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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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Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on ROME 25/4– Day 25:: “The collars of the servers are sort of like the collar of St Philip, which means sort of like the…”
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on ROME 25/4– Day 25:: “First… it is a negroni… BUT… it isn’t. It is a “negroni sbagliato”.”
Geoffrey on ROME 25/4– Day 24: Conclave insider stuff and MSM machinations: “The more I learn about him, the more I am hoping that Cardinal Pizzaballa is elected. I think the cardinal…”
edm on ROME 25/4– Day 25:: “Here’s a totally superficial question. Is the white collar on the MC/sacristan and some others a shirt collar, worn over…”
Ariseyedead on ROME 25/4– Day 25:: “Nice pics of Solemn Mass, vespers and the seminarians! A few of the young men have very short surplices. Is…”
JonPatrick on Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 2nd Sunday after Easter 2025 (N.O. 3rd Sunday of Easter): “At our FSSP parish, this being Good Shepherd Sunday, the sermon was about a particular priest who was an example…”
grayanderson on Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 2nd Sunday after Easter 2025 (N.O. 3rd Sunday of Easter): “So, I attended an evening Mass at my old college. It was the first time attending something other than the…”
HFL on ROME 25/4– Day 25:: “I’ll go with an Aperol spritz . . . because of the color and the orange.”
NancyWmichael on ROME 25/4– Day 25:: “It’s a Manhattan surely. If not, it ought to be. Thank you for all you do.”
bigtex on ROME 25/4– Day 25:: “The darker color red suggests whiskey instead of gin, so is it a boulevardier? The cocktail is an American invention,…”
VForr on St. Monica, her incipient alcoholism, the intervention that saved her. WORLD HISTORY CHANGING in an INSTANT!: “A timely reminder that I needed to hear. Thank you, Father.”
Philmont237 on Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 2nd Sunday after Easter 2025 (N.O. 3rd Sunday of Easter): “My oldest son received Confirmation and his first Holy Communion this weekend!!! Deo Gratias!!!! He took the name Paul Miki,…”
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on ROME 25/4– Day 25:: “Matt: Oooo… sooooo close. You get points for that. But.. not… quite.. close.”
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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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"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 25/4– Day 26:
- St. Monica, her incipient alcoholism, the intervention that saved her. WORLD HISTORY CHANGING in an INSTANT!
- ROME 25/4– Day 25:
- Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 2nd Sunday after Easter 2025 (N.O. 3rd Sunday of Easter)
- ROME 25/4– Day 24: Conclave insider stuff and MSM machinations
- ROME 25/4– Day 23: What’s up?
- Orationes pro eligendo Romano Pontifice – Prayers for the Election of a Roman Pontiff (Fr. Z’s and Card. Burke’s)
- ROME 25/4– Day 22: bare bones
- ROME 25/4– Day 21: Market forces
- Explanation of a how a Conclave works: another Roman dialect sonnet “der Belli”
- With respect, I think Archbp. Viganò is wrong.
- VIDEO: Gavin Ashenden distills the last 12 years or so poignantly and pointedly
- VIDEO Message from Card. Burke before and for the Conclave
- Another Roman dialect sonnet about the papal funeral in St. Peter’s
- ROME 25/4– Day 20: Tolling and rolling
- FLASH: Conclave to begin on 7 May
- Orationes pro eligendo Romano Pontifice – Prayers for the Election of a Roman Pontiff (Fr. Z’s and Card. Burke’s)
- PASCHALCAzT 2025 – 54: Low Sunday – “scandal, hypocrisy, bland liturgies, false teaching, broken families, sin and sinners everywhere.”
- ROME 25/4– Day 19: Low Sunday – with a grand digression
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- ROME 25/4– Day 18: Easter Saturday
- Sonnet about the papal funeral procession
- PASCHALCAzT 2025 – 53: Easter Saturday – More real than now’s real
- Opportunity to get a striking Sacred Heart Flag before June, month of the Sacred Heart
- Closing Francis’ coffin – What did they put in there with him?
