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We are our rites… “In some way or another”, I guess.
23+ hour, 3+ min ago (436+ words) From Ed Pentin at the National Catholic Register: In his opening address to the consistory yesterday, Pope Leo XIV reaffirmed to the cardinal participants that they will have the opportunity to "engage in a communal reflection" on four themes already…...
PODCAzT 186 – Voices of the Fathers 01 – The Scillitan Martyrs
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (436+ words) I was recently going through some old books and found a slim volume entitled The Osterley Selection from the Latin Fathers, edited by Joseph Crehan of Heythrop College, was compiled chiefly for seminarians, especially late vocations, at Campion College, Osterley,…...
Daily Rome Shot 1523 | Fr. Z's Blog
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (124+ words) Please remember me when shopping online and use my affiliate links." US"HERE " WHY?This helps to pay for health insurance, utilities, groceries, etc.." At no extra cost, you provide help for which I am grateful. JUST IN: Cardinal Zen…...
An Epiphany Prayer to the Magi for the Sophisticated
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (488+ words) Here's something I penned some years ago. Recently, a member of my text group brought up Waugh's book and Helena's prayer. Hence, here it is again. Evelyn Waugh wrote a terrific little book, Helena. "It is about the mother of…...
Daily Rome Shot 1522 | Fr. Z's Blog
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (86+ words) Please remember me when shopping online and use my affiliate links." US"HERE " WHY?This helps to pay for health insurance, utilities, groceries, etc.." At no extra cost, you provide help for which I am grateful. " Little Susie (@CatholicSusie) January…...
The Jubilee ends. A Consistory begins. The real start of the pontificate?
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (275+ words) The Jubilee Year officially ends today." That means that, in some ways, Leo's pontificate really starts today." He is no longer burdened with the pre-programmed audiences, etc., that the Jubilee entailed." Emblematic of that is that a consistory, which he…...
Priests of the Diocese of Charlotte submit dubia to the Dicastery for Legislative Texts
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (335+ words) News today was found at The Pillar. More than 30 priests (31 signatories, representing about one-quarter of the diocesan clergy, with two-thirds of them pastors) from the Diocese of Charlotte submitted formal dubia to the Dicastery for Legislative Texts on January 5, 2026, seeking…...
Vigil of Epiphany – The 1937 Missale Romanum Mass readings. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (527+ words) In some places where the pre-1955 Missale Romanum is being used (recently reprinted by the monks of Norcia " unboxing video HERE), for Mass the formulary for the Vigil of Epiphany is used with violet vestments. Already by the 1962 Missale, it…...
Daily Rome Shot 1519 | Fr. Z's Blog
6+ day, 21+ min ago (293+ words) Today's Wordle: 4 Please remember me when shopping online and use my affiliate links." US"HERE " WHY?This helps to pay for health insurance, utilities, groceries, etc.." At no extra cost, you provide help for which I am grateful. White to…...
Your Holy Day Sermon Notes – Octave of Christmas (VO Circumcision) – Mary, Mother of God (NO)
1+ week, 1+ day ago (320+ words) 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 obligation for this Octave of Christmas, Solemnity…...