About this blog…
“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
Coat of Arms by D Burkart
Recent Comments
- waalaw on 26 May 1991: 35th anniversary of ordination – It was Trinity Sunday and St. Philip Neri: “I will never forget the tears (of joy) you shed while saying Mass at Pope St. John Paul II’s tented…”
- on ASK FATHER: “Ghost” or “Spirit”, which is it? Wherein Fr. Z Rants.: “This is the only change that I can think of that made some sense. It’s, in a way, worse than…”
- on ROME 26/5– Day 62 & 63: NEWS: “After a number of false starts 1. Q×g7+ . . . . N×g7 2. N(h5)-f6+ If . . . .…”
- on YOUR URGENT PRAYER REQUESTS: “For those being ordained in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, the Diocese of Austin and the Diocese of Victoria this next…”
- on YOUR URGENT PRAYER REQUESTS: “For son in law to find a full time job (have been praying St Joseph novena for over a year)…”
- on How did we get HERE?: “I listened to this while driving my tractor trailer. Then came home and showed my wife. Fantastic! As a Canadian,…”
- on ROME 26/5– Day 61: initial notes on the encyclical: “Thinking about the incipit (to which the four romance languages come closest, though the German and Polish have the same…”
CLICK and say your daily offerings!
A Daily Prayer for Priests
Fr. Z’s Podcasts RSS Feed
Federated Computer… your safe and private alternative to big biz corporations that hate us while taking our money and mining our data. Have an online presence large or small? Catholic DIOCESE? Cottage industry? See what Federated has to offer. Save money and gain peace of mind.
ABORTION PILL RESCUE NETWORK
Everyone, work to get this into your parish bulletins and diocesan papers.
Donate using VENMO
GREAT BEER from Traditional Benedictine Monks in Italy
Good coffee and tea. Help monks.
I use this when I travel both in these USA and abroad. Very useful. Fast enough for Zoom. I connect my DMR (ham radio) through it. If you use my link, they give me more data. A GREAT back up.
Help support Fr. Z’s Gospel of Life work at no cost to you. Do you need a Real Estate Agent? Calling these people is the FIRST thing you should do!
They find you a pro-life agent in your area who commits to giving a portion of the fee to a pro-life group!
This blog has to earn its keep!
PLEASE subscribe via PayPal if it is useful. Zelle and Wise are better, but PayPal is convenient.
A monthly subscription donation means I have steady income I can plan on. I put you my list of benefactors for whom I pray and for whom I often say Holy Mass.
In view of the rapidly changing challenges I now face, I would like to add more $10/month subscribers. Will you please help?
For a one time donation...
To donate monthly I prefer Zelle because it doesn't extract fees. Use
frz AT wdtprs DOT com
Category Archives: WDTPRS
ASK FATHER: Prayers “for the Pope”
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Prayers are said for the Pope every Mass, but I can only find prayers ABOUT the Pope and his role in the collect for the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter. Are there any others … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
Tagged Oremus Pro Pontifice
1 Comment
1 Comment
WDTPRS: Prayer for enemies – Part II
Today I celebrated a Votive Mass “for any necessity” and I added the orations “for enemies”. I have cause to do so these days. There is a small group of people who are viciously stirring some pretty hateful stuff online. … Read More
WDTPRS: Prayer for enemies
I have motive these days to pray for enemies. QUAERUNTUR: What can be our attitude about enemies? Can we enjoy the death or defeat of an enemy? Must we pray for them? Can we pray against them? There are beautiful … Read More
ASK FATHER: Prayers “for the gift of tears”
In my daily live-stream Mass today I added orations, as I often do, for various needs and purposes. One of the sets of prayer to which I often turn in the section in the traditional Missale Romanum, the Orationes diversae, are Ad … Read More
WDTPRS: Collect of the new Mass “In time of pandemic” v. Collect of traditional Mass, “In time of pestilence”. Wherein Fr. Z rants
Remember: We are our rites. The way we pray has a reciprocal relationship with what we believe. Change our prayers and our belief will, over time, shift and vice versa. This dynamic is at the core of the phrase from … Read More
WDTPRS – Sexagesima Sunday: Some make it but many do not.
In the traditional Roman calendar, last week was the first of the pre-Lenten Sundays, Septuagesima or “Seventieth” before Easter. This Sunday is called Sexagesima, “Sixtieth”. This number is more symbolic than arithmetical. For a fuller explanation, HERE. Pre-Lent Sundays have … Read More
WDTPRS 23 December – The Final O Antiphon – O Emmanuel: The Lawgiver
Today is the final full day before the Vigil of Christmas. In the last days of Advent before the Vigil, the Latin Church sings the O Antiphons for the Magnificat of Vespers. The song O Come O Come Emmanuel is … Read More
Posted in ADVENT, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
Tagged O Antiphons
Comments Off on WDTPRS 23 December – The Final O Antiphon – O Emmanuel: The Lawgiver
Comments Off on WDTPRS 23 December – The Final O Antiphon – O Emmanuel: The Lawgiver
WDTPRS – 22 December – O Rex Gentium: Mud or dust?
A continuation of our look at the O Antiphons for these last few days before Christmas… LATIN: O Rex gentium, et desideratus earum, lapisque angularis, qui facis utraque unum: veni, et salva hominem, quem de limo formasti. ENGLISH: O King … Read More
WDTPRS – 21 December – O Oriens: “O dawn of the East”
We continue our look at the O Antiphons. LATIN: O Oriens, splendor lucis aeternae, et sol iustitiae: veni, et illumina sedentes in tenebris et umbra mortis. ENGLISH: O dawn of the east, brightness of light eternal, and sun of justice: … Read More
Posted in ADVENT, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Turn Towards The Lord, WDTPRS
Tagged O Antiphons
1 Comment
1 Comment
WDTPRS The O Antiphons: 20 December – O Clavis David – The Key to everything
We continue our look at the O Antiphons with today’s O Clavis David Again we hear the theme of Christ as the Liberator. LATIN: O clavis David, et sceptrum domus Israel: qui aperis, et nemo claudit; claudis, et nemo aperit: … Read More
Posted in ADVENT, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
Tagged Antiphonae Maiores, O Antiphons
1 Comment
1 Comment
waalaw on 26 May 1991: 35th anniversary of ordination – It was Trinity Sunday and St. Philip Neri: “I will never forget the tears (of joy) you shed while saying Mass at Pope St. John Paul II’s tented…”
