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Fr. John Zuhlsdorf
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I was taken up today with watching the inauguration, playing OTB, and doing errands and chores so much that I nearly forgot. This is the Eve of St. Agnes. In the classical calendar we venerate many Roman martyrs in a … Read More →
Today a 10 minutes podcast for your Christmas Octave reflections. Card. Schuster remarks on the office of bishop. Then Pius Parsch, with the help of St. John Chrysostom, remarks on the office of priest. Card. Bacci comments on what the … Read More →
Today a 10 minutes podcast for your Christmas Octave reflections. Fr. Troadec with a lyrical prayer to the Holy Innocents. Jewish convert and scholar Alfred Edersheim situates the slaughter of the children in the context of salvation history. Card. Bacci … Read More →
Today a 10 minutes podcast for your Christmas Octave reflections. Card. Bacci tells us about St. John’s constancy with Christ and his emphasis on charity. Fulton Sheen recounts the difference between the two miraculous catches of fishes and how John … Read More →
Today a 10 minutes podcast for your Christmas Octave reflections. A note from Fulton Sheen, some history of the celebration of the Feast in the ancient Roman Church, what happened to Stephen and why, what it means for us.
A 10 minute podcast for your Christmas reflection. Fr. Pius Parsh on the “exaltation” of the “King”. Bl. Ildefonso Schuster on the least we should do. Fr. Troadec: “Reestablish the reign of Our Lord Jesus Christ!”
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Advent preparation. Today we have a reflection from Fr. Troadec about the place where the Lord was born. Cardinal Bacci on apparent success and true success.
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Advent preparation. Fulton Sheen about “I’ll do it myyyy waaaaay!” The Collect. Fr. Troadec talks about what the Collect expressed, coincidently, and with Advent images.
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Advent preparation. Card. Bacci hits us directly between the eyes with the snap of a wet towel. Fr. Troadec pours it on.
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Advent preparation. Packed today! Sheen, Bacci, Troadec. Sort of like Tinker to Evers to Chance!
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Advent preparation. Today we hear about the Visitation and a reflection about mothers.
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Advent preparation. Today Card. Bacci talks about what to aim for in getting ready for Christmas: humility. Fr. Troadec waxes eloquent about the O Antiphons.
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Advent preparation. Today, about the December Ember Days as times for ordination, and how “the highest interests of Christian people are bound up, to a great extent, with the holiness … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Advent preparation. Today, an important topic: How do we check that our conscience is operating as it should? We are introduced once again to the O Antiphons: How are they … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Advent preparation. Today we hear about a dialogue concerning Christian joy between a troubled soul and Holy Mother Church.
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Advent preparation. Today we hear about growing joy and about true consolations, contrasted with what passes.
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Advent preparation. Today we get into the danger of human respect. Sheen on what to do. Card. Bacci describes two kinds of desire.
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Advent preparation. Card. Bacci talks about knowing, loving and receiving abundant graces.
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Advent preparation. Card. Bacci on weighing human success and failure, human esteem and opinion. Fulton Sheen and what God can do with a dirty bucket.
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Advent preparation. Today Fr. Troadec explores what real humility is and what it isn’t and why we need it. We also hear Benedict XVI’s Prayer to Our Lady of Guadalupe.
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Advent preparation. Today we hear about how to use our time spent waiting in a spiritually useful sense. Also, Card. Zen talks about repentance.
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Advent preparation. Today we hear about a particular element in the depiction of Mary as the Immaculate Conception. Also, Fr. Troadec speaks about how the Lord was prophesied so that … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Advent preparation Today we hear from Fr. Troadec about how God is the Just Judge, an appropriate point of reflection for Advent. Also, St. Ambrose speaks about Mary as “type” … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Advent preparation Today, we hear about St. Nicholas of Bari, the origin story of “Santa Claus”. Also, what it means for our lives to have certain individual gifts and talents.
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Advent preparation Today we hear about how we will be judged not by the Father, but by Christ in his humanity, not in His divinity. Also, Card. Bacci explains what … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Advent preparation Today we hear about how Gabriel, in coming to Zechariah, underscores the fulfilment of the prophecy in Daniel 9. We get some medieval beats as well.