- ROME 25/4– Day 17: Easter Friday
- ASK FATHER: Can we eat meat on Friday in the Octave of Easter? (Hint: YES!)
- PASCHALCAzT 2025 – 52: Easter Friday – Marital imagery
- ROME 25/4– Day 16: Easter Thursday
- PASCHALCAzT 2025 – 51: Easter Thursday – The Bride
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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Tag Archives: Angelus Press
UPDATES: Black vestments, Gitmo, challenge coins, and some food
I thought I’d give you updates on a few things. First, regarding the Black Vestments project the mighty TMSM is pushing forward. I had shown ya’ll a photo of the fabric for the set, though it had gold writing, instead … Read More
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BOOKS RECEIVED: Breviarium Romanum
As you know, Summorum Pontificum affirms that priests and those obliged to say the Office, can use the traditional, pre-Conciliar Breviarium Romanum. A while back I answered a query about use of the Breviarium Romanum published by the SSPX. HERE I came down on … Read More
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¿Hablas español? NEW SPANISH/LATIN TLM Hand Missal! And Fr. Z rants.
¿Hablas español? A few days ago, I received a new 1962 hand Missal from Angelus Press to review. It represents an extraordinary achievement. As far as I know, it is the only new 1962 Spanish/Latin Missal now in print. More … Read More
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New, 2012 Ordo has arrived
Thanks to the kind folks at Angelus Press, I have a new Ordo for the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. “But Father! But Father”, some people are about to ask, with a rising pitch: “Why do you write about … Read More
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More Christmas shopping ideas: Angelus Press will have free shipping.
The nice people at Angelus Press wrote to let me know that: … this upcoming Monday, November 28, Angelus Press will be offering Free Shipping on all orders to the continental United States. I’m letting you know since I think … Read More
REVIEW: Roman Catholic Sunday Missal Booklet (Angelus 2002)
Sometime back I was asked about booklets or resources for th e Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite for those who are, perhaps, first timers. The nice people at Angelus Press sent me an example of the Extraordinary Form Mass … Read More
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REVIEW: Baptism booklet (Angelus Press, 2006)
A while back I fielded a question about the celebration of the Sacrament of Baptism in the traditional form, using the older Rituale Romanum. In that discussion the issue of booklets for the use of bystanders came up. The nice … Read More
REVIEW: 2011 Angelus Press Calendar
The kind folks at Angelus Press sent me again this year their wall calendar. This year the calendar features beautiful photos of the illicit but valid ordinations to the priesthood of some of their members, and, it appears, a benedictine … Read More
REVIEW: 2011 Ordo from Angelus Press
The nice people at Angelus Press sent me a 2011 Ordo… the Ordo Divini Officii Persolvendi Missaeque Sacrificii Peragendi Pro Anno Domini 2011. This Ordo is in accordance with the rubrics established by John XXIII in Rubricarum instructum of 25Jul … Read More
REVIEW: Pilgrim’s Guide to Rome’s Principal Churches
My friends at Angelus Press sent me a copy of A Pilgrims Guide to Romes Principal Churches by Fr. Father Tylenda, SJ. Softcover, $29.95. This is a handsome and useful book for anyone who is going to go to Rome … Read More
QUAERITUR: Catholic Calendars
From a reader: Can anyone recommend a good Catholic wall calendar that has the feast days according to the EF use? Okay, folks…. Catholic calendars! Discuss. Extraordinary Forum… Ordinary Form… whatever… I recently received a calendar from my friends … Read More
Intriguing book by SSPX – “The Problem of the Liturgical Reform: A Theological and Liturgical Study
The kind folks at Angelus Press, the publishing arm of the SSPX, recently sent me a copy of The Problem of the Liturgical Reform: A Theological and Liturgical Study by the Society of Saint Pius X. I have no doubt … Read More
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REVIEW: Prayer Crusade for Priests (Angelus Press)
I received from Angelus Press a small book I want to bring to your attention. This little book contains prayers in support of priests. A very good thing to have during this Year for Priests. Inside you kind prayers and … Read More