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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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YOUR RECENT COMMENTS
- Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on Daily Rome Shot 1221 – mistreated: “Black to move and mate in 3. [NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t…”
- on Your Sunday Sermon Notes – Holy Family (N.O. Baptism of the Lord) 2025: “first and foremost, your observation about the young Lord at the Temple is priceless. attendance at the Cathedral’s 1230 today…”
- on Your Sunday Sermon Notes – Holy Family (N.O. Baptism of the Lord) 2025: “When we don’t live up to our baptismal mission we put our salvation at risk.”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1220: “Black to move and mate in 5. 1. … Qh4 2. g3 Ng5+ 3. Kg2 (if Bxg5 then 4. Qe4#)…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1218 – I’m confused.: ““The objective of the formation of the candidate for the priesthood in the affective-sexual sphere is the ability to accept…”
- on YOUR URGENT PRAYER REQUESTS: “Asking prayers for friends with young child who has cancer. They have been pursuing prayer all the way along, along…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1217 – “Why”, you may be asking? Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “Archdiocese of the Five Boroughs? Archdiocese of Three Boroughs and a couple of counties heading north, maybe… it being a…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1217 – “Why”, you may be asking? Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “Some Orthodox and Greek Catholics process on their knees”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1219 – on the other hand…: “This calls for the ultimate sacrifice: 1. Qxc2+! RxQ 2. Nxd3+ Kb1 (or a1) 3. Re1+ Rc1 4. RxR mate”
- on Young men are converting to serious, “muscular” Christianity.: “Apologies for coming late to this conversation. I would like to add that most women of a traditional leaning dislike…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1219 – on the other hand…: “Black to move and mate in 4. [NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t…”
- on From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 03-01-25 – Chewrows: “Don’t worry, as we have seen in NO parishes that pray the TLM, people will kneel and take the Host…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1218 – I’m confused.: “That’s a kind of confusion I could live with. Getting a cone of pistacchio and stracciatella at a good Italian…”
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Category Archives: The future and our choices
Young men are converting to serious, “muscular” Christianity.
There is an interesting article in The Telegraph today. Young, single men are leaving traditional churches. They found a more ‘masculine’ alternative New parishes are planned across US to accommodate ‘tsunami’ of male worshippers who have converted since pandemic It … Read More
A few good causes for end of the year giving
At the end of a calendar year, good people like you readers are looking for good causes to support with their giving dollars. We can’t trust many organizations which have the world “Catholic” in their title. Off hand, I can … Read More
Upcoming sacrilege in Atlanta and Communion in the hand. Musings.
LifeSite reports that some foolish group in Atlanta will hold a “black Mass” during which a sacred Host will be desecrated. The Archbishop of Atlanta has called for acts of penance, adoration and reparation. “Some” Catholic churches will have Mass … Read More
THIS JUST IN: “Groundbreaking Survey of U.S. Catholics Reveals Path to Restoring Eucharistic Belief” …. ummm
I got an email from something called the Real Presence Coalition. I tried the website, but the link didn’t work. I have sympathy, but I don’t have more knowledge from their site. The email, however, said that, using Pew surveys … Read More
Adoremus: 12 points of “anti-liturgical heresy” and their counters
With a biretta tip to Peter K for the link… o{]:¬) At the liturgical review Adoremus, this… The Voice of Tradition: Prosper Guéranger’s “Anti-Liturgical Heresy” Never mind that an odd character appears every once in a while. Odd characters always appear once … Read More
4-7 October – 1st Day – Act of Reparation
Let 4-7 October be a time of reparation for the elevation of the demon idol “Pachamama” near to and within one of the most sacred shrines in all Christendom, St. Peter’s Basilica. 5th “anniversary”. In the 1928 encyclical Miserentissimus Redemptor Pope … Read More
Clear enough?
Pittsburgh, PA — Tonight at #CIC2024, Bishop Athanasius Schneider began his keynote address with these words of Our Lord: "Be thou faithful until death: and I will give thee the crown of life" (Apoc. 2:10). He concluded by making a … Read More
19 September 1846: Apparition of Our Lady of La Salette
On this day, 19 September, in 1846 Our Lady appeared to two young shepherds at La Salette in France. She appeared seated on a rock, weeping, with her face in her hands. She wore a headdress like a bright crown … Read More
“The young are more to be pitied, since they know not of what they have been deprived.”
How fresh the Fathers of the Church can be in our own times. No wonder Pope Benedict wrote that we need to recover the perspective and methods of the Fathers. Let’s not imagine that we are the only ones who … Read More
The number of young women wearing chapel veils or mantillas in church is increasing. Wherein Fr. Z rants… and teaches… and rants
At The Free Press there is a piece about the fact of the increase in the number of young women wear chapel veils or mantillas in church. I’d be interested in your thoughts on the article and on the topic … Read More
“I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.”
The Gospel reading for the 12th Sunday after Pentecost (Vetus Ordo) was from Luke 10. It begins with verse 21 in which the Lord rejoices in the Holy Spirit and thanks His Father in Heaven. However, when we read our … Read More
Posted in Semper Paratus, Si vis pacem para bellum!, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices
Tagged Luke 10
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We’ve now had decades to study the map….
In geometry, when two lines diverge from the same point, the farther they extend, the farther apart they get. In a journey, if you take a road leading the opposite direction of your destination, the farther you go from it. … Read More
From devastation to renewed life.
There is a piece at Rorate from a couple days ago which addresses a massive problems in Italy with paltry vocations, unstaffed churches, and declined church attendance. They are hitting the pot of strong coffee that we in these USA … Read More
Opinion piece at NatCathReg about ‘Traditionis custodes’ three years on
I was made aware of a piece published last week by the National Catholic Register by Larry Chapp about Traditionis custodes three years on. I was on the road, so I stashed it for a bit. I was at first rather enthusiastic about … Read More
Archbp. Cordileone writes in favor of the Traditional Latin Mass, Vetus Ordo
At the National Catholic Register, His Excellency Salvatore Cordileone, Archbishop of San Francisco, has penned a piece in defense not only of the Vetus Ordo, but of the people who desire it. This is important. The attacks on the Vetus … Read More
Wherein Fr. Z muses about TLM, Vetus Ordo, “repression” stuff
There are developments. The Times of London published a letter signed by “prominent figures” in the UK world of arts, business, politics and journalism urging that there be no new restrictions on the Vetus Ordo, the Traditional Latin Rite. This is … Read More
Notes From The Underground?
I saw this at Twitter/X. These home chapels are more Catholic than a lot of post-Conciliar churches. I know a few Catholics, and I am hearing rumors of many more, who are building chapels in their homes, with altars, preparing … Read More
OLDIE ASK FATHER: A soul in anguish about the state of the Church. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
I occasionally check posts from the past. I found something from a few years ago, which feels right for these hard days, especially in view of future persecution. From a reader… QUAERITUR: Dear Father, I feel [unsafe] going to Church, … Read More
Posted in ASK FATHER Question Box, Linking Back, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices
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ASK FATHER: Attacks on the Vetus Ordo… “Aren’t you worried?”
From a reader… QUAERITUR: What on earth is going on with a new document that will ban the TLM (Traditional Latin Mass)? You seem quiet. Don’t you worry about this? This question represents many notes I’ve received. I’ll answer this. … Read More
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on Daily Rome Shot 1221 – mistreated: “Black to move and mate in 3. [NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t…”
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