Category Archives: The Coming Storm

30 years a priest, 60th birthday – a priest’s first real Solemn Mass! Wherein Fr. Z rants.

Posted on 24 June 2018 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

This is the season of First Holy Masses. For example, on Saturday 30 June, I will be helping as Assistant Priest with the First Mass of a newly ordained priest to be celebrated in the presence of the bishop (coram … Read More →

Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, "How To..." - Practical Notes, Be The Maquis, Brick by Brick, Fr. Z KUDOS, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Just Too Cool, Latin, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Mail from priests, Si vis pacem para bellum!, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices, Turn Towards The Lord, Wherein Fr. Z Rants | Tagged 1st Mass, Fr. Richard Heilman, priesthood
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Surprise article at Commonweal about participation in the Traditional Latin Mass

Posted on 16 June 2018 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

There was a surprise at Commonweal, which generally leans left and against Tradition. It is about a week old, but I missed it: I don’t real Commonweal unless I can’t avoid it. It starts out with an off-putting reference to … Read More →

Posted in Hard-Identity Catholicism, Our Catholic Identity, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices | Tagged Commonweal, TLM
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PHILIPPINES: To arm priests or not to arm?

Posted on 9 June 2018 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

This is interesting from the UK’s best Catholic weekly, the Catholic Herald: Philippine Church resists calls to arm priests Church leaders in the Philippines criticised a proposal to arm priests as a protective measure in the wake of recent attacks … Read More →

Posted in Going Ballistic, Semper Paratus, Si vis pacem para bellum!, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices |
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A “puzzled” and “surprise” Card. Kasper is “furious”

Posted on 9 June 2018 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

You know how Communion in the hand was accomplished. You know how the use of “altar girls” was achieved. Libs intentionally violate the law until the law is changed. That’s what happened. Moreover, even the restraints and caveats in the … Read More →

Posted in B as in B. S as in S., Liberals, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Pò sì jiù, The Coming Storm, The Drill | Tagged Amoris Laetitia, German Bishops, inter-communion, Walter Kasper
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Abbey to become a Harry Potter theme park

Posted on 8 June 2018 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Holy Catholic Church is indefectible. Christ promised that He would be with us always and that the Church would prevail over all the attacks of Hell. He didn’t promise that the Church would survive where you live. Keep that mind as … Read More →

Posted in Pò sì jiù, Si vis pacem para bellum!, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices | Tagged Harry Potter
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Esolen’s observations on boys and men and what women cannot give them

Posted on 7 June 2018 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

This last week I saw the new and well-done Masterpiece Theatre issue of the classic Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (US HERE – UK HERE). I wonder if the short series wasn’t in part an inspiration to Anthony Esolen to … Read More →

Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices | Tagged Anthony Esolen, boys, manhood
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How the Left wins.

Posted on 5 June 2018 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

One thing’s for sure: conservatives and traditionalists are lousy at organizing and fighting back in the public square. In fact, too many times they turn on each other, which makes the Enemy cheer us on. The Left is good at … Read More →

Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Si vis pacem para bellum!, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices | Tagged process
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Looking At Danger: Justice Kennedy, SCOTUS, and Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission

Posted on 5 June 2018 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Today at Crisis there is a good summary piece about the complicity of catholic Justice Anthony Kennedy with the secularist Left and about the recent SCOTUS decision in the matter of Masterpiece Cakeshop, LTD v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, which probably left … Read More →

Posted in Liberals, Religious Liberty, Sin That Cries To Heaven, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice | Tagged homosexualist agenda, Justice Kennedy, SCOTUS
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Sort of good news from SCOTUS and from the CDF and Pope Francis.

Posted on 4 June 2018 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

UPDATE: Apparently, Card. Marx is “überrascht… surprised” by the letter from Rome. HERE What’s next? Will they play the money card? Did they play the money card yet? I’d bet that would wear pretty thin pretty quickly with this Pope. … Read More →

Posted in Our Catholic Identity, Sin That Cries To Heaven, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices | Tagged can. 844, German Bishops, inter-communion, Luis Ladaria Ferrer
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Francis’ Corpus Christi Eucharistic procession. Wherein Fr. Z rants.

Posted on 3 June 2018 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Here is a really sad tweet about this year’s Corpus Christi procession moved from Rome to Ostia. (Not a great idea, but, hey, they didn’t ask me.) There is a link to a video of the whole thing. Click ahead … Read More →