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Advent preparation. Today we hear about Matins during Advent and also, with the help of Benedict XVI, about Oxen and Asses in our Christmas scenes.
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Advent preparation Today we hear from Bl. Ildefonso Schuster about how once upon a time verses were sung before the Introit in honor of St. Gregory the Great. Also, Card. … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Advent preparation We hear today from dom Prosper Guéranger and Ven. Fulton J. Sheen. I toss some of my own comments in.
Here is an old PODCAzT. Gosh my voice has changed. 2007! Much happier times. http://www.wdtprs.com/podcazt/07_06_24.mp3 Our PODCAzT for this Solemnity of the Nativity of John the Baptist presents a selection from sermon (s. 288) preached by St. Augustine of Hippo … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Easter celebration. Fr. Troadec recounts the victorious elements of the Resurrection. At the end music from my home parish by Pietro Yon, Victimae paschali laudes. Yes, it’s really the parish’s … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Triduum discipline. Today, Benedict XVI reflects on the Shroud of Turin.
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Triduum discipline. Fr. Troadec on “It is consummated”. You can continue your video spiritual pilgrimage to today’s Roman Station, Santa Croce in Gerusalemme HERE.
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Triduum discipline. Benedict XVI speaks in a sermon for Holy Thursday about priesthood. The Roman Station is supposed to be St. John Lateran for the Chrism Mass and the Mass … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Fulton Sheen talks about the Good Thief and Jesus. Fr. Troadec considers the reading of the Passion according to Luke at Holy Mass today. You can continue your … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, I present a summary of how, since Septuagesima, we are being prepared – pruned – in our liturgical rites. Fr. Troadec tells us about the silence of … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, even though the Feast of the Annunciation is transferred, we hear from Fr. Troadec about Mary’s “yes”. We are also reminded to be resolute about our resolutions. … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, I speak about how to participate in and benefit from the sacred mysteries of Holy Week and the Triduum. Fr. Troadec looks into the triumphal entry of … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, Fulton Sheen talks about death. Different kinds of martyrdom. You can continue your video spiritual pilgrimage to today’s Roman Station, St John at the Latin Gate HERE.
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, Fr. Troadec points out that we are one week out from Good Friday and talks about the Sorrows of Mary on this her Feast day. You can … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, on this Feast of St. Benedict, Pope Benedict XVI gives us a reflection. You can continue your video spiritual pilgrimage to today’s Roman Station, Sant’Apollinare HERE.
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, Thomas a Kempis gives us a meditation on death. Card. Bacci talks about St. Joseph and death. You can continue your video spiritual pilgrimage to today’s Roman … Read More →
Glorious St. Joseph. Hope of the sick, Patron of the dying, Terror of demons, Protector of Holy Church, In Rome today you eat Bigne di San Giuseppe. Back in 2009 I made a PODCAzT – FIFTEEN YEARS AGO?!? – about the … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today Fr. Troadec has a beautiful reflection on St. Joseph. You can continue your video spiritual pilgrimage to today’s Roman Station, St. Maria in Via Lata, HERE.
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, Fr. Troadec talks about the conversion of Nineveh and Jonah. The penance of Lent draws graces down from God. Roman Station is San Crisogono. Here’s a video … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, we review the process of pruning we have undergone since Pre-Lent and how the pruning is now going to be seriously stepped up in the Traditional Roman … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, Card. Richelieu gives excellent advice about either not being taken in by outward piety but lack of action or also preferment for the favored of the powerful. … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, we continue with the connection of yesterday’s and today’s Masses in the Vetus Ordo with a insight of Pius Parsch which we should take with us to … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, Pius Parsch helps us with the two resurrection stories in the readings for Holy Mass in the Vetus Ordo, explaining that today’s Mass seems to be aimed … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, we go back in time to the special rites performed for the ancient catechumens on this day, once the mid-point of Lent. These rites eventually came to … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, we hear from Pius Parsch about how Moses is a “type”, a foreshadowing, of Christ. You can continue your video spiritual pilgrimage to today’s Roman Station, San … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, we hear about Lord foretelling His greatest miracle. You can continue your video spiritual pilgrimage to today’s Roman Station, Santi Quatro Coronati HERE.
