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Monthly Archives: February 2018
Pontifical Requiem Mass for a great lover of the Church’s sacred liturgy
On this Friday after Ash Wednesday, at St. Mary’s in Pine Bluff, we bade farewell to a founding member of the Tridentine Mass Society of the Diocese of Madison (TMSM). Please, in your goodness, say a prayer for Jacek Cianciara, … Read More
Role of #MSM in mass shootings: If it bleeds, it leads. Angry @fatherz asks fearful questions
I dunno. What is the role of the MSM in these mass shootings? The networks descend on every mass shooting like vultures and create 24/7 coverage. I wonder if mentally disturbed people don’t fix on these horrors and then copy … Read More
Wherein Fr. Z rants in the wake of the Florida school mass murder
When man-made or natural disasters occur which result in the loss of life, I have often posted here about the importance of being in the state of grace. In the first LENCAzTs I have done, I’ve used texts from St. … Read More
Friday after Ash Wednesday: Feast of the Crown of Thorns
Last year a reader has sent photos from the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris where she saw the relic exposed! She wrote: I was impressed by the huge crowd and most went up to venerate the Crown. The service was … Read More
Your #AshWednesday Sermon Notes #ashtag – AUDIO Fr Z
Today is NOT a holy day of obligation. That said, many people try to go to Mass on Ash Wednesday. Many, however, cannot. Let us know about the good points in the sermon, if there was one. I wrote “good”. Let’s make … Read More
Fun with @OneMadMomBlog – BuzzFeed – Alt-Right and @SebGorka
In regard to the Hamanesque BuzzFeed hit piece, almost certainly arranged by a certain Jesuit, One Mad Mom noted that the writer attempted to link me with the Alt-Right even while saying that there is not “obvious” connection. LOL! She … Read More
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Singing and confession – Just Too Cool!
When I was very young, I used to curl up with the dictionary. One word would lead to another and to another. I wound up building my vocabulary as if by capillarity. I sometimes do this with tweets, specially with … Read More
Writing to Fr. Z
Some of you want to write to me. GREAT! Please use my contact forms on the top menu. ALWAYS! If you have some piece of news, observation, etc., use “Contact Fr. Z by EMAIL” If you have a question for … Read More
Excellent Letter for Lent from Archbp. Chaput of @ArchPhilly – Fr. Z rants, gives 3 points of advice about sin.
Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia has issued a great letter on the threshold of Lent. As I read it, the Archbishop’s reference to the history of the Church in German with the Nazi state and the 1933 , could … Read More
ASK FATHER: Why can lay people read at Mass?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: My family goes to EF Masses on Sundays most of the time, but Novus Ordo once a month. My 3-year-old son asked me a question which I have no answer. He asked, “Why is the reading … Read More
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