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Author Archives: Fr. John Zuhlsdorf
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Today’s Wordle: 5 Please remember me when shopping online and use my affiliate links. US HERE – WHY? This helps to pay for health insurance (massively hiked for this new year of surprises), utilities, groceries, etc.. At no extra cost, you provide … Read More
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Interior of San Nicola in Carcere, in which Card. Burke is celebrant and I am the deacon… fitting, since I was ordained a deacon in this church. Meanwhile… Assim era a caligrafia de São Tomás de Aquino pic.twitter.com/4LZjHLFwo2 — Abrace … Read More
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I was ordained a deacon in this church. Please remember me when shopping online and use my affiliate links. US HERE – WHY? This helps to pay for health insurance (massively hiked for this new year of surprises), utilities, groceries, etc.. At … Read More
Fr. McTeigue: Lots of listening. Who is teaching?
Fr. McTeigue is concerned that listening is replacing preaching. Listening has its place in the life of the Church, but when listening becomes the ultimate principle, one must ask: who, then, is teaching? A friend recently his attention to a … Read More
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More commentary on The Roche Report
At Crisis Magazine my good friend Msgr. Hans Feichtinger, who was a theologian for the CDF during the Ratzinger years, examined The Roche Report. Liturgical Terrorism At its core, liturgical tensions point to deeper issues in theology, the transmission of tradition, … Read More
Was St. Nicholas the mixed martial arts coach of St. John Chrysostom?
Today in the calendar of both the Novus Ordo and the Usus Antiquior it is the feast of St. John Chrysostom (+407). Benedict XVI wrote a splendid little Apostolic Letter about St. John Chrysostom for 1600th anniversary of the death … Read More
St. John Chrysostom: On giving the Eucharist to UNWORTHY PUBLIC FIGURES
St. John Chrysostom could be nicknamed the “Patron Saint Of Telling It Like It Is”. Chrysostom (+407), known as the “golden-mouthed” for the excellence of his preaching, was Bishop of Constantinople. Trained in Antioch, he expounded Scripture in its literal … Read More
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Today’s Wordle: 4 Please remember me when shopping online and use my affiliate links. US HERE – WHY? This helps to pay for health insurance (massively hiked for this new year of surprises), utilities, groceries, etc.. At no extra cost, you provide … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 3rd Sunday after Epiphany (N.O.: 3rd Ordinary) 2026
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 Sunday, 3rd Sunday after … Read More
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