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Wherein Fr. Z rants. Benediction using the humeral veil BUT… blessings at Communion time? Fathers! THINK!

At the table, the post about humeral veils came up.  Just to review, the humeral veil used at Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament is a sign that the priest himself is not impartin...

WDTPRS – Collect of the 13th Ordinary Sunday (Novus Ordo): the sticky goo of error and the freeing splendor of the truth...

At work in the Collect for the 13th Sunday of Ordinary Time are themes of divine adoption, the liberation of the children of God, the peril of error, and the splendor of Truth. Her...

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ASK FATHER: “Ghost” or “Spirit”, which is it? Wherein Fr. Z Rants.

From a reader… QUAERITUR: Something I’ve wondered about for a while. Old books and hymns have Holy Ghost and new ones have Holy Spirit. I know they are the same third person of the...

Pagliarani at Tanagra

“…the young are more to be pitied, since they know not of what they have been deprived.”

The evils which afflict us are well known, even if we do not now mention them, for long since have they been re-echoed through the whole world. The teachings of the Fathers are sco...

A few things I found today that I think are interesting

A few things I found today that I think are interesting In this week's Tablet, Fr Neil Xavier O'Donoghue, secretary of the Irish Bishops' Council for Liturgy, suggests trust has br...

Daily Rome Shot 1653: Pius X’s caption call

Caption call. Welcome registrants: Brendan Doyle cburkhart09 mmromani@******.com Rujo43 SSPX bishops excommunicated.  Meanwhile… Novus Ordo bishop of Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahass...

FOR PRIESTS: Wherein, prompted by this conference, Fr. Z posts something for CONFESSION

I’m at the annual conference for priests held by the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology. They have these three times a year. I’ve been going for year and wouldn’t miss it. There...

ROME 26/5– Day 67: zzzzzzeeeeeeeeeiop

Ready or not, up came the sun at 5:36. Down went the sun at 20:41. Ave Maria? For the Curia – hah- at 21. It was the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin. It was the patro...

Pentecost Thursday: No Joy in Mudville

Pentecost Thursday. The Roman Station is St. Lawrence outside the walls, which is where it was in the Easter Octave on Wednesday. In the Gospel from Luke 9, Jesus sends the Apostle...

ROME 26/5– Day 61: initial notes on the encyclical

Liturgically busy day, just as it was in life.  I’m getting behind.  By the end of the day, I’m…. ugh. The Roman sun rose at 5:39. The Roman sun set at 20: 36. In the Curia the Ave...

My View For Awhile: Philly on the 4th

I’m on my way to Philadelphia whence a priest friend and I will go to the annual conference for priests held by the St Paul Center for Biblical Theology. We are delayed due to a we...

Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 4th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 12th Ordinary)

Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment of all. Share the good stuff. Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Mass of obligat...

Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 4th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 12th Ordinary) 2026

Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment of all. Share the good stuff. Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Mass of obligat...

Daily Rome Shot 1655: inconsistencies

Welcome registrants: frankrega karen****@protonmail.com At The Roman Post there is a piece about about Roman’s use some free time during the day.  This pretty accurately describes...

WDTPRS – 15th Ordinary Sunday (N.O.): Too far right or too far left, we wind up in the ditch in the dark

This week, the 15th Ordinary Sunday in the Novus Ordo calendar, we have a good example of the dramatic difference between the old, Obsolete ICEL version we suffered with for decade...

Daily Rome Shot 1654: another jackass

There is an AP piece today which features my home parish in St. Paul.  HERE Please remember me when shopping online and use my affiliate links.  US HERE – WHY?  This helps to pay f...

Fr. Perricone’s advice on enduring the purge of the Latin Mass

A bishop in North Carolina has gone “crazy.” He eliminated the Traditional Latin Mass. Then he eliminated any form of reverence in the Novus Ordo. Families are desperate. The dioce...

I have to post these. I know you can find them on your own. But I must post them.

I have to post these. I know you can find them on your own. But I must post them. I pray to God and the angels and any human agents out there that they be made known to Pope Leo …...

I am not making this up. Could it explain about clerics from a certain country?

Here’s the caption (I was sent this via Instagram): This Sunday, at the Children’s Pentecost Mass, we all received the fruits of the Holy Spirit together. We discovered what the Sp...

ASK FATHER: Why did dioceses stop using the word, “the” before words like “priesthood”, “Eucharist, or “Church?

From a reader… QUAERITUR: Do you have any insight into why Dioceses stopped using the word, “the” before words such as “priesthood”, “Eucharist, or “Church”, etc? It irritates me,...

ASK FATHER: Is it a sin to take a 15 minute leave during a terrible homily?

From a reader… QUAERITUR: Is it a sin to attend Sunday Mass and be irritated during bad homilies or take a 15 minute leave during the terrible homily? Probably not.  However, you c...

My View For Awhile: Westward

A priest friend and I are now about to zip across the Commonwealth to West Virginia and the annual conference for priests held by the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology.  We hop...