The inaugural edition of this series is HERE, in which I explain a lot more. Some time ago, I saw a movie called News of the World in which after the Civil War a former confederate officer earns a meager … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, Pius Parsch the symbolism of the rose with the season of Lent and the life of the Lord. You can continue your video spiritual pilgrimage to today’s … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, we connect the OT and NT readings. Fulton Sheen explores the last part of the episode of the Woman Taken In Adultery and what Christ really did. … Read More →
Here are some of my audio projects of the Via Crucis, the Way of the Cross. I am redoing them with my new podcast setup. I’ll be adding some that I’ve done, so watch this post. And remember to GO … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, we hear the 16th Counsel from Card. Richelieu, in A Treatise on Perfection Saintly Counsel on Obtaining Salvation [US HERE – UK HERE]: Novelty In The Spiritual Life Should Not … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, Card. Bacci talks about St. Thomas Aquinas, whose Feast it is. Fulton Sheen on the Crucifixion. You can continue your spiritual pilgrimage to today’s Roman Station, Sts … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, Card. Bacci talks about the joy of the saints. Card. Richelieu has practical observations about moral perfection. You can continue your spiritual pilgrimage to today’s Roman Station, … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, Fr. Troadec talks about belonging. You can continue your spiritual pilgrimage to today’s Roman Station, Santa Pudenziana, with a video visit HERE.
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today Cardinal Richelieu gives us a cold slap of reality straight in the face. You hear some Arabic Christian Chant for Lent. You can continue your spiritual pilgrimage … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, Fr. Troadec talks about the demons that prompt people to impurity. Important. You can continue your spiritual pilgrimage to today’s Roman Station, St. Lawrence outside-the-walls (also the … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, Card. Richelieu speaks of something dangerous in the spiritual life. Fulton Sheen talks about the efficacy of the synodal (“walking together” process… er um… no, rather… about … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, Card. Richelieu speaks of excesses and Fulton Sheen address the “three intimacies”. You can continue your spiritual pilgrimage to today’s Roman Station, San Vitale, with a video … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, Fr. Troadec about external appearances. You can continue your spiritual pilgrimage to today’s Roman Station, Santa Maria in Trastevere, with a video visit HERE.
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, you get Fulton Sheen and Card. Richelieu. His counsel about melancholy is helpful. You can continue your spiritual pilgrimage to today’s Roman Station, Santa Cecilia, with a … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, Fr. Troadec explains the difference between two kinds of men. You can continue your spiritual pilgrimage to today’s Roman Station, Santa Balbina, with a video visit HERE.
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, a brief but wise counsel from Card. Richelieu and an insight from Fulton Sheen. We continue our spiritual pilgrimage to today’s Roman Station, San Clemente, with a … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, I have a little ramble about the 1st readings for Mass today in the Vetus Ordo, the Traditional Latin Mass supplemented by a comment from Bl. Ildefonso … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, we visit San Pietro in Vaticano. We hear about the thematic progression of the Lenten Ember Days and how the whole 1st week of Lent ties together … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, we visit Santi Dodici Apostoli and hear a useful spiritual counsel. We continue our spiritual pilgrimage to the Roman Station with a video visit HERE.
