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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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- The most evident mark of God’s anger and the most terrible castigation He can inflict upon the world are manifested when He permits His people to fall into the hands of clerics who are priests more in name than in deed, priests who practice the cruelty of ravening wolves rather than the charity and affection of devoted shepherds.
St. John Eudes
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- Venerator Sti Lot on St. Augustine on military service and prayer in time of war: “Locally tangentially, the Wikipedia “Pieds-noirs” article includes re. a 2013 article about Camus “The American author Claire Messud remembered seeing…”
- JabbaPapa on ROME 26/4– Day 24: two beautiful saints: “In some other parts of Italy that would be called foccaccia instead of pizza bianca, the latter appelation being reserved…”
- TheCavalierHatherly on ROME 26/4– Day 24: two beautiful saints: ““The bear bones.” Ossa Ursina. Well, if I can’t have the “vita optima,” I can at least have the “vita…”
- Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on ROME 26/3– Day 22: thanks: “Umm… no risotto. There is a pure of potato. But on the plate is saltimbocca alla romana.”
- JustaSinner on ROME 26/3– Day 22: thanks: “What is the flat items in the plate next to the risotto(?)”
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“Until the Lord be pleased to settle, through the instrumentality of the princes of the Church and the lawful ministers of His justice, the trouble aroused by the pride of a few and the ignorance of some others, let us with the help of God endeavor with calm and humble patience to render love for hatred, to avoid disputes with the silly, to keep to the truth and not fight with the weapons of falsehood, and to beg of God at all times that in all our thoughts and desires, in all our words and actions, He may hold the first place who calls Himself the origin of all things.”
- Prosper of Aquitaine (+c.455), De gratia Dei et libero arbitrio contra Collatorem 22.61
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- “The modern habit of doing ceremonial things unceremoniously is no proof of humility; rather it proves the offender's inability to forget himself in the rite, and his readiness to spoil for every one else the proper pleasure of ritual.”
- C.S. Lewis
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"But if, in any layman who is indeed imbued with literature, ignorance of the Latin language, which we can truly call the 'catholic' language, indicates a certain sluggishness in his love toward the Church, how much more fitting it is that each and every cleric should be adequately practiced and skilled in that language!" - Pius XI
"Let us realize that this remark of Cicero (Brutus 37, 140) can be in a certain way referred to [young lay people]: 'It is not so much a matter of distinction to know Latin as it is disgraceful not to know it.'" - St. John Paul II
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Recent Posts
- ROME 26/4– Day 26:
- Wherein Fr Z is “shocked, shocked!”
- ROME 26/4– Day 25: steak and a peek
- ROME 26/4– Day 24: two beautiful saints
- ROME 26/3– Day 23: Pure hate
- Of computing time, a comma, and the invalidity of Benedict XVI’s abdication
- ROME 26/3– Day 22: thanks
- Nope. People know how doctors dress.
- ROME 26/3– Day 21: More on the Six Hour Clock app
- ROME 26/3– Day 20: WOW! JUST TOO COOL!
Let us pray…
Grant unto thy Church, we beseech Thee, O merciful God, that She, being gathered together by the Holy Ghost, may be in no wise troubled by attack from her foes. O God, who by sin art offended and by penance pacified, mercifully regard the prayers of Thy people making supplication unto Thee,and turn away the scourges of Thine anger which we deserve for our sins. Almighty and Everlasting God, in whose Hand are the power and the government of every realm: look down upon and help the Christian people that the heathen nations who trust in the fierceness of their own might may be crushed by the power of thine Arm. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. R. Amen.
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Updating the different 3 different contact “forms”: Contact, Ask Father, Mass Intention Requests
I’ve changed the plugin for contact forms. Thus, I’ve been making and updating the Contact Form (for general issues) HERE ASK FATHER Question Box HERE Mass Intention Requests HERE I hope they work! After the migration of the blog, there … Read More
Cardinal Eijk’s first Pontifical Mass in the Traditional Roman Rite: “impressive and unforgettable experience”. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
Messa in Latino has the interview. Dutch Cardinal Willem Eijk celebrated his first Pontifical High Mass in the Traditional Roman Rite as an “impressive and unforgettable experience.” Here is part of what the Cardinal said: The Eucharistic celebration at the … Read More
TESTING the POLL plugin to see if it works – your assistance requested – FIXED (I think)
UPDATE: Fixed The “problem” is the way we deploy WordPress means everyone using the plugin seems to come from a single IP address and so only one person can vote. We found a way around it. We might have to … Read More
LENTCAzT 2026 – 36: Wednesday in Passiontide & Annunciation – Good Shepherd in the Mass
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. We hear about San Marcello, the Roman Station. Fr. Parsch addresses the Good Shepherd. Because it is the Feast of the Annunciation we have a musical tribute to … Read More
Fr. McTeigue triggered my PTTSD
This is what I went through. We older guys have something to say to the young guys about this.
ROME 26/3– Day 01: And so it begins
The Roman sunrise was at 06:05 and sunset is at 18:29. The Ave Maria is in the 18:45 cycle. It is the 83rd day of the year and my 1st day in Rome, though tomorrow will be the 1st full … Read More
LENTCAzT 2026 – 35: Tuesday in Passiontide – Christ’s suffering, popular piety
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. We hear about Santa Maria in Via Lata, the Roman Station. A continuation from yesterday with Fr. Parsch who was drilling into Passiontide, ancient and modern views. Yesterday’s … Read More
Test of app and MY VIEW FOR AWHILE: Rome bound
This is a test knish. Rather, test knish-es. It worked. Yay! The app is functioning again. Since I am here, I’m write this at JFK in the lounge waiting to board and to be bored (I hope). I was apprehensive … Read More
Article at The Catholic Thing about the two forms of the Roman Rite
At the wonderful The Catholic Thing you will find an opinion piece by a priest writing under a penname (to avoid the Eye of Sauron as is only correct). The piece is entitled “The ‘Polar Unity’ of the Two Forms … Read More
ROME 26/3– Day 00: Brooklyn and blog
I’ve been somewhat crippled in regard to posting. Since the migration of the blog, some things have either been very slow (the entire admin area) or not working at all, like the app on my phone that allows me to … Read More






















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