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Category Archives: The Coming Storm
ACTION ITEM: Good article at Crisis. Then Fr. Z rants.
There is a good article at Crisis today, which all of you should both send by email and print out and hand to or send by mail to both your local priests and your bishops. This is time sensitive. As … Continue reading
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, "How To..." - Practical Notes, ACTION ITEM!, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Save The Liturgy - Save The World, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged Benedict XVI, Marshall Plan, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, We Are Our Rites
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“Here is a link to a Newsreel from 1949 that seems as if it is from another planet.”
A friend sent this, with the comment, “Here is a link to a Newsreel from 1949 that seems as if it is from another planet.” A world that’s gone? I wonder… what sort of, what magnitude of cataclysm would … Continue reading
From a reader – “Idea: Spiritual battle/Catholic Church fullness of faith.” Wherein Fr. Z rants.
From a reader…. Idea: Spiritual battle/Catholic Church fullness of faith. Sure the Rosary but at the same time Holy Bishops and priestly exorcists casting out the Devil from our land, the Church. My priest asked an expert and he said … Continue reading
20 Jan: St. Sebastian, invoked against the pandemic
Today, 20 January, is the feast of early martyrs, St. Fabian, who became Pope and St. Sebastian, a soldier who had risen through the ranks at the time of Diocletian. When the Emperor learned that Sebastian was a Christian, the … Continue reading
Wherein Fr. Z gives an update about life and changes
A personal note to readers. About a month ago, during a trip to DC, I met for lunch with a good friend, a solid priest, who straight out told me that I’ve lost my “mo jo”. I’m not exactly sure … Continue reading
“Ab arbore autem fici discite parabolam…”
There must be something special about the number 230. Libs in Congress successfully blocked changes to Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Acts which says that Big Tech controlled social media cannot be treated like a publisher, which gives … Continue reading
Posted in 1983 CIC can. 915, Pò sì jiù, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices
Tagged can. 230
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ASK FATHER: What do we do if the upcoming administration outlaws Mass and the sacraments?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: What are the best ways for the laity to remain in a state of grace should the Holy Mass and the sacraments eventually be outlawed by the upcoming Biden/Harris administration? The simple answer, which isn’t simple … Continue reading
“Those who support Donald Trump should no longer be allowed to publish books or use the Internet or fly on airplanes.”
So here I am again posting something that Tucker Carlson said. Once again, I think he nailed something. You’ve been warned. From 7 January 2021 with my emphases and comments. Within minutes of Trump supporters breaching the U.S. Capitol building … Continue reading
“If you don’t bother to pause and learn a single thing from your citizens storming your Capitol building, then you’re a fool…”.
I’ve been pretty unhappy with FNC for some time now. However, tonight I tuned in to hear what Tucker Carlson had to say. He made some really good points. I sincerely hope that people will listen to this or read … Continue reading
Posted in Cri de Coeur, Pò sì jiù, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged protests, Tucker Carlson, voter fraud
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Watching the chaos in Washington DC. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
I’m watching various live feeds from Washington DC on this day when Congress is to/was to certify the Electoral College vote. Alarming still photos are now being broadcast of protesters on the floor of the Senate and security with guns … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Is the Sacrament of Confirmation valid if the minister uses an instrument, such as a stylus or a swab?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: My son’s Confirmation is this Sunday and I just found out that the Bishop will be using a Q-tip because of Covid-19. Is this still valid? Thank you for all that you do. I find your … Continue reading
“Ten years from now you’ll put on a jacket and find a mask in the pocket. …”
Some people wonder why I say prayers in Latin against the Wuhan Devil. I had a text from a priest friend which put things in perspective. “Ten years from now you’ll put on a jacket and find a mask in … Continue reading
Chilling video of abandoned St. Peter’s Square on New Year’s Eve Day
This video from my friend Bree says a lot. As I look at that… I wonder where the DAMNED BOWL is. WHERE’S THE BOWL?
Posted in The Coming Storm, The future and our choices
Tagged Basilica of St. Peter, Pachamama
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Stick a fork in Argentina. It has now been offered by their Senate for full service of the Enemy of the Soul. Sickening VIDEO
It is a tough beginning of the day. The video in the tweet below is illustrative. What flashed through my head is the book by Michael O’Brian, Voyage To Alpha Centauri. US HERE – UK HERE Esp. this part HERE I literally had … Continue reading
Posted in Emanations from Penumbras, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices
Tagged Argentina
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This is war, friends. Total, unrestricted, asymmetrical war. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
UPDATE: Read what I wrote about totalitarians back in Jan 2020 before the Wuhan Devil COVID-1984 madness took full control HERE And check out Jennifer’s book… The Sexual State: How Elite Ideologies Are Destroying Lives and Why the Church Was … Continue reading
In this, I am decidedly pro Trans!
Here are tidings of great joy. In this, I am decidedly pro-trans. I was reminded that the Transalpine Redemptorists of Papa Stronsay, received an invitation to establish a monastery in the Diocese of Great Falls-Billings. They are in Montana now … Continue reading
Note of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on the morality of using some anti-Covid-19 vaccines
Today in the daily Bollettino (summary of news) issued by the Vatican Press Office there is this from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith… my emphases. Bullet points. It is morally licit to receive a vaccination against the … Continue reading
More bad news from the Vatican. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
Ed Pentin reports on more fresh hell from the Vatican. What this boils down to, I think, is demonic gender bending theory and eventual ruthless population control/reduction through contraception (willing or not), sterilization (willing or not), and euthanasia (willing or … Continue reading
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Save The Liturgy - Save The World, Si vis pacem para bellum!, Sin That Cries To Heaven, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices, What are they REALLY saying?, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged demonic gender ideology, jeffrey sachs, population control
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A good summary of why we are right to worry about the installation (not election) of Harris/Biden
While I have not abandoned hope at the gate of the hell that yawns before us, I am deeply alarmed. A piece at Crisis today puts well some of my concerns. Some bits and pieces to whet…my emphases… […] Aside … Continue reading
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Tagged Harris Biden, POTUS
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Fervorino from a Votive Mass for the Deliverance from Death in Time of Pestilence (The Wuhan Devil)
I’ve been asked by a couple of people to post a fervorino from yesterday, for a Votive Mass in time of Pandemic.
