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ThePapalCount on Relief. Pope Leo XIV addressed the clergy of Rome… cordially.: “What a radically fresh approach from Pope Leo. The late pope too often spoke words of criticism and cynicism. And…”
PostCatholic on VIDEO – Unboxing the newly reprinted Pre-55 Missal from the Benedictines of Norcia: “Certainly a beautiful book. I am unclear on something. I thought the Missal of 1963 is the version of the…”
PostCatholic on Relief. Pope Leo XIV addressed the clergy of Rome… cordially.: “I wonder if he’ll reinstate the possibility of monsignor-hood.”
srose on Pentecost Thursday: No Joy in Mudville for Dustman.: “Good post! I got past the vampires, no problem. Now I gotta dodge the Molotov cocktails…”
Geoffrey on ASK FATHER: Communion services simply because the priest is away?: “This is actually quite common, depending on where you live. Before the pandemic, my former parish had daily Masses at…”
TheBackPew on ASK FATHER: Communion services simply because the priest is away?: “Ave Maria’s comment gets to the heart of it. “Got what I came for.” In the frontier days, Catholics went…”
amenamen on Pentecost Thursday: No Joy in Mudville for Dustman.: “Mister Miagi and Daniel-san kept Reseda, California, free from the baneful influences of the bad boys of Cobra Kai. Although…”
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on Pentecost Thursday: No Joy in Mudville for Dustman.: “GHP: Just below the combox I have a link for a cite that gives the code for special characters. I’ve…”
Ave Maria on ASK FATHER: Communion services simply because the priest is away?: “We sometimes have communion services when all the priests are called away for the twice yearly meeting with the bishop.…”
GHP on Pentecost Thursday: No Joy in Mudville for Dustman.: “Diacritics do not post and are replaced by ? — kokury? = Kokuryuu — Ky?kai = Kyoukai Sorry ’bout that,…”
GHP on Pentecost Thursday: No Joy in Mudville for Dustman.: “会 Kai, in Japanese, means (1) meeting; assembly; party; gathering; conference; athletic meet; (n,n-suf) (2) society; association; club. E.g., コブラ会…”
Imrahil on ACTION ITEM! Pentecost Novena Prayers for Traditional Latin Mass: “Oh, yes, I was in too. Dear Professor Cover, to the seven Gifts of the Holy Ghost, obviously.”
RosaryRose on ASK FATHER: Communion services simply because the priest is away?: “For 6 months now, my Sunday diet has been strictly the TLM. (As opposed to the occasional TLM prior to…”
Servant on Pentecost Thursday: No Joy in Mudville for Dustman.: “Cobra Kai, Father. I hear there is a new Karate Kid coming out with Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan. It…”
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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
"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
- OLDIE PODCAzT 59: St Leo the Great on Pentecost fasting; Benedict XVI’s Pentecost sermon
- Relief. Pope Leo XIV addressed the clergy of Rome… cordially.
- Pentecost Thursday: No Joy in Mudville for Dustman.
- ASK FATHER: Communion services simply because the priest is away?
- Pentecost Wednesday: Peter’s shadow
- OLDIE PODCAzT 58: Ember Days; Chrysostom on St. Matthias; Prayer to the Holy Spirit
- 7 July: CATHOLIC Mass at Canterbury Cathedral for the Feast of the Translation of the Relics of St. Thomas Beckett –
- VIDEO – Unboxing the newly reprinted Pre-55 Missal from the Benedictines of Norcia
- OLDIE PODCAzT 57: John Paul II on the unforgivable sin; Our Lady of Fatima and the vision of Hell
- Daily Rome Shot 1372 – Confirmation
- WDTPRS – Pentecost Monday: Feast of the Lacrimation of Paul VI.
- OLDIE PODCAzT 56: Octaves – Fr. Z rants & Augustine on Pentecost
- News of the Church 14 – 8 June 2025
- Daily Rome Shot 1372 – Happy Pentecost!
- Your Sunday Sermon Notes: Pentecost Sunday 2025
- WDTPRS – Pentecost Sunday: Holy Church’s fabric, the warp and the weft
- OLDIE PODCAzT 87: Veni Sancte Spiritus – The Pentecost Sequence dissected
- “Under the command of General Eisenhower…”
- Daily Rome Shot 1371
- Daily Rome Shot 1370 – A plea from a traditional group
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- Si vis pacem, para bellum – If you want peace, prepare war! Hackers, scams and YOU. Some discussion.
