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Category Archives: My View
UPDATE: Fr. John Hollowell – still battling a brain tumor
In February I posted about a priest with a brain tumor, Fr. John Hollowell. HERE Here is an an excerpt from an email update. He will have another MRI soon, 16 Dec. If the MRI does show a continued tumor, … Continue reading
Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 1st Sunday of Advent – 2020
Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at the Mass for your Sunday (obligation or none), either live or on the internet? Let us know what it was. Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to … Continue reading
Posted in Sermons
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Wherein Fr. Z reacts to a seminarian’s “cri de coeur”
I have written quite a few times here that – in this time of erosion and reversal in the Church – young priests and seminarians will increasingly be exposed to the sort of thing we older guys had to endure … Continue reading
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, "How To..." - Practical Notes, Cri de Coeur, Hard-Identity Catholicism, New catholic Red Guards, Priests and Priesthood, Seminarians and Seminaries, Si vis pacem para bellum!, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged priesthood, Rod Dreher, seminarians, seminaries
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Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 24th and Last after Pentecost (NO: Christ the King) 2020
Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at the Mass for your Sunday (obligation or none), either live or on the internet? Let us know what it was. Too many people today are without good, strong … Continue reading
Wherein Fr. Z offers a plea to priests and bishops. Lay people are not forgotten.
I offer a plea to priests and bishops. For the sake of the common good and for the love of truth… PRAY for protection from the Enemy of the Soul for all those who are involved in the counting of … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Marriage rite in the traditional form but Novus Ordo Nuptial Mass? Wherein Fr. Z rants.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I have a friend who is seeking to get married. Due to various factors, the priest doing the marriage doesn’t know enough Latin to do the EF Mass, but could do the EF marriage rite. That … Continue reading
Fr. Z’s Kitchen: fun new, old book and fun new, old post.
The other day a friend of mine was driving through town on his way to his ancestral place and he dropped by for some supper. Astute and considerate, he had spotted in a used bookstore a slim volume he thought … Continue reading
Posted in Fr. Z's Kitchen, Linking Back
Tagged food, Fr. Z's Kitchen, literature, Nero Wolfe
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Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 23rd after Pentecost (NO: 32nd Ordinary) 2020
Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at the Mass for your Sunday (obligation or none), either live or on the internet? Let us know what it was. Also, are you churches opening up? What was … Continue reading
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Sermons
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ASK FATHER: Use of a microphone during Traditional Latin Low Mass. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I have recently begun to attend the Low Mass. Is there a rule that forbids the celebrant from using a small microphone so that his voice can be heard by the congregation? I know Latin and … Continue reading
Your Sunday Sermon Notes – Christ the King (NO: 30th Ordinary) 2020 – POLL: Francis same-sex unions topic during homily?
Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at the Mass for your Sunday, either live or on the internet? Let us know what it was. Also, are you churches opening up? What was attendance like? For … Continue reading
