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Author Archives: Fr. John Zuhlsdorf
Rome 24/10 – Day 30: A little help, please
On 30 October, after the priests have said their usual morning Masses, The World’s Best Sacristan™ is already setting up Missals and vestments for observance of the Vigil on the 31st, though strictly speaking it is not in the 1962 … Read More
Celebrating Palestrina at at Sacred Heart Church in Grand Rapids, MI in 2025 – world famous choirs
Any number of parishes could do something like this. Here is a parish that has done something! My friends at Sacred Heart in Grand Rapids, MI had a wonderful idea which they have executed expertly. They are celebrating in 5th … Read More
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UPDATED! – Really? I ask the readership… a serious question… no, really… the MASCOT for the Jubilee Year
UPDATE: 30 October 2024 More… below. UPDATE: 29 October 2024 From bad to…whatever level this is. More work by the same guy who designed this… whatever this is. BELOW. And remember the logo for the 2025 Jubilee (which you see … Read More
Meanwhile, the actual teenagers….
Meanwhile, the actual teenagers… https://t.co/Fem7TaV6vC pic.twitter.com/iFZFsZq64t — Samuel J. Howard (@Jahaza) October 28, 2024 UPDATE: The boomers at the Vatican have no idea what they have unleashed. https://t.co/Df7wFB19N9 — Catholic Sat (@CatholicSat) October 29, 2024 UPDATE: Once the Church inspired … Read More
Rome 24/10 – Day 29: “The lady doth protest too much, methinks”
I note that the Vatican curial calendar is back on track several days after the end of the “ora legale”. Good work guys. The sun rose at 06:37 (if the calendar is to be believed), 7 minutes after I did. … Read More
Rome 24/10 – Day 28: Impossible causes
On this Feast of the Apostles Simon and Jude, when some of our thoughts turn to impossible causes, the sun rose NOT at 07:36 as the screwed up Vatican calendar says, but rather at 06:38 at 107° East. It will set, again … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes – Christ the King (N.O.: 30th) 2024
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 Feast of Christ the … Read More
Rome 24/10 – Day 27: The end of time
The sun rose today at 7:35 on the Vatican curial calendar but the hour is now different since daylight savings ended at 03:00 here in the Central European Time zone: hence 6:37 (the calendar is off a couple minutes according … Read More
BOOK REPORT: Brother Petroc’s Return by S.M.C.
Brother Petroc’s Return by S.M.C. US HERE – UK HERE Recommended to me by a priest friend recently here in Rome. I found it on Amazon.it and read it in one evening. Charming. No doubt S. M.C = Sr. Mary … Read More
Rome 24/10 – Day 26: Waiting for the bride
For the sun’s rising, I can report the hour of 07:34. Sunset is still a bit in the future as I write at 18:14. The Ave Maria is still in the 18:30 cycle. It is the feast of St. Dimitri … Read More
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