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on Episcopal cathedral in Albuqerque to insult the Church by hosting a fake ordination of a Jesuit-trained “wymyn”. Wherein Fr. Z makes a proposal.: “GrantM: No problem, just replace that tune with “Ordain a Lady.” You’re welcome! Let’s dip into the lyrics: “I need…”
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on Episcopal cathedral in Albuqerque to insult the Church by hosting a fake ordination of a Jesuit-trained “wymyn”. Wherein Fr. Z makes a proposal.: “Years ago I heard a homily on the Real Presence by a good priest. This priest mentioned that when he…”
on Episcopal cathedral in Albuqerque to insult the Church by hosting a fake ordination of a Jesuit-trained “wymyn”. Wherein Fr. Z makes a proposal.: “Her “diaconal ordination” was an especially shabby affair even for the women’s ordination crowd. It took place in the breakfast…”
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on Episcopal cathedral in Albuqerque to insult the Church by hosting a fake ordination of a Jesuit-trained “wymyn”. Wherein Fr. Z makes a proposal.: “I visited her website (it’s an altar to herself) and even listened to one of her homillies, last sunday’s: it…”
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Tag Archives: Biological Solution
ACTION ITEM! Help with a liberal ‘c’atholic survey!
ACTION ITEM! One of our regular readers here brought this to my attention. I alert you to a survey put out by some folks who seem to want 1975 back. You might want to help them people with their survey! … Read More
Are the aging-hippies burying Benedict’s legacy?
I have written a few times about the priest in the Diocese of Brentwood, UK, a man of a certain age who – inexplicably – was in charge of the diocesan liturgy office, who sent a letter to The Tablet … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Benedict XVI, Biological Solution, Fr. John Hunwicke, translation
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19 Comments
Wherein Fr. Z posts his annual rant on BLUE vestments and then sings to you. POLL!
Some veteran readers here know about my annual rant about BLUE vestments during Advent. Lest all other Advent considerations – such as the coming of the Lord – be overshadowed, herein I rant. I believe this dopey liturgical abuse is … Read More
QUAERITUR: Can a rector or bishop forbid seminarians or priests use of the cassock?
From a reader: In my diocese there are a small number of seminarians who wish to wear their cassock after their first year of study at the seminary. They have approached the bishop and rector about doing so, but both have refused to … Read More
Ass. of Catholic Priests formed to push passé liberal agenda
The National Schismatic Reporter has an online piece about a new group for ultra-liberal priests called the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests. The group is comprised of self-described “Vatican II priests”. In 2012, 240 people showed up for a meeting and … Read More
Posted in Liberals, Pò sì jiù, Priests and Priesthood
Tagged Association of Catholic Priests, Biological Solution
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66 Comments
Hopeful vibrant continuity v. the grim liberal watchmen
Over at Views From The Choir Loft there is a good post about music, and Latin, and our heritage in the Latin Church. The writer is Dr. Peter Kwasniewski who teaches at Wyoming Catholic College. Vatican II says that “care should … Read More
Who are these ‘c’atholic liberals? Young Catholics don’t know and don’t care.
I recently posted about Sr. Joan Chittister and the Council of Elders. HERE. Judging from my email feedback about that post, I realize that many of my visitors have never heard of the Council of Elders. Many would never have … Read More
The Older Courtesies and the Gravitational Pull
A deeper sense of decorum is needed in our worship. The older form of Holy Mass of the Roman Rite, the Usus Antiquior, must return – and will return – in strength. Recovery of the older form will exert a … Read More
An analysis of Richard McBrien’s latest whine
Over at American Catholic my friend The Motley Monk saved me some time and effort by providing a good look at the increasingly irrelevant and yet always disappointing Richard McBrien, dissenter and retired ailing prof at Notre Dame. McBrien, who … Read More
Posted in Liberals, The Drill
Tagged Archbp. Viganò, Biological Solution, Notre Dame, Richard McBrien
15 Comments
15 Comments
How times have changed!
When I first came to Rome, lo those decades ago, it was nearly impossible to find any beautiful sacred vessel in the shops. Market forces, however, have shifted inventories decisively away from the hideous globs of who-knows-what gray metal covered … Read More
The Gravitational Pull v The Biological Solution
Brick by brick… college by college… From a reader: Thought you might like to know that Franciscan University just celebrated its first Solemn High Mass for the patronal feast of Christ the King (for Christ the King Chapel). I know … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Brick by Brick, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged ars celebrandi, Biological Solution, Brick by Brick, Extraordinary Form, Franciscan University, Steubenville
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11 Comments
Signs of revival
At the site of Catholic World Report there is and interview with author Roger Kimball about his new book, The Fortunes of Permanence: Culture and Anarchy in an Age of Amnesia (UK link HERE). Within the interview you will find this … Read More
GUEST RANT: Many languages for Mass and fake “unity”
From a priest: In my diocese we are often asked (read, expected, pressured) to participate in or to celebrate Masses in more than one language in the name of multi-culturalism. I am not talking Latin here. The result is that … Read More
QUAERITUR: Tired of outdated liberal liturgy, bad doctrine, no TLM. What do we do?
From a reader: I’m a 28 year old, white, married, male with 3 children, a decent job, two degrees in Theology and an ever-growing chip on my shoulder. I know enough to know that there is always a “storm period” … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box
Tagged Biological Solution, Bux Protocol, TLM, vocations
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41 Comments
QUAERITUR: Seminary monitors seminarians’ email, surfing. Wherein Fr. Z administers tough love.
In the USA huge strides have been taken back toward sanity in the Catholic Church’s seminaries. The “biological solution” is having its way with the liberals and modernists who have dominated chanceries and seminaries for decades. Though some hang on … Read More
I sense a trend.
Over at Orwell’s Picnic there is a post entitled “Face it, Hippies”, which this graph. I sense a trend. The growth is slow, some will say. But there is growth. There is growth in several important spheres of the Church’s … Read More
I just don’t get it. Do they hate what they claim to want to be?
Over at Coo-ees In The Cloister: Look at this photo. What does it say to you? What questions come to mind as you look at the way these people are dressed, at the signs they are holding? Is there any … Read More
Posted in Lighter fare, Throwing a Nutty
Tagged affirmation/negation, Biological Solution, post-modernism, women's ordination, wymyn
45 Comments
45 Comments
QUAERITUR: What should we do when priests do stupid things?
Priests are people too. But sometimes I think, “Listen, pal. If you are too stupid to follow the rites for sacraments as they are written, maybe you should be working as a dishwasher.” From a reader: If you post this … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged Biological Solution, confession, sacrament of penance, Temple Police
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What the Ordinary Form brings to the Extraordinary Form: the question of Mutual Enrichment
Since Universae Ecclesiae has been issued the subject of the “mutual enrichment” of the older and newer, the Extraordinary and Ordinary Forms of the Roman Rite has reemerged. For going on two decades now, I have been saying that – … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Brick by Brick, Linking Back, Mail from priests, Our Catholic Identity, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill, The future and our choices, Universae Ecclesiae, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged Biological Solution, gravitational pull, hermeneutic of continuity, mutual enrichment, tertium quid, UE 6, Universae Ecclesiae
79 Comments
79 Comments
