About this blog…
“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
Coat of Arms by D Burkart
This REALLY helps! And it’s great coffee (and tea)
Donate using VENMO
CLICK and say your daily offerings!
A Daily Prayer for Priests
Do you have a faithful Catholic website that needs competent and reliable tech support?
Fr. Z’s VOICEMAIL
Nota bene: I do not answer these numbers or this Skype address. You won't get me "live". I check for messages regularly.
WDTPRS
020 8133 4535
651-447-6265YOUR RECENT COMMENTS
Skeinster on ASK FATHER: In confession, the priest insisted on his Act of Contrition rather than the one I know.: “There is a scene towards the end of “The Detective”, a police movie from the early 50’s in which one…”
on That’s not what I expected to see.: “Last year’s ridiculous Vatican Nativity Scene also had its defenders: “Many of the negative reactions are simply the result of…”
on ASK FATHER: In confession, the priest insisted on his Act of Contrition rather than the one I know.: “In addition to giving several forms of the act of contrition, the rubrics for this sacrament seem to say (sorry…”
on ASK FATHER: In confession, the priest insisted on his Act of Contrition rather than the one I know.: “Here in Poland the preists never ask for an Act of Contrition. Instead it is taught to all children to…”
on ASK FATHER: In confession, the priest insisted on his Act of Contrition rather than the one I know.: “Dear JakeMC, well, the French don’t use the intimate form. The “tu” was forcibly introduced in the liturgy reform for…”
on ASK FATHER: In confession, the priest insisted on his Act of Contrition rather than the one I know.: “BThompson: Glad to see that someone out there understands the difference between “You” and “Thee.” When we call God “Abba,”…”
on ASK FATHER: In confession, the priest insisted on his Act of Contrition rather than the one I know.: “I am going to run slightly askew from everyone above: when I was taught to go to confession (about 1969),…”
on In a time when 75% of US Catholics don’t believe in the Real Presence… NEWSFLASH!!!! … 75% of bishops vote to teach about the Eucharist!: “On November 14, 2006, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a document, “Happy Are Those Who Are Called…”
on ASK FATHER: In confession, the priest insisted on his Act of Contrition rather than the one I know.: “If I may suggest an alternative possibility … In one place were I once was as a visiting priest for…”
on ASK FATHER: In confession, the priest insisted on his Act of Contrition rather than the one I know.: “Prayerful: the version you quote is the one I learned in Ireland back in the 60s with the very small…”
on WDTPRS – 4th Sunday after Pentecost: “O Captain, my Captain!”: “I think one person’s “banal” is another person’s “beautiful in its simplicity”. That’s all.”
on ASK FATHER: In confession, the priest insisted on his Act of Contrition rather than the one I know.: “Confession of a confession of a confiteor. I had been away from the sacrament for some time and the priest…”
on ASK FATHER: In confession, the priest insisted on his Act of Contrition rather than the one I know.: “The Act of Contrition I say is the form for Ireland, which is: ‘Oh my God! I am heartily sorry…”
on ASK FATHER: In confession, the priest insisted on his Act of Contrition rather than the one I know.: “Both my husband and I were prepared for our first confessions by our parents. My husband “dreads the loss of…”
on ASK FATHER: In confession, the priest insisted on his Act of Contrition rather than the one I know.: “I could conceive of a charitable read wherein a priest with a desire to be faithful, or who has had…”
I use this when I travel both in these USA and abroad. Very useful. Fast enough for Zoom. I connect my DMR (ham radio) through it. If you use my link, they give me more data. A GREAT back up.
This blog has to earn its keep!
PLEASE subscribe via PayPal if it is useful.
That way I have steady income I can plan on, and you wind up regularly on my list of benefactors for whom I pray and for whom I periodically say Holy Mass.
In view of the rapidly changing challenges I now face, I would like to add more $10/month subscribers. Will you please help?
For a one time donation...
Yes, Fr. Z is taking ads…
Be a “Zed-Head”!
CHALLENGE COINS!
My "challenge coin" for my 25th anniversary of ordination in 2016.
Want one? I do exchanges with military and LEOs, etc.
PLEASE RESPOND. Pretty pleeeease?
Loading ...This is really useful when travelling… and also when you aren’t and you need backup internet NOW! I use this for my DMR “Zednet” hotspot when I’m mobile. It’s a ham radio thing.
If you travel internationally, this is a super useful gizmo for your mobile internet data. I use one. If you get one through my link, I get data rewards.
