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“He [Satan] will set up a counter-Church which will be the ape of the Church because, he the devil, is the ape of God. It will have all the notes and characteristics of the Church, but in reverse and emptied of its divine content. It will be a mystical body of the anti-Christ that will in all externals resemble the mystical body of Christ. In desperate need for God, whom he nevertheless refuses to adore, modern man in his loneliness and frustration will hunger more and more for membership in a community that will give him enlargement of purpose, but at the cost of losing himself in some vague collectivity.”
“Who is going to save our Church? Not our bishops, not our priests and religious. It is up to you, the people. You have the minds, the eyes, and the ears to save the Church. Your mission is to see that your priests act like priests, your bishops act like bishops.”- Fulton Sheen
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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
- “The sky is crying…” – The Vigil and Tears of St. Lawrence
- Daily Rome Shot 528, etc.
- Wherein Fr. Z rants and recommends a must read entry at NLM
- Meanwhile, the Novus Ordo is the only expression of the Roman Rite… not.
- ASK FATHER: The faithful put blood, sweat, and tears into the building, revival of churches, parishes. Given how bishops them them, is there recourse in Canon Law?
- Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 9th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O. 19th Sunday)
- Daily Rome Shot 527, etc.
- If a law isn’t accepted, it is essentially no law at all. Traditionis? Time will tell. Novus Ordo? Time has told.
- ASK FATHER: Considering the chaos surrounding ‘Traditionis custodes” could we say that, in effect, it is no law at all?
- Daily Rome Shot 526, etc.
- FATHERS! LAITY! Are you ready?
- Daily Rome Shot 525, etc.
- ASK FATHER: I failed to do my confession penance. Now what?
- Daily Rome Shot 524, etc.
- Daily Rome Shot 523, etc.
- Hilarious statement from the Archdiocese of Chicago about the suppression of the Institute of Christ the King
- ASK FATHER: Should displaced Catholics attend the Novus Ordo? Wherein Fr. Z rants.
- Just Too Cool: Mars rover Curiosity is 10 years old
- VIDEO – A message from Card. Burke to the readership of Fr. Z’s Blog
- Daily Rome Shot 522, etc.
- “Si vis pacem para bellum!” Traditional Catholic Activism? Possible? Necessary? Unavoidable? A mind exercise.
- Daily Rome Shot 521, etc. and…
- Daily Rome Shot 520, etc.
- 3.5% of a group can bring the group down, turn it around, or take it over.
- “Beautiful? The FAITHFUL paid for that. Because they WANTED it. And they trusted. They trusted.”
- Invoking “Grandmother of the West”….? What is THAT all about?
- Daily Rome Shot 519, etc.
- D. Arlington: more accompaniment for the faithful who desire the Vetus Ordo
- Francis: Grandmother of the West, invoked, to open the great circle and then blasts at “traditionalists”.
- Daily Rome Shot 518, etc.
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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Fr. Z’s Predictions for 2022
2022 Predictions 1) Republicans will sweep the House and win a majority in the Senate. 2) There will be more Traditional Latin Masses celebrated by the end of 2022 than there were in 2021. 3) Liberal, aberrant NO Masses will … Read More
Fr. Z’s Predictions for 2021
2021 Predictions 1. Pres. Trump’s victory in the 2019 election will be acknowledged, even if the loser is installed. 2. Pres. Trump will support primaries of RINOs nationwide to reform the GOP. 3. Face Diaper Control Religion will continue with … Read More
Fr. Z’s Predictions for 2020
2020 Predictions 1. Pres. Trump will be reelected in an historic landslide. 2. Pres. Trump will get yet another SCOTUS pick. 3. The Pachamama idol worship will not die and the Holy See will promote even more earth/climate worship/panic. 4. … Read More
Fr. Z’s Predictions for 2019
2019 Predictions 1. Pres. Trump will get yet another SCOTUS pick. 2. Francis and the meeting in Rome about protection of minors will miss the point of The Present Crisis and do nothing concrete. 3. The Diocese of Madison will … Read More
Fr. Z’s Predictions for 2018
2018 Predictions 1. Pres. Trump will acknowledge North Korea a nuclear state to diffuse the military option. 2. The building of The Wall will begin. 3. Justice Kennedy will resign from the Supreme Court, and Pres. Trump will get another … Read More
Fr. Z’s Predictions for 2017
Right out of the gate this year! ObamaCare (aka “Affordable” Care Act) will be repealed. Construction will begin on The Wall. Pres. Trump’s first international trip will be to Jerusalem. Pres. Trump will appoint two Justices to the Supreme Court. … Read More
Fr. Z’s Predictions for 2016
Just as the Magi were late to the game, so too am I. Fr. Z’s Predictions for 2016 1. Francis will still be Pope. 2. Pres. Obama will continue to trample on the US Constitution. 3. The Holy Year of … Read More
Fr. Z’s Predictions for 2015
Fr. Z’s Prediction for 2015 1. The Synod of Bishops on the Family will be rigged and explosive. 2. The “AFFORDABLE” Care Act will continue to flop and to be unpopular. 3. The number of places in which Extraordinary Form (TLM) Masses are … Read More
Fr Z’s Predictions for 2014
Fr. Z’s Predictions for 2014 1. Israel will attack Iran (still waiting for this one) 2. SCOTUS will rule in favor of the Bishops on the HHS Mandate (still waiting on this too) 3. The “AFFORDABLE” Care Act will continue … Read More
Fr. Z’s Predictions for 2012
Israel will attack Iran (one of these years I’ll be right about this). NCR will name an old, disgruntled, liberal woman religious (or maybe a few) as person of the year. H.E. Most Rev. Robert Finn will still be Bishop … Read More
Grading my 2010 Predictions
Last year on this 1st day of the year, I made some predictions because people asked for some. Let’s see how I did. I’ll grade myself. 18 is a perfect score The TLM will continue to get traction as aging-hippies … Read More
Fr. Z’s predictions for 2010
I have had over a dozen e-mail requests for my predictions for 2010. I’ll dash off a few just for fun! Animi caussa! The TLM will continue to get traction as aging-hippies leave the scene and younger priests with less … Read More