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Category Archives: Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
ASK FATHER: Father doses off during Mass
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I’ve noticed one of our priests frequently doses off and falls asleep…sometimes even during Mass or other liturgical functions. Thankfully, the sleeping is short lived and he wakes back up, but I fear he might fall off into a … Read More
“Te, Ioseph celebrent”, a hymn in honor of the Terror of Demons
Back in 2009 I made a PODCAzT – TEN YEARS AGO?!? – about the hymn sung in the Liturgy of Hours in honor of St. Joseph. That post eventually was augmented with photos sent by The Great Roman™ of … Read More
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Wherein Fr. Z recommends and then rants with frustration and sorrow
There is a good article today at Crisis by Fr. John Perricone about the widespread liturgical wreckovation perpetrated against the People of God by the pointy-headed “experts” who were – and still are – stoned on the vapors of the … Read More
VIDEO: This explains the Church in Germany
Germany seems to be the caput malorum omnium in the Church today. Every weird, heretical, and just plain stupid thing comes from that dark swamp of arrogant confusion. “But Father! But Father!”, you libs are blubbering “you are the arrogant and confused … Read More
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ASK FATHER: Does Lent really have 40 days? How does that add up?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Father, sorry for the possibly silly question, but adding up the days from Ash Wednesday to the Lord’s Supper Mass, excluding, it does not add up to 40 if we exclude Sundays as memorials of the … Read More
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Mass and Triumphalism. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
The other day I posted something about churches and synagogues losing membership. HERE This is going to happen, friends. Demographics, on top of decades of stupidity, are not on our side. I’m not saying that this is the great “falling … Read More
UPDATE FROM ROME: Cutting the fabric for vestments
As an update to my post about vestments the other day, here are some shots of the fabric being cut at Gammarelli in Rome for the new set we, the TMSM, are having made. Enjoy! Please donate. HERE Our intrepid … Read More
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Friday after Ash Wednesday: Feast of the Crown of Thorns
This Friday is poignant. Friday after Ash Wednesday is traditionally the Feast of the Crown of Thorns. A significant portion of the Crown is preserved is preserved in Notre Dame de Paris. They have a special Crown of Thorns Mass … Read More
Concerning vestments and the TMSM and YOU
One of the things I have tried to accomplish with the Tridentine Mass Society of the Diocese of Madison (the TMSM is 501(c)(3)) is to provide worthy vestments for the celebration of the sacred mysteries. YOU readers, from all over … Read More
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Church groups are losing members. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
The fundamental reason why God gave us a Church which we could recognize by its marks is that we are sinners who are going to die. Through His Church, Christ provides the ordinary means of our salvation. We have the … Read More
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