WDTPRS POLL
Loading ...Fr. Z’s stuff is everywhere
Help support Fr. Z’s Gospel of Life work at no cost to you. Do you need a Real Estate Agent? Calling these people is the FIRST thing you should do!
They find you a pro-life agent in your area who commits to giving a portion of the fee to a pro-life group!
GREAT causes to support
Help Monks in Wyoming (coffee – UPDATED LINK) and Norcia (beer) and the wonderful "Soap Sisters" of Summit, NJ!
Please follow me on Twitter!
Tag Archives: Fr. Hunwicke
Wherein Fr. Hunwicke made me laugh.
Fr. Hunwicke has, at his indispensable blog, an informative piece which literally made me laugh. Father immediately drew my attentive reading through his title: “Papa Lambertini’s conundrum”. Papa Lambertini is, as you know, one of my favorites favourites among the … Read More
Wherein Fr. Hunwicke amuses
Today at his engaging spot, Mutual Enrichment, Fr. Hunwicke amuses. He begins with a riff on the stole Benedict XVI wore when he visited England. He ends with a suggestion that if Francis is really interested in “the peripheries” would would … Read More
“Association of the Lord’s Body with the needs of our bodies, and of his Blood with the needs of our souls…”
There is a terrific post at Fr. Hunwicke’s Mutual Enrichment today. He drills into the famous Anglican “humble crumble” or, better, the Prayer of Humble Access which those in the Anglican communion were/are wont to recite. Let’ s have a taste … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, The Drill
Tagged Fr. Hunwicke, Prayer of Humble Access
3 Comments
3 Comments
Renaissance triumphalist crowing both in bad taste and divisive
I saw a mordantly amusing comment from Fr. Hunwicke over at his blog HERE. He mused about the recent 50th anniversary of Paul VI going to a Roman parish to say Mass in Italian. Perpend. My emphases and added … Read More
Will Pope Francis be the only able-bodied diocesan bishop NOT to celebrate Mass of the Last Supper with priests and people?
From the marvelous Fr. Hunwicke. I had to smile. HERE Job Sharing? Why don’t people swap roles occasionally? Fr Lombardi could go riding around in airliners making remarks to journalists; then the Holy Father could do the News Conferences explaining … Read More
Posted in Decorum, Lighter fare, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Mail from priests
Tagged Fr. Hunwicke
15 Comments
15 Comments
Learn from Luther… and kneel to receive Holy Communion!
The brilliant Fr. Hunwicke has a keen eye. To wit: Learning from Luther Cardinal Marx believes in learning from Luther. Today, Rorate publishes a nice early engraving of Lutherans receiving Holy Communion into their mouths, and kneeling. Nuff’ said. Here … Read More
Father’s job is to say “No.”
I have been saying for a very long time now that the Pope’s first job is to say “No.” The job of bishops, priests, fathers in general, is to say “No.” Whether your children are plotting to make a go-cart … Read More
“Does it apply to murderers and pedophiles?”
There is a good post at Fr. Hunwicke’s place pertaining to the admittance of the civilly remarried to Holy Communion. With my emphases: Updating One gathers … as we grandly say in England … that brilliant ways are being mooted in Synodo … Read More
Where are the September Ember Days? (And some other fascinating stuff!)
In the Roman tradition we observe the Ember Days four times a year, around the changes of the seasons, during Lent, at Pentecost, and close to St. Lucy’s Day and Exaltation of the Cross (“Lenty, Penty, Crucy, Lucy”). These days … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, The Drill
Tagged 1962MR, 1965MR, Ember Days, Fr. Hunwicke
24 Comments
24 Comments
Wherein Father chuckles
Over a Fr. Hunwicke’s place I read a line that made me chuckle: Now, look here, Father, if you can’t be more pastorally sensitive and inclusive, I shall have to forbid you to say the Novus Ordo … so you’d better get … Read More
More on Brentwood Butler and revolt against the ICEL translation
A little while ago, a priest of the Diocese of Brentwood (UK), Fr. Michael Butler – director of the diocesan commission for liturgy, sent a letter to the priests of that diocese, and to the über-liberal, dissident weekly publication The … Read More
Posted in Fr. Z KUDOS, Liberals, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Mail from priests, The Drill
Tagged D. Brentwood, dissent, Fr Michael J. Butler, Fr. Hunwicke, ICEL, language, Latin, liberals, liturgy, translation
16 Comments
16 Comments
Oxford University’s Latin Sermon
Fr. John Hunwicke apparently received permission from Msgr. Newton of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham to preach Oxford University’s Latin Sermon from Newman’s pulpit. The text (I received along with it the paraphrase, which is not my rendering): … Read More
