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YOUR RECENT COMMENTS
- Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on Daily Rome Shot 1188 – Ecclesiastical EUTHANASIA!: “White can mate in 2. How long did it take you? [NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next…”
- on The Advent Vespers Hymn – ‘Conditor alme siderum’ or ‘Creator alme siderum’: “Lots of pickles, but no metrical analysis? The best of all analyses? What’s that? *crickets chirping* Well… if you all…”
- on The Advent Vespers Hymn – ‘Conditor alme siderum’ or ‘Creator alme siderum’: “Great condiment man of the stars Supplying ketchup to the bars Making the meats and pastas taste As by some…”
- on ADVENTCAzT 2024 – 01: 1st Sunday of Advent – Come, Lord Jesus!: “We as Traditional Catholics who love the Old Mass usher in Christ for Advent as our Pope ushers him out.”
- on Getting things wrong and then getting it right: “The more irrelevant Fr. Reeses pieces becomes, the more absurd are his words in trying to be relevant- why is…”
- on ADVENTCAzT 2024 – 01: 1st Sunday of Advent – Come, Lord Jesus!: “Once again and as always, Father Z, thank you for your invaluable and inspiring podcasts during holy seasons of the…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1186 – amazing: “In the Netherlands children 12 and over can now commit suicide even for psychological reasons. Can any decent person imagine…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1187: “Time for a resurgence of traditional altar frontals to camouflage the giant cereal bowl. Watts & Co. London have a…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1187: “Well, I think high-school students should be reading Xenophon, Caesar, and Plutarch; they ought to be filling their minds with…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1187: “We got most everything right in the rebuilding of Notre Dame; it was [sadly] to be expected they would get…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1187: “Black to move and mate in 3. [NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t…”
- on Getting things wrong and then getting it right: “To say “Jesus got it wrong” is heresy and denies the divinity of Christ. How easily it seems these modernists…”
- on Why was Gregorian Chant suppressed even though the Council commanded that it be used?: “Yesterday, the Veneration of the skull of St. Thomas Aquinas for his 750th jubilee at St. Dominic’s in DC, drew…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1186 – amazing: “Force the King into the corner without stalemating… 1. Qc1 Ka8 2. Qc8# …took about 6 minutes.”
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Tag Archives: John XXIII
11 Oct 1962 – the opening of Vatican II and John XXIII’s speech
11 October 1962 saw the opening of the Second Vatican Council. John XXIII, brushing off the reservations of advisors and those whom he consulted, determined to have that Council (but who refused to reveal of Secret of Fatima at Our … Read More
Posted in The Coming Storm, The future and our choices, Vatican II
Tagged Gaudet Mater Ecclesia, John XXIII, Vatican II
11 Comments
11 Comments
ASK FATHER: Do priests who celebrate only in the vernacular really know what they are saying?
From a reader…. QUAERITUR: I recently discovered the SCDF declaration Instauratio liturgica (Jan. 25, 1974), which says that the meaning of a translated sacramental formula is that of the original Latin, understood according to the mind of the Church. Especially … Read More
25 January 1959 – 60th anniversary of the calling of Vatican II
On 25 January 1959, just under 3 months after his election to the See of Peter, John XXIII, at St. Paul’s outside-the-walls, stunned his listeners and the rest of the world. 60 years ago he announced the summoning of an Ecumenical … Read More
Anniversary of John XXIII’s 1962 “Gaudet Mater Ecclesia” and how it has been misused #Synod2018 #VaticanII #podcast
Today is the anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council in 1962. At the opening, John XXIII (whose feast it is today) gave a famous speech which is known by its incipt, Gaudet Mater Ecclesia. John XXIII’s speech is … Read More
Posted in Liberals, Linking Back, Pò sì jiù, PODCAzT, Synod
Tagged Card. Cupich, Gaudet Mater Ecclesia, John XXIII, Louis J. Cameli, Synod
7 Comments
7 Comments
Speaking of Eucharistic Processions…
This is too good not to share. Corpus Christi may have passed for this year, but that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy the reportage, even from years ago. John XXIII on Corpus Christi 1960. Compare and contrast? Interesting details.