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, we continue our spiritual pilgrimage to the Roman Stations by visiting San Lorenzo in Panisperna. A video visit to San Lorenzo, made by a friend in Rome, … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, we continue with Card. Richelieu’s counsel about progress. We all have faults. We all have merits. How to view them in myself and in others? A video … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, we continue with Card. Richelieu’s counsel about progress – or not – on our faults and false progress in the spiritual life. A video visit to the … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, we continue with Card. Richelieu’s simple and practical advice about taking on penances. A video visit to the Roman Station, St. Peter in Chains, made by a … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, we have a spiritual counsel by Armand Jean du Plessis, Duke of Richelieu about being super pious but, in truth, sinning. Fulton Sheen touches on touch, and … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today Card. Richelieu gives counsel about the fulfillment of one legitimate duties and responsibilities as having primacy over any other works of piety or charity. We hear about … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, Cardinal Richelieu – yes, him – gives us a Spiritual Counsel (#1) Roman Station: Sts. John Paul on the Coelian Hill video by Crux Stationalis Fr. Z’s … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, we hear from John Henry Newman about the circle of the year. Fulton Sheen drops a bomb. The “prayer over the people”. Roman Station San Giorgio in … Read More →
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today we talk about the Roman Stations for every day of Lent. We hear about different customs for imposing ashes. The beautiful Emendemus takes us out. The embedded player in … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, we hear what “Shrove” means as in Shrove Tuesday. What is Lent? We have reminders about Roman Stations and purpose of Lent. This is a NEW podcasting system … Read More →
Welcome to the 9th edition of News of the Church. It’s 12 February 2024 and it is a Monday, the the day after Quinquagesima Sunday and two days before Ash Wednesday. Some time ago, I saw a movie called News … Read More →
It’s 3 February 2024 and it is a Saturday. It’s the Feast of St. Blaise. Some time ago, I saw a movie called News of the World in which after the Civil War a former confederate officer ekes out a … Read More →
It’s 10 January 2024 and it is a Wednesday. Some time ago, I saw a movie called News of the World in which after the Civil War a former confederate officer ekes out a living wandering about reading newspaper stories … Read More →
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent and Christmas 2023. Today, Fr Troadec speaks of the Name of Jesus. Benedict XVI talks about Mary, Virgin and Mother.
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent and Christmas 2023. Today 6 minutes instead of 5. Today we hear from Joseph Ratzinger in the 1st Anniversary of his death. We pray. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · ADVENTCAzT 2023 – … Read More →
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent and Christmas 2023. Today we hear from St. Alphonsus about the the way Baby Jesus slept. Benedict XVI delves into the manger. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · ADVENTCAzT 2023 – 28 – … Read More →
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent and Christmas 2023. It’s a 7 minute, rather than 5 minute podcast this time. Today, we hear the Christmas Day Sermon by Archbishop Thomas from T.S. Eliot’s Murder In The Cathedral. … Read More →
It seems I originally uploaded yesterday’s file. I’ve corrected it. A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent and Christmas 2023. Today, Pius Parsch sets the stage. St. Augustine gets to the point of their rapid life. A prayer. … Read More →
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent and Christmas 2023. Today we hear about “Hide and Seek”. Then, Fr. Troadec explains the three gifts to John which Christ gave in His “three states.” (Fascinating.) Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · … Read More →
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent and Christmas 2023. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · 24 Advent23 Today, Bl. Ildefonso describes the papal doings in the ancient Roman Church. We hear the account of the martyrdom of Stephen. Fr. … Read More →
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent and Christmas 2023. Today, we are sticking with one of the very best for the whole thing. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · ADVENTCAzT 2023 – 23 – Christmas: Paradoxical Divinity
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent and Christmas 2023. Today, Schuster on the humility of Joseph. Fulton Sheen reminds us of the ongoing action of Christ. The Collect. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · ADVENTCAzT 2023 – 22 – … Read More →
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent and Christmas 2023. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · ADVENTCAzT 2023 – 21 – Ember Saturday 3rd Week of Advent: History Today Bl. Ildefonso describes how our ancient Roman forebears observed this day. … Read More →
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent and Christmas 2023. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · ADVENTCAzT 2023 – 20 – Ember Friday 3rd Week of Advent: Truth smack Bl. Ildefonso Schuster’s on our Marian devotion, even in time of … Read More →
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent and Christmas 2023. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · ADVENTCAzT 2023 – 19 – Thursday 3rd Week of Advent: Veni! Today, Fr. Troadec drills into the constant cry of “Come!” that we have … Read More →
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent and Christmas 2023. Today, St. Paul gives us our marching orders. Fulton Sheen reminds us that we have to trust God. Card. Bacci explains Christ’s infant tears.
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent and Christmas 2023. Today, St. Alphonsus Liguori reflect on Christ as our redeemer and healer of our souls and then raises his heart to God in prayer.
