Category Archives: The Drill

VIDEO: Robert Royal and Larry Chapp on “Theology from Below” (Theology Upside Down)

Posted on 15 January 2024 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

In this video with Robert Royal, Larry Chapp knocks it out of the park!   He describes the present theological trend, a “theology from below” especially in relation to moral theology.  The starting point becomes one’s subjective experience rather than the … Continue reading →

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Priests and the imparting of blessings for same-sex “couples”. Risks? Wherein Fr. Z prays.

Posted on 20 December 2023 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

This comes via a comment under another post HERE QUAERITUR: Serious question – if a priest were to bless an unholy act, would he be bringing a curse upon himself? God the Father is very clear in the Dialogue of … Continue reading →

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ASK FATHER: Validity of absolution and reception of Communion in the state of grace

Posted on 15 December 2023 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

In light of several missives I’ve received – probably because of news about a recent confusing document – I reiterate hereunder what the Church holds to be true about the Sacrament of Penance, or Reconciliation. From Ott’s Fundamentals of Catholic … Continue reading →

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Old Mass – New Mass. A few comments and a video.

Posted on 13 December 2023 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I saw again videos from Mass of Ages.  They are very good and I recommend them.  I’m puzzled by their choices of whom to speak with.  But… hey. This is one of the most powerful things I have ever seen … Continue reading →

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MUST SEE VIDEO: Dcn. Keith Fournier (of Tyler) interviewed about Bp. Strickland the man, the bishop, the situation of Tyler

Posted on 17 November 2023 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

If you don’t know who (permanent) Deacon Keith Fournier is, you ought to. He had a distinguished lay career and then clerical ministry (of some 30 years). About five years ago, he and his wife uprooted and moved from the … Continue reading →

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Full marks plus an extra kudo to Jesuit Fr. Robert McTeigue, SJ. for his comments on “Eucharistic Revival”

Posted on 6 November 2023 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I give full marks plus an extra kudo to Jesuit Fr. Robert McTeigue, SJ. His article at Catholic World Report is OUTSTANDING. How many times have I here urged GO TO CONFESSION! Have I not again and and begged priests … Continue reading →

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Card. Müller makes some terrific points about what a Synod (“walking togther”) is and must never be

Posted on 29 October 2023 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

At First Things there is a really helpful piece by Gerhard Card. Müller, former Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and a present participant in “Walking Together about Walking Togetherity”. Card. Müller gives some background to … Continue reading →

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Synodality (“Walking Togetherity”) and “tesserae”

Posted on 23 October 2023 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Looking at the Synod (“Walking Together: “W-T”) from as far as I can manage while being in Rome and as close as I need to be because I simply have to, the image that comes to mind is tied sack … Continue reading →

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When they say it is NOT about redistribution of power, it’s about redistribution of power.

Posted on 19 October 2023 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

LifeSite today looked at what the participants of “Walking Together about Walking Togetherity” are discussing and it fits with what I have written before. The true content of the “W-T” is the process itself. The aim is to make “W-T” a … Continue reading →

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Apart from the process itself during “Walking Together about Walking Togetherity” is something in particular being pushed?

Posted on 18 October 2023 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The point of the “Walking Together about Walking Togetherity” is the process itself.  The process is the content, the message. That does not mean that there are not sidelines, some of them dominant. One of them is the normalization of … Continue reading →

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