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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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- The Bruised Optimist on ASK FATHER: If God love us infinitely why does He not speak to us directly?: “Perhaps what the verse from Exodus means is this. If we were to see God, and then have that consummation…”
- on WDTPRS – Collect of the 13th Ordinary Sunday (Novus Ordo): the sticky goo of error and the freeing splendor of the truth. Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “I did happen to go to Confession yesterday. I was the only one there. The only one. Either many Catholics…”
- on Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 4th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 12th Ordinary) 2026: “The national Eucharistic pilgrimage and consecration of the Nation has been going through Massachusetts these past few days, with a…”
- on Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 4th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 12th Ordinary) 2026: “The first reading was from 2 Kings 4:8ff. Father continued the story beyond what was in the lectionary. In the…”
- on Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 4th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 12th Ordinary) 2026: “(Vetus ordo, diocesan) Preaching today was about prayers and understanding for the 1st July, for the situation of the SSPX,…”
- on Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 4th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 12th Ordinary) 2026: “At FSSP Low Mass this morning. My layman’s take home message: we must speak as one voice. Don’t complain or…”
- on Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 4th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 12th Ordinary) 2026: “N.O. Mass Priest did not shy away from loving Christ more than father and mother, son and daughter. Explicitly said…”
- on I have to post these. I know you can find them on your own. But I must post them.: “Needless to say, the SSPX doesn’t make videos about the priests like myself whom they’ve mistreated. It’s an organization that…”
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Category Archives: The Coming Storm
ASK FATHER: Am I cooperating with evil in my job by changing generic “he” on forms to gender neutral terms?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: My job with a state agency includes reviewing proposed regulations of other state agencies. For many years, when we did this task we would change old references to the generic “he” or “him“ to “he or … Read More
Concerning the Antichrist, the End Times, the Restrainer, and YOU. Wherein Fr. Z rants: Save The Liturgy – Save The World
There is a good piece at The Catholic Thing today about the concept … and eventually person … of the Antichrist. I’ll point out a couple things that caught my eye. First, something on a liturgical note. The writer, Francis … Read More
After the death of Card. Pell, the gloves are coming off.
I firmly believe that Card. Pell would have been a “kingmaker” in an upcoming conclave because of his ecclesiastical experience, his personality, and his enormous moral authority after his persecution and unjust imprisonment. As one of my correspondents wrote, rightly, … Read More
Ever the optimist. Fr. Z’s first rants of the year.
This year 1 January, the Octave of Christmas or the Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God fell on a Sunday. All Sundays are Holy Days of Obligation. Next year, 2024, 1 January falls on a Monday. That means that, … Read More
Pachamama Bishop convicted
This is Archbp. Emmanuel Lafont of French Guiana, retired, during the Amazonian Synod (“Walking Together”). He is “walking together” with the demon idol Pachamama, carrying it ceremonially and scandalously in procession into the Roman church Santa Maria in Traspontina. We … Read More
The Federalist’s reaction to the “Hell’s Bible” hit piece against TLM-going Catholics
A couple weeks back Hell’s Bible (aka NYT) published an airy yet vicious attack piece about Catholics who attended the Traditional Latin Mass. Apparently, if you go to the Vetus Ordo, you might be a white right-wing extremist of some … Read More
The Bruised Optimist on ASK FATHER: If God love us infinitely why does He not speak to us directly?: “Perhaps what the verse from Exodus means is this. If we were to see God, and then have that consummation…”
