Author Archives: Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

About Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Fr. Z is the guy who runs this blog. o{]:¬)

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Card. Burke prepares to vest for Pontifical Mass on Epiphany at The Parish™. Wordle: Fail Please remember me when shopping online and use my affiliate links.  US HERE – WHY?  This helps to pay for health insurance, utilities, groceries, etc..  At no … Read More

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NCReg: Minnesota Diocese Gives ‘Ad Orientem’ Worship a Shot

I’m a bit pressed for time today, but you should at least see this if you haven’t yet. At NCReg Minnesota Diocese Gives ‘Ad Orientem’ Worship a Shot THERE’s a headline to make you put down your coffee and sit … Read More

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We are our rites… “In some way or another”, I guess.

From Ed Pentin at the National Catholic Register: Liturgy Sidestepped at Pope Leo XIV’s First Consistory? [With my emphases and comments.] Cardinals choose evangelization and synodality as key topics, disappointing those who expected the liturgy to be a central theme … Read More

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PODCAzT 186 – Voices of the Fathers 01 – The Scillitan Martyrs

I was recently going through some old books and found a slim volume entitled The Osterley Selection from the Latin Fathers, edited by Joseph Crehan of Heythrop College, was compiled chiefly for seminarians, especially late vocations, at Campion College, Osterley, … Read More

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Welcome Registrant: eepiano Please remember me when 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. JUST IN: … Read More

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WDTPRS – Epiphany Collect: transformed by the beauty of Your sublime glory

In the ancient Western Church and in the East, Epiphany was more important than the relative latecomer Christmas.  Epiphany is from the Greek word for a divine “manifestation” or “revelation”.  There are many “epiphanies” of God in the Scripture.  Think, … Read More

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An Epiphany Prayer to the Magi for the Sophisticated

Here’s something I penned some years ago. Recently, a member of my text group brought up Waugh’s book and Helena’s prayer. Hence, here it is again. Evelyn Waugh wrote a terrific little book, Helena.  It is about the mother of … Read More

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Today’s Wordle: Failed Please remember me when 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. There’s something … Read More

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The Jubilee ends. A Consistory begins. The real start of the pontificate?

The Jubilee Year officially ends today.  That means that, in some ways, Leo’s pontificate really starts today.  He is no longer burdened with the pre-programmed audiences, etc., that the Jubilee entailed.  Emblematic of that is that a consistory, which he … Read More

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Priests of the Diocese of Charlotte submit dubia to the Dicastery for Legislative Texts

News today was found at The Pillar. More than 30 priests (31 signatories, representing about one-quarter of the diocesan clergy, with two-thirds of them pastors) from the Diocese of Charlotte submitted formal dubia to the Dicastery for Legislative Texts on … Read More

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