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Category Archives: The future and our choices
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
Tagged noad
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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
Mala tempora currunt!
I saw a pipiatio on Pipiatum (X) about Cicero’s oration against Cataline. It brought back many memories. Not that I was there… but I was, sort of. I studied it in school. Also, there is an inscription from the consulship … Read More
Pentecost Saturday: Wherein Fr. Z rants
Pentecost Saturday Today the Season of Easter comes to an end. The cycle that started with pre-Lent Sunday’s is over. Being an Ember Saturday, there would be a vigil in the night in preparation for ordinations to the priesthood at … Read More
“They must make the noise they can, because if they cease for a moment, we hear the calls of sanity and sweetness again…”.
A while back I wrote a review of Anthony Esolen’s fine book Nostalgia. HERE In it, I wrote: How often is the charge of “nostalgia” flung as a cliché into the teeth of those who desire, with their legitimate aspirations, the … Read More
Posted in Linking Back, Our Catholic Identity, Pò sì jiù, The future and our choices
Tagged Anthony Esolen, We Are Our Rites
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The shift toward “the old ways” is really a step forward into the future.
There is an interesting piece – interesting because it was in the first place written and published – from the AP about the shift among younger Catholics to “conservative” and even – gasp – traditional ways. HERE ‘A step back … Read More
“you must not remember your forefathers…” Wherein Fr. Z rants.
I ran into a notable quote today at one of my daily stops, the estimable Laudator. The quote is from the work On the False (or Dishonest) Embassy by the ancient Athenian orator Demosthenes (+384 BC). The context is the negotiation of the … Read More
Posted in Hard-Identity Catholicism, Pò sì jiù, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices
Tagged Demosthenes, noad, tradition
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