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent and Christmas 2023. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · ADVENTCAzT 2023 – 16 – Monday 3rd Week of Advent: Meekness Today, Card. Bacci describes gratitude and Fr. Troadec describes Mary and what we … Read More →
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent and Christmas 2023. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · ADVENTCAzT 2023 – 15 – Gaudete Sunday 3rd of Advent: We are our rites! Today, because we are our rites, we go back in … Read More →
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent and Christmas 2023. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · ADVENTCAzT 2023 – 14 – Saturday 2nd Week of Advent: Frequency Today, we read from the Imitation of Christ, Benedict Baur talks about the future … Read More →
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent and Christmas 2023. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · ADVENTCAzT 2023 – 13 – Friday 2nd Week of Advent: Scandal Today, Joseph Ratzinger and Fr. Troadec help us along the Advent road.
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent and Christmas 2023. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · ADVENTCAzT 2023 – 12 – Thursday 2nd Week of Advent: Good intentions Today, Cardinal Bacci talks about resolve and intentions. Herein, also, a prayer … Read More →
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent and Christmas 2023. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · ADVENTCAzT 2023 – 11 – Wednesday 2nd Week of Advent: Repentance Today, Card. Zen talks about repentance with a view of the future.
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent and Christmas 2023. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · ADVENTCAzT 2023 – 10 – Tuesday 2nd Week of Advent: Marian Dogmas. Why? Today, St. Alphonsus talks about how God chose to save us … Read More →
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent and Christmas 2023. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · ADVENTCAzT 2023 – 09 – Monday 2nd Week of Advent: Joseph Today, we hear about St Joseph’s choice about Mary: Send her away? Fulton … Read More →
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent and Christmas 2023. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · ADVENTCAzT 2023 – 08 – 2nd Sunday of Advent: Prophecy Today, Fr. Troadec talks about the foundation of our ability to recognize the Messiah.
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent and Christmas 2023. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · ADVENTCAzT 2023 – 07 – Saturday 1st Week of Advent: Memento Today, Fr Alfred Delp speaks from his Nazi prison in 1944. We have … Read More →
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent and Christmas 2023. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · ADVENTCAzT 2023 – 06 – Friday 1st Week of Advent: Immaculate Today, Fr. Troadec about Mary as Virgin of virgins. Joseph Ratzinger and St. … Read More →
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent and Christmas 2023. Today, St Ambrose and one of his hymns. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · ADVENTCAzT 2023 – 04 – Wednesday 1st Week of Advent: Ambrose
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent 2023. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · ADVENTCAzT 2023 – 04 – Wednesday 1st Week of Advent Today we have notes about Santa Claus, a vivid description of a crime scene, and a … Read More →
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent 2023. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · ADVENTCAzT 2023 – 02 – Monday 1st Week of Advent: Gabriel Today Card. Zen talks about time. We hear about Gabriel talking to Daniel and to … Read More →
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent 2023. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · ADVENTCAzT 2023 – 01 – 1st Sunday of Advent: bedight with Alleluias Today, Card. Zen reflects and Fr. Z rambles and Bl. Ildefonso amazes and Fulton … Read More →
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent 2023. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · ADVENTCAzT 2023 – 00 – Final Saturday before Advent: “approach” Today, St. John Henry Newman connects the two ends of the year. Fr. Z rambles. Bookend … Read More →
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · News of the Church 02 An audio “gazette” of Catholic things. 00:39 Quick Re-intro 01:21 “Les Amis du Monastère” #187 10:24 QST – December 2023 14:94 Angelus – Nov/Dec 2023 17:42 Bp. Robert Barron on the … Read More →
