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Category Archives: The Drill
Fr. Charron on Mr. Lofton
My good friend (and a good chess player) Fr. Jason Charron has issued a video response to Michael Lofton. These days I pay zero attention to Michael Lofton. I’ve seen a few clips and minutes here and there, and those … Continue reading
“I asked the new Chinese AI “DEEPSEEK”, about the priest’s posture during the consecration in the Traditional Latin Mass. It’s Reply….”
Some think that AI is here to stay. If that is so, then I am not convinced that we are (cf. Skynet). In the meantime, AI is bringing us bread and circuses: great memes and videos, etc. That’s what the interwebs did, … Continue reading
What is Catholic teaching about “deportation”? Maybe not what some higher-ups think.
At Catholic Vote there is an article (seemingly assembled from tweets/x) which you should look at about Catholic teaching on “deportation”. PROBLEM: Official Church documents on faith and morals have perennially been written in LATIN. That fact is not the … Continue reading
Daily Rome Shot 1217 – “Why”, you may be asking? Wherein Fr. Z rants.
I have a comparatively short trip to Rome coming up. First, a couple days with a priest friend in Brooklyn, which breaks up the journey and puts a buffer into the flights. A couple weeks in Rome. The same coming … Continue reading
UPDATED AND SOLVED – Mystery Puzzle Challenge from something in Fulton Sheen’s book On The Demonic
UPDATE 8 Jan 25 15:55: Big news! FIRST… this is an important topic. I WARMLY recommend the book. Every priest should be made to read it. Get a copy for your priests. The author/complier of the of book about Fulton … Continue reading
IMPORTANT about the Confessional, Your Phone, and … Who Knows?
At the National Catholic Register there is a story about how the Bishop of Lincoln has told priests, “NO PHONES in the Confessional”. HERE Bishop James Conley of the Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska, formalized a new policy this year banning … Continue reading
Upcoming sacrilege in Atlanta and Communion in the hand. Musings.
LifeSite reports that some foolish group in Atlanta will hold a “black Mass” during which a sacred Host will be desecrated. The Archbishop of Atlanta has called for acts of penance, adoration and reparation. “Some” Catholic churches will have Mass … Continue reading
THIS JUST IN: “Groundbreaking Survey of U.S. Catholics Reveals Path to Restoring Eucharistic Belief” …. ummm
I got an email from something called the Real Presence Coalition. I tried the website, but the link didn’t work. I have sympathy, but I don’t have more knowledge from their site. The email, however, said that, using Pew surveys … Continue reading
Adoremus: 12 points of “anti-liturgical heresy” and their counters
With a biretta tip to Peter K for the link… o{]:¬) At the liturgical review Adoremus, this… The Voice of Tradition: Prosper Guéranger’s “Anti-Liturgical Heresy” Never mind that an odd character appears every once in a while. Odd characters always appear once … Continue reading
The trauma of Ephesians 5
It’s year B again in the Novus Ordo’s three years cycle of Gospel readings and therefore time for a Novus Ordo second reading from Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians, chapter 5 about the relationship of Christ and His Church and … Continue reading