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- Wherein Fr. Z recommends a couple of YouTube videos
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- News of the Church 13 – 2 June 2025
- Daily Rome Shot 1366
- Pope Leo XIV: “marriage is not an ideal but the measure of true love between a man and a woman”
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: Sacrosanctum Concilium
Wherein Fr. Z rants and recommends a must read entry at NLM
The Council Fathers of Vatican II voted overwhelmingly to approve some few mandates that would result in a reform of the Roman Rite. A body was assembled to implement that reform. It was operated by radical ideologues who had their … Read More
30 Nov 1969 – 50th Anniversary of imposition of the Novus Ordo – PODCAzTs Revisited
It has been 50 years. 50 long years. Some might say, “Only 50? It seems longer.” Note the bizzare photo of a Novus Ordo being celebrated in the Sistine Chapel. Today marks the 50th anniversary of the going-into-effect of Paul … Read More
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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
50 years ago today: BUGNINICARE!
Today is the 50th anniversary of the promulgation of Sacrosanctum Concilium. 50 years. FIFTY. YEARS. I went back into the archives of the blog to find my post about… Bugninicare! UNIVERSAL SPIRITUAL-CARE REFORM FOR THE CATHOLIC CHURCH (Socialized Worship) Taking … Read More
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Card.Cañizares: “It is normal to use the 1962 Missal.”
From Andrea Tornielli of Vatican Insider: Cardinal Cañizares explains why he agreed to preside over [not just “preside over”] Saturday’s mass for faithful from the “Una cum Papa nostro” pilgrimage, in St. Peter’s Basilica ANDREA TORNIELLI “I gladly accepted to … Read More
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What does Sacrosanctum Concilium 116 really say?
I saw on Sandro Magister’s site today a piece about Gregorian chant making a come back, a come back promoted by Benedict XVI himself through the Congregation for Divine Worship – whose brief he modified – and through his own … Read More
Five wounds inflicted on Christ’s Mystical Body through our liturgy
Bishop Athanasius Schneider of Kazakhstan gave a speech on 15 January 2012 in which he listed “five wounds” of the liturgical mystical body of Christ. His whole address is on Paix Liturgique. His basic premise is that the rupture in our liturgical … Read More
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QUAERITUR: No Stations observed on Fridays of Lent because that’s against Vatican II?
From a reader: I am searching for a Church near me to pray the Stations of the Cross this Lent. A few do not have the Stations during Lent until a week before Holy Week. Another stated that while the … Read More
The intent of the liturgical reform?
A reader sent this. Would that this Pope were heeded — and would that he heeded his own advice! Paul VI on Liturgical Reform The proper implementation of the Constitution on the Liturgy [Sacrosanctum Concilium] requires of you that the … Read More
MUST READ: Msgr. Pozzo’s comments on the Instruction “Universae Ecclesiae” in L’Osservatore Romano
The text of the Instruction Universae Ecclesiae appeared in the Saturday 14 May daily edition of L’Osservatore Romano. In the Sunday edition of 15 May, there is a summary of a talk for the conference in Rome on Summorum Pontificum … Read More
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PRAYERCAzT: Sunday Vespers, with lots of frills (Liber Usualis) – 3rd Sunday after Epiphany – Fr. Z rants a little.
Lots of frills this time, for the tired brethren. However, I did something different time. I sang the whole thing from beginning to end using the Liber Usualis. NOTE: Most of the year people will sing the Salve Regina rather … Read More
A priest writes about his love of the Novus Ordo
Here is a counterpoint to the position many of the readers will have. You should also check out his blog. You will find that he is a fellow traveler. This fellow is no liberal. The Happy Priest: Why I Love … Read More
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Wholly Ours
In a conversation with a friend today it became clearer and clearer to me how the Second Vatican Council’s document on liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium, is entirely the property of … on the side of the traditional/conversative argument. The usual narrative … Read More
The Consilium revisited
In my recent reading, I happened again on a passage from the slim but interesting volume that came out a couple years back under the name of the former long-time papal master of ceremonies, Archp. Piero Marini. That’s Piero Marini, … Read More
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