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“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
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Mariana2 on Pray for a new Pope to who will be… better than we deserve! : “Amen, Father!”
Venerator Sti Lot on ASK FATHER: Priest and the Roman Canon… what do we say now?: “Suburbanbanshee, Thank you! Upon reading your comment, vague memories of that aspect returned – and I now see (thanks to…”
docsmith54 on Pray for a new Pope to who will be… better than we deserve! : “Insofar as USA Catholics may be in tune, there have been three noteworthy revolutions in a three-day stretch; 1. April…”
Fr. Hamilton on The Whatever High Atop The Thing has rushed to the General Congregations BEFORE Cardinals can arrive. What’s the hurry?: “Is this schedule really unusual? I wondered and did a search online (if the results are to be believed). It…”
Benedict Joseph on The Whatever High Atop The Thing has rushed to the General Congregations BEFORE Cardinals can arrive. What’s the hurry?: “It pains me genuinely and deeply to say this, but I have little to no confidence in what is about…”
Fyrdman on ROME 25/4– Day 13: Easter Monday called “of the angel”, Pasquetta, and Happy 2778th Birthday of ROME!: “It organically came up in a conversation that I prayed the Office of the Dead yesterday, and I was admonished…”
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on With the death of Francis, some will have questions about an election: “Imrahil: You’ve put your foot wrong in several places in your response, above. 1) The “dubious enterprise” to which I…”
Saint Rocco the Trubador on Pray for a new Pope to who will be… better than we deserve! : “Praying for a Pope Leo XIV or a Pope Gregory XVII… but a part of me is concerned about the…”
Sportsfan on The Whatever High Atop The Thing has rushed to the General Congregations BEFORE Cardinals can arrive. What’s the hurry?: “Father Z certainly knows more about these things than I, but maybe Farrell is just anxious to hand over responsibility.…”
Imrahil on With the death of Francis, some will have questions about an election: “(which it seems he was trying to do… a doubtful enterprise) Pardon me, but no, and obviously no. Pope Benedict…”
Gregg the Obscure on The Whatever High Atop The Thing has rushed to the General Congregations BEFORE Cardinals can arrive. What’s the hurry?: “i remember that several of tptb made similar noises going into the 2013 conclave. i wouldn’t be surprised if such…”
JabbaPapa on The Whatever High Atop The Thing has rushed to the General Congregations BEFORE Cardinals can arrive. What’s the hurry?: “Epoch Times is worryingly referring to Bergoglio as “Pope Francis I” …”
Sally Anne on Pray for a new Pope to who will be… better than we deserve! : “We need an authentic Pontiff who has the Courage of Christ to raise His True Church from the ashes of…”
TJ on Pray for a new Pope to who will be… better than we deserve! : “It will be a bad omen if the new Pope chooses the name of Francis II.”
TheCavalierHatherly on The Whatever High Atop The Thing has rushed to the General Congregations BEFORE Cardinals can arrive. What’s the hurry?: “At least during the renaissance, the corrupt prelates had good taste in art. *sigh*”
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“Until the Lord be pleased to settle, through the instrumentality of the princes of the Church and the lawful ministers of His justice, the trouble aroused by the pride of a few and the ignorance of some others, let us with the help of God endeavor with calm and humble patience to render love for hatred, to avoid disputes with the silly, to keep to the truth and not fight with the weapons of falsehood, and to beg of God at all times that in all our thoughts and desires, in all our words and actions, He may hold the first place who calls Himself the origin of all things.”
- 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
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- ROME 25/4– Day 14: Easter Tuesday
- The Whatever High Atop The Thing has rushed to the General Congregations BEFORE Cardinals can arrive. What’s the hurry?
- PASCHALCAzT 2025 – 49: Easter Tuesday – Worshiping with our whole being
- ROME 25/4– Day 13: Easter Monday called “of the angel”, Pasquetta, and Happy 2778th Birthday of ROME!
- ASK FATHER: Priest and the Roman Canon… what do we say now?
- ASK FATHER: Octave of Easter, what about Requiem Masses, Votives for the Election of a Pope… Novena to St. Catherine?
- Pray for a new Pope to who will be… better than we deserve!
- With the death of Francis, some will have questions about an election
- PASCHALCAzT 2025 – 48: Easter Monday – Divine Symphony
- ROME 25/4– Day 12: Easter Sunday
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- ROME 25/4– Day 11: Holy Saturday
- “He descended into Hell” – Notes on “The Harrowing of Hell”
- Truth from T.S. Eliot
- LENTCAzT 2025 – 46: Holy Saturday
- ROME 25/4– Day 9-10: Holy Thursday – Good Friday
- Good Friday FASTING and ABSTINENCE explained, links to recipes, notes about what breaks the fast, what doesn’t
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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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Tag Archives: Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh passed away
Rush Limbaugh passed away this morning. We have lost a hero. Pray for him. Requiescat in pace.
Rush has lung cancer. Catholics owe him BIG TIME. Wherein Fr. Z rants. ACTION ITEM!
Rush Limbaugh has advanced lung cancer. He made the sad announcement yesterday. ACTION ITEM: Please pray for a complete, swift, durative miraculous cure for him, perhaps through the intercession of Ven. Augustus Tolton. Every reader here, every committed conservative, faithful … Read More
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Rush Limbaugh on the ending of the Left’s honeymoon with Pope Francis
I have been harping on this for a while: the Left will turn on Francis one day. From Rush Limbaugh’s stack of stuff. He was on the air yesterday. Here is the transcript. My legendary emphases and comments. End of Left’s Honeymoon … Read More
Evangelii gaudium 54 and the attack on “trickle down” economics
There is a controversial paragraph in Evangelii gaudium in which the Pope seems to be attacking “trickle-down” economics. 54. In this context, some people continue to defend trickle-down theories which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will … Read More
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Of apologies and of double-standards
We know that there are two sets of rules, one set for liberals and another for conservatives. I read that Rush Limbaugh apologized for what he called the activist from Georgetown who wants taxpayers to pay for her contraceptives. I … Read More
Defending the defenseless
An interesting catch from Rush’s show made by the Motley Monk: At the beginning of “Open Line Friday,” Rush Limbaugh took President Obama to task for his priorities in the current budget debate and potential shutdown of the federal government. … Read More
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