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- ASK FATHER: Priest says the consecration of the chalice over the host
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- Daily Rome Shot 1645: Homework
- Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 3rd Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 11th Ordinary)
- YOUR URGENT PRAYER REQUESTS
- “…the young are more to be pitied, since they know not of what they have been deprived.”
- Leo XIV to priests on the Feast of the Sacred Heart
- Brooklyn 26/6 – Day 4: Southbound and, yup, we did it again
- Brooklyn 26/6 – Day 3: Amatriciana
- A few things I found today that I think are interesting
- Wherein Fr. Z rants. Benediction using the humeral veil BUT… blessings at Communion time? Fathers! THINK!
- ASK FATHER: For Benediction why the humeral veil?
- Brooklyn 26/6 – Day 2: CHINESE
- ASK FATHER: After Benediction why were the “Divine Praises” not in Latin?
- Brooklyn 26/6 – Day 1: catching up
- ROME 26/6 – Day 76: Brooklyn Bound
- ROME 26/6 – Day 74-75: Last Day
- Your Sunday Sermon Notes – Corpus Christi (transferred)
- ASK FATHER: Why did dioceses stop using the word, “the” before words like “priesthood”, “Eucharist, or “Church?
- ROME 26/6 – Day 72: hot (Novena Day 3)
- ROME 26/6 – Day 71: Real Corpus Christi (Novena Day 2)
- I am not making this up. Could it explain about clerics from a certain country?
- ROME 26/6 – Day 69-70: Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus – DAY 1
- ROME 26/6 – Day 68: hot and humid
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- Your Sunday Sermon Notes – Trinity Sunday
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- 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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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: Card. Burke
The possible demotion of Card. Burke. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
Now that the cat is out of the bag, I’ll post this. I do not like the fact that Sandro Magister posted in this way, however. I’ve been biting the inside of my mouth for a while now. The optimist … Read More
Time in Rome is a sacrifice, not a career move.
UPDATE 30 Aug: In yet another proof that liberals have a nasty streak a mile wide but no sense of humor, Michael Sean Winters at the Fishwrap posted a snarky attack on both me and on Cardinal Burke. Let me … Read More
Pontifical Mass sighting
I am hoping for an widespread outbreak of Pontifical Masses in the traditional form of the Roman Rite. Thus, I was pleased to receive photos of a Pontifical Mass at the Throne celebrated by His Eminence Raymond Card. Burke when … Read More
Card. Cañizares Llovera, Prefect of CDW, transferred to Valencia
The Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, Antonio Card. Cañizares Llovera, has been transferred to Spain at the new Archbishop of Valencia. He will fill the vacancy left with the transfer of Archbishop Carlos Osoro Sierra to Madrid. Thus, rumors that … Read More
Card. Burke with do’s and don’t’s of parish, church closures
Hearts can break when churches close. But if the church cannot be repaired, or if people are not paying the bills… what to do? Sometimes they must close. However, I think there are many case in which a church does … Read More
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The Cardinal (Burke) on concelebration
I have said again and again on this blog and elsewhere that concelebration, several or many priests saying Mass together, should be safe, legal and rare. In the Latin Church this practice has been aggressively promoted since the Second Vatican … Read More
When “NO!” is PASTORAL! Wherein Fr. Z rants.
“Pastoral charity”… note the phrase! His Eminence, Raymond Card. Burke, gave an interview to Polonia Christiana magazine. Lifesite rendered it into English HERE. In one of his responses, the Cardinal said: In the case of a politician or other public figure who … Read More
Opportunity to do a good thing for sick children in a nice Catholic family
Do you remember the story about Card. Burke consoling a little boy who was sad that he could not receive Holy Communion? HERE I received an email: Back in August 2013, you included a photo of Cardinal Burke consoling young … Read More
A few thoughts about changes to the Congregation for Bishops. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
A lot of you are asking by email my take on Pope Francis’ not confirming Card. Burke as a member of the Congregations for Bishops and for Saints. The fact is that the members of these Congregations are routinely shifted … Read More





















