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- Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on ROME 26/5– Day 64: If you are not over the target, they don’t shoot at you.: “On the mixed seafood plate there are various raw slices of fishes, tuna, salmon, swordfish, and a couple of mudbugs…”
- on ROME 26/5– Day 64: If you are not over the target, they don’t shoot at you.: “For those of us in the Midwest crockpot demographic, what exactly do you have on the plates?”
- on ROME 26/5– Day 64: If you are not over the target, they don’t shoot at you.: “Well Father, you’re in good company along with Padre Pio, Cure of Ars… wasn’t it St Teresa of Avila whose…”
- on ROME 26/5– Day 64: If you are not over the target, they don’t shoot at you.: “Father, we arrived in Rome yesterday and I can’t believe we haven’t been hit by a car yet. Or a…”
- on ROME 26/5– Day 64: If you are not over the target, they don’t shoot at you.: “Father, as the quondam ghostwriter of Bishop McButterpants’ diary, as you review the latest encyclical, I thought you might enjoy…”
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- on Pentecost Thursday: No Joy in Mudville: “Fr Z jokingly writes, …[Kai] is also a form of karate associated with a particular kind of snake practiced in…”
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Category Archives: WDTPRS
WDTPRS – Ember Wednesday of Lent (1962MR & 2002MR)
Remember today’s LENTCAzT. COLLECT (1962RM): Devotionem populi tui, quaesumus, Domine, benignus intende: ut, qui per abstinentiam macerantur in corpore, per fructum boni operis reficiantur in mente. In the Novus Ordo the prayer is somewhat softened. Are you getting used to … Read More
WDTPRS – Saturday after Ash Wednesday
Today’s Collect was in the ancient Veronese and Gelasian Sacramentaries, and so it represents the best of the liturgical tradition of the early Church in Rome, formed out of the cultural, intellectual, spiritual milieu of the era. COLLECT: Omnipotens sempiterne … Read More
WDTPRS – Thursday after Ash Wednesday – God crowns His own merits in us
Where does today’s Collect come from? It is present in the Hadrianum and Paduense manuscripts of the so-called “Gregorian Sacramentary“. “But Father! But Father!”, I am sure you say all the time. “What on earth is that?”. The Roman usage … Read More
WDTPRS – Ash Wednesday (2002MR) – BATTLE!
The Roman Station for Ash Wednesday is Santa Sabina on the Aventine Hill. The Collect in the 2002 Missale Romanum, is an ancient prayer found in the Gelasian Sacramentary for the Vigil of Pentecost. It is also among the prayers … Read More
WDTPRS – 9th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Before we head into the weekend, we should have a glance at the Collect, or “Opening Prayer” for the 9th Sunday of Ordinary Time. In the traditional calendar it will be Quinquagesima Sunday which I will get to tomorrow. Easter … Read More
Sacramental reality is no less real than sensible reality
I hammered out and sent in a column for The Wanderer today. Here is something I included this week (modified for the blog): Latin Fathers such as St. Leo the Great saw the season of Lent in sacramental terms. The … Read More
QUESTION FOR READERS about new, corrected translation of the Roman Missal
Do you readers, especially in the USA, know of any bishop who has authorized the use of the new, corrected English translation of the Roman Missal, either for regular use or for occasions? Could you post about it here? Some … Read More
Concerning ashes.
Today is Sexagesimus Sunday. Ash Wednesday is but a week and a half away. “Remember man that thou art dust and unto dust thou shalt return.” I am sure you are making your plans for your Lenten practices. No, really… … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, LENT, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged Ash Wednesday, ashes, LENT, palms. Palm Sunday
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WDTPRS Sexagesima Sunday
In the traditional Roman calendar this Sunday is called Sexagesima, Latin for the “Sixtieth” day before Easter. This number is more symbolic than arithmetical. Last week was the first of these pre-Lenten Sundays, Septuagesima or “Seventieth. The pre-Lenten Sundays prepare … Read More
“a te numquam separari permittas”
I just completed an article for The Wanderer. In this week’s offering I delved into the first of the priest’s possible preparatory prayers before Holy Communion during Mass. In this preparatory prayer we find the phrase “a te numquam separari … Read More
Posted in Our Catholic Identity, WDTPRS
Tagged Dhuoda, hell, Holy Communion, St. Alphonsus Liguori, Thomas a Kempis
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Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on ROME 26/5– Day 64: If you are not over the target, they don’t shoot at you.: “On the mixed seafood plate there are various raw slices of fishes, tuna, salmon, swordfish, and a couple of mudbugs…”
