Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 5th Sunday after Epiphany (N.O. 5th Ordinary) 2025

Posted on 9 February 2025 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

In the Vetus Ordo, it’s the 5th Sunday after Epiphany.  In the Novus Ordo, it is the 5th Sunday in Ordinary (Ordered) Time.    Green vestments for one more Sunday in the Vetus Ordo.

Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Sunday Mass of obligation?

Share the good stuff.  Quite a few people are forced to sit through really bad preaching.  Even though you can usually find – if you are willing to try – at least one good point in a really bad sermon, that can be a trial.  So… SHARE THE GOOD STUFF which you were fortunate enough to receive!

Tell about attendance especially for the Traditional Latin Mass. I hear that it is growing. Of COURSE.

Any local changes or (hopefully good) news?  We really need good news.

I have some thoughts posted at One Peter Five.

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“Put on the bowels of mercies”.   That sounds great.  So great does it sound to modern ears that most contemporary translations choose “heart of compassion”, or some such.   The Greek σπλάγχνα (splágchna) means the viscera: intestines, lungs, other internal organs.    We get our word “spleen” from the Greek.

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Look at these poor backwardists

Posted on 9 February 2025 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Look at these poor backwardists, kneeling to receive Communion. Don’t they understand that there would be bishops in these USA who know better?!? At least there’s no terrible Communion rail!

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Daily Rome Shot 1241 – a lucky man

Posted on 8 February 2025 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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This man is lucky that The Great Roman™ isn’t in charge of his subsequent treatment.

In chessy news… HERE

White to move and mate in 3.

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Daily Rome Shot 1240

Posted on 7 February 2025 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

 

I’m on the road still.   Last night we made a food foray into deepest darkest Queens for Chinese at a now favorite place.

Starting with soup dumplings.

The spoons at the restaurant (blue and white on the left) are too small to eat these dumplings with anything like efficiency.   Hence, I ordered larger spoons (white) with a deeper bowl and a little wider.    The gals at the restaurant were amused and got into it by offering the spoon on the right, but it wasn’t any larger than the white one and it was more awkward, since it could not stand on its own.

One of our number wanted the crispy shrimp in mayo.

A wonderful and very spicy stew with chicken.   In this case, I hit something which brought flaming spicy tears and a clear sinus.

Crispy beef.

The traditional Benedictines of Le Barroux can send you great wine.

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Cumin lamb, which we usually get.  It was excellent this time.

What a pleasure to get great Chinese before heading south to the worst Chinese anywhere.  Well… maybe not the very worst.

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A very cook picture of Venus, where there is no Chinese food option at all.

In chessy news… HERE

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VIDEO: Can a bishop forbid Communion at a Communion rail? A canonist responds.

Posted on 6 February 2025 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I light of sad development I posted on recently, there’s this.  It’s not long.

Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, OP, is an accomplished canonist. I think he makes the right point also about the moral issue involved. The question is to be asked. If the bishop says no Communion at the rail, and people go to the rail anyway, what is the priest to do? Deny them Communion? That CAN’T be right.

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As a matter of fact, Redemptionis Sacramentum forcefully underscores that people have the right to receive kneeling and on the tongue. If there is a Communion rail, where should a person kneel to receive?

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Has anyone had a problem with the “combox” form?

Posted on 6 February 2025 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Every once in a while, I’ve seen someone mention that they could not leave a comment.   As a matter of fact, a few days ago I noticed that there was no combox form under a post.  Then it was back.

It’s maybe optimistic to ask people to leave a comment about a possibly faulty comment form, but… here goes.

Has anyone had a problem?   If you can’t see a combox form, write to me HERE.

NB: Only those of you who are registered and approved can leave comments.   Also, all comments automatically go into a queue for moderation.

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Daily Rome… er um… Catania Shot 1239

Posted on 6 February 2025 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From Catania for the Feast of St. Agatha…


Another parish is being bullied by the bishop. They are using the Communion rail at the parish and the people like it and want it. The bishop comes, sees what they are doing (aka “sees they are happy”?) and says “Stop using the rail”.

“I am the good shepherd”.

The pastor’s comment in their parish bulletin HERE.

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This is a MUST SEE.   The guest, Fr. Kirby, hits it outta da’ park:

More of this will happen, I think.  Parishes should have a consideration for security.

As we say in Rome on reading of this… “MA VA!”

In chessy news… HERE

My guy Wesley So is in Düsseldorf to play in the Bundesliga.  He did a video interview.

White to move and mate in 4.

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Daily Rome Shot 1238

Posted on 5 February 2025 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The Ave Maria Bell doesn’t ring in Brooklyn.  At least, I’d wager that it doesn’t.   But if it did, it would ring in the 17:45 cycle until 9 February, when it would shift to 18:00.

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Last night we went to a great pub. It was taco night, so …

… they were definitely NY tacos, if you get my drift. Not bad. Pretty good as food, just not …. tacos, properly understood.

The burger, on the other hand, was excellent. There’s nothing like a cheeseburger after a transatlantic flight and over 10 days of ketchup deprivation.

In churchy news…

Protected for years…

In chessy news… HERE

Black to move and mate in 2. Find it in … 30 seconds! GO!! CLICK

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PENTIN on “Trump’s Early Decisions Expose Damage Caused by Vatican Complicity With Democrat-Run Globalism”

Posted on 5 February 2025 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Ed Pentin has an important post at his blog: HERE

Trump’s Early Decisions Expose Damage Caused by Vatican Complicity With Democrat-Run Globalism, Says Italian Scholar

A taste…

In sum, Fontana said the Church’s alignment with these policies of globalism has resulted in damage to society, economic crises, social tensions, and a weakening of the Church’s teaching on key moral issues.

It isn’t long, but it is packed. It isn’t happy new, but it is necessary.

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ROME DAY 25/01 11: Time to go. My View For A While

Posted on 4 February 2025 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The sun rise is about a half hour away as I write this sentence, at 07:17.  It will set long after my departure: 17:31.

The Ave Maria Bell is still in the 17:45 cycle.

All is ready in the apartment.  My ride to the airport is booked.

I achieved everything on my list that I wanted to do during this short trip.    Not bad for Rome, which has a tendency to fight you, if you do not know her ways.

A couple last glances of The Parish… sniff. It’s always hard to leave.

I don’t always carb in the morning but today I was pressed for time. A bar I know across from where I used to stay makes their own cornetti. This was still so wonderfully warm from the oven and the smell in the place was terrific. Perfection.

Lots of inbound traffic today but once we got out of the Trastevere Tangle the trip to FCO went quickly. I had a terrific woman driver whose brother took me last time. Punctual and nice. Driving since 2008 I think she said. I’ll use them again anytime.

A330-900

I am hoping there will be an empty seat by me. Who knows.

Last flight had no WiFi so I am not optimistic about this one.

If you in your kindness will think of it, occasionally say a prayer for the safety of this flight over the next 10 hours or so, to get us off the the ground and back (gently).

Itinerarium clericorum.

UPDATE

Doors are closed!

 

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