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Monthly Archives: July 2023
From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 2019-07-24 – Vetitum
EDITOR’S NOTE: The problem with the Pie Town Couple started HERE when they had their photo taken with the +F. Atticus and then said “The bishop blessed our marriage”. More on 13 June 13: HERE This was the Pie Town … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 747
Meanwhile, a puzzle. White to play. Mate in two. I’ll make this a little larger today so you can see the notation more easily. NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for … Read More
25 July St. James the Greater, Apostle
Today is the Feast of St James the Greater, Apostle, brother of St John the Apostle Evangelist and a son of Zebedee. These brother were called the “Sons of Thunder… Boanerges“. He was put to death around AD 42-44. His … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 746
Welcome registrants: studens Fazio Fr.A. Your use of my Amazon affiliate link is a major part of my income. It helps to pay for insurance, groceries, everything. Please remember me when shopping online. Thanks in advance. US HERE – UK HERE White to … Read More
ASK FATHER: What is the official book and English translation for blessings after Vatican II but prior to the release of Book of Blessing? Wherein Fr. Z rants.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I have been doing research however to no avail. What is the official book and english translation used for blessing after Vatican 2 prior to the release of Book of Blessing? The book of blessings remained … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 8th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 16th) 2023
Share the good stuff. It’s the 8th Sunday after Pentecost in the Vetus Ordo and the 16th Sunday of the Novus Ordo. Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Sunday Mass of obligation? Tell … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 745
White to move.. Find white’s only move that does not immediately checkmate black! How long did that take you? NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others. Interested in learning? Try … Read More
Grabbed by the neck. Famous poem by Yeats and a vision of heretic Jesuit Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. A talk by Michael Hitchborn at the Coalition for Canceled Priests Conference
Longtime readers here know of my love of poetry. Hence, from the beginning this talk by Michael Hitchborn at the Coalition FOR Canceled Priests grabbed my attention, for he began with William Butler Yeats and his most famous work. He … Read More
Synodality (“walking together-ity”): It is the thought world of rotary phones, eight-track tape players, and Hans Küng. It is “Muskrat Love” and Charlie Curran all over again.
There is a terrific read at Catholic World Report today by Larry Chapp. It is a retrospective which is actually a contemporary diagnostic. What is going on today, we’ve seen before in germ. Today, however, the germ has hatched out into something … Read More
WDTPRS – 8th Sunday after Pentecost (1962MR): Be all that you can be!
Today’s Collect – for Mass and the Office on this 8th Sunday after Pentecost – is found in the ancient Veronese Sacramentary and the Gelasian and the so-called Gregorian. It survived the liturgical tailors with their scissors and thread to … Read More
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