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on “Our ordinary world, the one in which we work and fall in love and watch TV—it’s thinner than paper, and the demons pour through it in hordes.”: “My two cents: It is through the Church that Our Lord visibly exercises His dominion over the temporal order. Latin…”
on “Our ordinary world, the one in which we work and fall in love and watch TV—it’s thinner than paper, and the demons pour through it in hordes.”: “Thank you, Father. A question: a well-known exorcist was saying that given the increasing difficulty in shifting demons in these…”
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on ASK FATHER: Is Mass valid if it is offered in a desecrated place? Wherein @fatherz rants.: “Adding abit more to what Seeker earlier reported: The decidedly less-than-transcendent ‘Jerusalema challenge’ dance video was filmed after the Easter…”
on “Our ordinary world, the one in which we work and fall in love and watch TV—it’s thinner than paper, and the demons pour through it in hordes.”: “Tony O. Please read Christine Mohrmann’s “Liturgical Latin, Its Origins & Character, Three Lectures “, found here: https://archive.org/details/LiturgicalLatin. Easy reading.…”
on Daily Rome Shot 154: “The Swiss Guards: a weapon in one hand, a Combat Rosary in the other. Excellent.”
on ASK FATHER: Is Mass valid if it is offered in a desecrated place? Wherein @fatherz rants.: “JakeMC, I strongly disagree that such liturgical “dance” would invalidate the mass.”
on There’s a first time for everything.: “I shared this post with the three of my kids who have an appreciation for the TLM–all in their twenties.…”
on 13 May 609: Dedication of the Roman Pantheon, “Santa Maria ad martyres”. An account of Boniface IV’s exorcism of the temple and the screaming of the demons.: “Is there a good reliable account of Ann Catherine Emmerich’s visions? I have seen a lot of talk on social…”
on Sign of the Times #8470: “Xiden’s regime announced a similar program that amounts to non governmental types reporting potential American citizens that might be thinking…”
on “Our ordinary world, the one in which we work and fall in love and watch TV—it’s thinner than paper, and the demons pour through it in hordes.”: “The Church’s office language is Latin. Demons are legalistic. Latin has specific juridical language. Besides… the Church’s language is Latin.…”
on 13 May 609: Dedication of the Roman Pantheon, “Santa Maria ad martyres”. An account of Boniface IV’s exorcism of the temple and the screaming of the demons.: “Amazing. This is the sort of thing that was done when we weren’t a “loser” church– when we actually believed…”
on ASK FATHER: Is Mass valid if it is offered in a desecrated place? Wherein @fatherz rants.: “When I saw that video and blatantly defiant disrespect for Our Lord, my eyes and ears felt like they were…”
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Tag Archives: Sacrament of Confirmation
No live-stream Mass today, alas. Prayers requested.
Folks, I can’t do a live-streamed Mass today. I wouldn’t inflict it on you. Something is deeply wrong with the muscles in my upper back ever since the afternoon of Christmas Day. Yesterday, I got through Mass. Today… well… I’ll … Read More
Wherein Fr Z responds to a question by Beans about the traditional rite of Confirmation
I have been informed by a reader that Massimo “Beans” Faggioli posted a tweet in which he thanked me for my prayers after his seriously rude attack on my person and against Bp. Hying. HERE I couldn’t see his tweet … Read More
FOLLOW UP: Traditional Confirmation in @MadisonDiocese
It occurs to me that I did not post a follow up to our wonderful Rite of Confirmation that we had here in the Diocese of Madison thanks to the gracious generosity of Most Reverend Donald, by the grace of … Read More
WDTPRS – Vigil of Pentecost (1962MR): Activate your Confirmation!
Can you believe that today is already the Vigil of Pentecost? COLLECT (1962MR): Praesta, quaesumus, omnipotens Deus: ut claritatis tuae super nos splendor effulgeat; et lux tuae lucis corda eorum, qui per gratiam tuam renati sunt, Sancti Spiritus illustratione confirmet. This … Read More
Posted in Hard-Identity Catholicism, Semper Paratus, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices
Tagged Sacrament of Confirmation, Vigil of Pentecost
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Wherein Fr. Z reads, rants and prays
There is an article today at National Review which has a reaction to Pope Francis’ strange words about the Eucharist. HERE. Francis said that, since “there is already unity” among Christians, then we shouldn’t have to “wait for theologians to … Read More
ASK FATHER: New adult convert son still with non-Catholic parents is pressured against the Faith
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Fr. Z, my daughter’s boyfriend became Catholic last night; she was his sponsor. His parents are protestant and go to Church on TV. This morning they told him if he didn’t watch the preacher with them … Read More
28 November 2017 – @MadisonDiocese – Confirmation in the Traditional Rite
His Excellency Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison, has graciously consented to confer the sacrament of Confirmation according to the traditional form of the Roman Rite on the evening of Tuesday, 28 November 2017 at St. Mary’s Church in Pine Bluff, … Read More
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Archd. Denver restores order of the Sacraments of Initiation
This comes from the National Catholic Register. Archbp. Samuel Aquila of Denver has decided to make some changes. Making Benedict XVI’s Dream Come True in Denver On Pentecost Sunday, Archbishop Samuel Aquila made history in the U.S. by announcing that … Read More
It’s confirmed: Never give up! Never surrender!
At RenewAmerica, Matt C. Abbot posted about an encouraging event: confirmations conferred in the Extraordinary Form. The account is a good read. It included the following with my emphases and comments: […] I discovered the Latin Mass in my early adulthood and … Read More
ASK FATHER: Non-standard form for Confirmation – valid?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Yesterday I acted as sponsor for a person receiving Confirmation. I noticed that the bishop, at the moment of anointing the candidates with the sacred chrism, did not say the standard formula. The bishop (a native … Read More
Are you a Sponsor for a Confirmand? Will you be one? Food for thought.
Many of you out there are godparents or sponsors for confirmands (from Latin confirmandus… “someone about to be confirmed”. Some of are are about to take on this responsibility. Yes, this is a “responsibility”. Sometimes you may be asked by … Read More
30 November – MADISON – Confirmation in the Traditional Rite
His Excellency Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison, has graciously consented to confer the sacrament of Confirmation according to the traditional form of the Roman Rite on the evening of Wednesday, 30 November 2016 at St. Mary’s Church in … Read More
Traditional rite of Confirmation
I received some nice photos of Confirmation in the older form of the Roman Rite administered by His Excellency Most Rev. Michael Burbidge, Bishop of Raleigh. There is so much to like about this one. WDTPRS kudos to Bp. Burbidge … Read More
QUAERITUR: Big groups for Confirmation. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
From a reader: 56 girls were recently confirmed. Isn’t that too big a group? I would rather have smaller groups, and the Archdiocese of ___ has no shortage of auxiliary bishops and vicars. There is no requirement in canon law … Read More
QUAERITUR: 2 male or 2 female sponsors for Confirmation
From a reader: I attended a Confirmation yesterday, and I noticed two things that made me doubtful. Firstly, the fact that some of the girls being confirmed had two godfathers, or two godmothers, while I had been told in my … Read More
Bishop confirms 19 people at SSPX chapel. Can you say “Win Win Scenario”?
Our friends at Rorate have publicized that a French bishop, Most. Rev. Jean Bonfils, Emeritus of Nice went to an SSPX chapel in Ajaccio, Corsica and administered the sacrament of Confirmation to 19 people. It seems that the local SSPX … Read More