ASK FATHER: “My 4 year old insists on praying in Latin.” Latin resources for young children?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Thank you for the delightful and edifying omnibus that is your blog. It is my understanding that Pope St. John XXIII or his delegate created a syllabus of works to be read when studying Latin. Do … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box
Tagged 2+2=5, John XXIII, Latin, Veterum Sapientia
34 Comments
34 Comments
ASK FATHER: Is it OK to clap at the end of the recessional hymn at Sunday Mass?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: At our Sunday Masses there is instantaneous applause at the end of the recessional hymn. Is this OK? I have sent many emails to the parish priest and he agreed that this is not correct but … Read More
“lingua latina bene calleant”
Many are the times that I have lamented the nearly complete disobedience to the Code of Canon Law and the expressed will of modern Roman Pontiffs about the Latin language. For example, the 1983 Code of Canon Law, can. 249, … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Cri de Coeur, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Mail from priests, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, Seminarians and Seminaries, Si vis pacem para bellum!, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill, The future and our choices, Universae Ecclesiae, Vatican II
Tagged can. 249, Fr. John Hunwicke, John XXIII, Latin, OT 13, SC 36
35 Comments
35 Comments
Happy Birthday 1962 Missale Romanum, the Missal of St. John XXIII! [puff… sip … puff]
Today is the 52th “birthday” of the 1962 Missale Romanum! Spiffy! And because it is the Vigil of my Name Day, I shall enjoy a cigar from a box of small Macanudo from one of you readers (a priest, as a … Read More
Secret Consistory: How did other Cardinals react to Card. Kasper’s proposals?
Those of who who read Italian my be interested in an article of Marco Tosatti posted at La Stampa which purports to reconstruct some of the discussion in the now-not-so-Secret Consistory during which Card. Kasper delivered his extremely long and now … Read More
Not more Catholic than the Popes
In case you have forgotten already, it’s the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity! I am sure that you have participated in many meaningful celebrations. In the Low Countries, however, a shadow has been cast over this august occasion. Protestants are … Read More
Posted in Francis, Lighter fare, The Drill, Vatican II
Tagged Archd. Utrecht, Card. Eijk, Council of Trent, John XXIII, Pope Francis
19 Comments
19 Comments
450 years ago today: Council of Trent closed!
Today is the 450th anniversary of the closing of the Council of Trent. Let’s think about this for a moment. First, the day the Second Vatican Council opened Pope John XXIII gave an address to the world and to the … Read More
PODCAzT 136: John XXIII opens Vatican II – ‘Gaudet Mater Ecclesia’ – optimism and naïveté, error and continuity
have wanted to do this for some time. Today we have as our guest, Pope John XXIII. I read for you the whole of John’s address to the opening of the Second Vatican Council, a speech called Gaudet Mater Ecclesia, … Read More
Wherein Fr. Z explains what is really going on with the canonizations of John XXIII and John Paul II
Today, in addition to Francis’ dedication of the Vatican City State to St. Michael (and does that place need defense of the attacks of Hell!) and in addition to the release of Benedict’s final encyclical, which is Francis’ first encyclical … Read More
Posted in Francis, The Drill, Vatican II, Year of Faith
Tagged hermeneutic of continuity, hermeneutic of reform, John Paul II, John XXIII, Pope Francis, SSPX, Vatican II
85 Comments
85 Comments
John XXIII, Benedict XVI, and the “speech to the moon”
Tonight there was a candlelight procession in Rome from Castel Sant’Angelo to St. Peter’s Basilica. Benedict XVI spoke to the crowd and made a reference to the famous – especially because it was informal – speech to the crowds by … Read More
Posted in Benedict XVI, Clerical Sexual Abuse, Linking Back, Vatican II
Tagged 11 October 1962, Discorso della luna, John XXIII, Original sin
5 Comments
5 Comments
Was a Council necessary? Explain in 200 words or less.
Fr. Bede Rowe of A Chaplain Abroad has an amusing post about the observance of the anniversary of the Second Vatican Council. He begins: There was a world wide consultation of Bishops before the initial preparation of the Council began. I … Read More
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on Daily Rome Shot 1188 – Ecclesiastical EUTHANASIA!: “White can mate in 2. How long did it take you? [NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next…”
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