida! New Sunday TLM established.
UPDATE 17 Nov 2018: From a reader… more movement in Florida. I think this was cut and pasted to me, but… oh well. Father Z – thought you’d like to see Florida is headed in the right direction. From Fr. … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Campus Telephone Pole
Tagged D. Palm Beach
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Recommended Reading as a catch up
This is a post-Rome trip catch-up and catch-all. Today I drove back to the Cupboard Under The Stairs from The City of Broad Shoulders. Immediately I set out on a series of tasks. Whereas, after living in Rome for many … Read More
MADISON – 2 November: Pontifical Requiem Mass at the Throne
November is the month when we Catholics pray in a special way for the repose of the dead and, by God’s will, for the rapid entrance into heaven of the Poor Souls. On All Souls Day, Friday, 2 November, at … Read More
Gregg the Obscure on Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 3rd Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 11th Ordinary): “Father clarified parts of the Gospel reading. “Jesus’ heart was moved with pity” is much more visceral in the original,…”
