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Monthly Archives: December 2025
ADVENTCAzT 2025: 17 – Tuesday 3rd Week of Advent – Patience
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Advent preparation. Today we explore what “conscience” means, how its gets things right, and how it goes wrong. We drill into “patience”, which is a key point in the Mass … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 1505 – an appeal
Please remember me when CHRISTMAS shopping online and use my affiliate links. US HERE – WHY? This helps to pay for health insurance, utilities, groceries, etc.. At no extra cost, you provide help for which I am grateful. Pray for Jimmy Lai… … Read More
ADVENTCAzT 2025: 16 – Monday 3rd Week of Advent – Upcoming
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Advent preparation. Today we have a preview of the new week’s liturgical features. Then we hear Fr. Troadec on preparing to receive the graces God wants to give us at … Read More
Augustine v. Jerome, Gimli v. Legolas, and The Roman Thing. Wherein Fr. Z rants and digresses.
On Sunday I posted about the difference between Latin gaudete and laetare. In that post I commented on the mens of Roman liturgical use: to preserve. I wrote that “The Roman Thing… the Romanitas … that is the breath and heartbeat of … Read More
ASK FATHER: Why do the TLM Gospels switch between “Ierusalem” and “Ierosolyma”? Wherein Fr. Z drills and then rants. – UPDATED
UPDATE 15 Dec: Follow up question below. From a priest reader… QUAERITUR: Why do the TLM Gospels switch between “Ierusalem” and “Ierosolyma” as in today’s “Ierosolymis” when referring to Jerusalem? Father has been observant! Good question. Indeed, this week the … Read More
ASK FATHER: What’s the difference between the “rejoice” of “Laetare” Sunday of Lent and “Gaudete” Sunday of Advent?
From a reader… QUAERITUR What is the difference between gaudete and laetare? Gaudete seems to be 2nd person plural imperative, while laetare looks like an infinitive. Both mean “rejoice” but is there a subtle theological difference in meaning? Laetare Sunday … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 3rd Sunday of Advent “Gaudete” – 2025
Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment of all. Share the good stuff. Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Mass of obligation for this Gaudete Sunday, the 3rd … Read More
ADVENTCAzT 2025: 15 – 3rd Sunday of Advent “Gaudete”
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Advent preparation. Today we do a spiritual deep dive into the thematic Introit of Holy Mass which gives this 3rd Sunday of Advent its nickname: Gaudete… Rejoice! Yesterday’s podcast HERE.
12 December – The pivotal Feast of St. Lucy, the year’s “darkest day”
13 December was the darkest day – with the least sunlight – of the old Julian calendar. In the Gregorian calendar (which corrected the “drift” in the Julian calendar), the shortest day, the Winter Solstice, is 20/22 December. This … Read More
ADVENTCAzT 2025: 14 – Saturday 2nd Week of Advent
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Advent preparation. Today we hear from a great book from TAN Books called Advent and Christmas with the Church Fathers: a seven week Retreat on the Mystery and the Meaning of … Read More
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