An audio “gazette” of Catholic things. 00:00 Introduction 05:50 Livy on the Sacred Geese 09:33 The Wanderer 13:35 Crux 24:00 Catholic News Agency 31:34 Silverstream Priory 34:34 Latin Liturgy Association 40:00 Exit 41:10 Memorare in Latin You will hear sung … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to aid your Easter joy. Roman Station: St. Pancras TODAY: Low Sunday or Divine Mercy Sunday? Fr. Troadec holds before our eyes the impatience on the road to Emmaus. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · PASCHALCAzT 2023 – … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to aid your Easter joy. Roman Station: St. Peter’s in the Vatican TODAY: Divine Mercy or Dominica “in albis”? Fr. Troadec offers superb advice about living day by day. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · PASCHALCAzT 2023 – … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to aid your Easter joy. Roman Station: St. Peter’s in the Vatican TODAY: We hear and account of the terrifying exorcism of the ancient pagan Pantheon in Rome when Boniface IV consecrated it as a church … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to aid your Easter joy. Roman Station: Santi Dodici Apostoli TODAY: Fr. Troadec drills into two little words Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · PASCHALCAzT 2023 – 51: Easter Thursday – Two little words
Daily 5 minute podcast to aid your Easter joy. Roman Station: St. Peter’s in the Vatican TODAY: St. Augustine explains the situation Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · PASCHALCAzT 2023 – 50: Easter Wednesday – St Augustine to the newly baptized
Daily 5 minute podcast to aid your Easter joy. Roman Station: St. Paul’s outside-the-walls TODAY: Fr. Troadec on the two complementary aspects of holiness. We also hear what my home parish sounded like on Easter Sunday and why I am, … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to aid your Easter joy. Roman Station: St. Peter’s in the Vatican TODAY: The true source of happiness Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · PASCHALCAzT 2023 – 48: Easter Monday – Octaves
Daily 5 minute podcast to aid your Easter joy! Roman Station: Santa Maria Maggiore TODAY: Fulton Sheen and a surprise. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · PASCHALCAzT 2023 – 47: Of men and angels
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: … TODAY: Fr. Troadec and Bl. Ildefonso team up Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2023 – 46: Holy Saturday – Waiting
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: Santa Croce TODAY: Fulton Sheen on the great cry of Christ. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2023 – 45: Good Friday – Abandonment
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: St. John Lateran TODAY: Thoughts on the Eucharist and priesthood Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2023 – 44: Maundy Thursday – Priests
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: St. Mary Major Collect: St. Peter in Chains TODAY: Bl. Ildefonso gives us an astonishing view of the Crucifixion Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2023 – 43: … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: Santa Prisca Collect: Santa Maria in Portico TODAY: We hear of the parallel “passion” endured by Peter while Christ was suffering His own. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: Santa Prasede Collect: Santa Balbina TODAY: We hear about the anointing of the Lord’s feet with the precious nard. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2023 – 41: … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: St. John Lateran TODAY: Bl. Ildefonso and Pius Parsch bring us into the drama and significance of this royal day. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2023 – … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: St John at the Latin Gate TODAY: The Martyrdom of John and the separation of the sheep and the goats. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2023 – … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: Santo Stefano Rotondo Collect: Sts. John and Paul TODAY: One week out from Good Friday, Pius Parsch delves into the complementarity of the ferial Mass formulary and … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: Sant’Apollinare Collect: Santa Maria in Via Lata TODAY: A moving account of the repentance and conversion of St. Mary Magdalen Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2023 – … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: San Marcello in Via Lata Collect: San Marco TODAY: Fr. Troadec describes two camps into which the world is divided. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2023 – … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: Santa Sabina TODAY: Sticking to Fr. Troadec brings us to a meditation on endurance and waiting upon divine Providence. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2023 – 35: … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: San Crisogono Collect: San Giorgio in Velabro TODAY: We hear about the conversion of the Ninevites at the preaching of Jonah while those to whom Jesus preached … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: Santa Sabina TODAY: Bl. Ildefonso Schuster talks of his times… no, our times. Yes, our times. Fr. Troadec reaffirms for us our determination for Passiontide. Fr. John … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: San Nicola in carcere Collect: Sant’Angelo in piscibus TODAY: We hear about the pivotal moment in all of time and a prayer we say at Holy Mass. … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: Sant’Eusebio Collect: San Vito TODAY: Bl. Ildefonso gives insights into the raising of Lazarus and the Sacrament of Penance. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2023 – 31: … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti Collect: Santi Quirico e Giulitta TODAY: We hear about the widow of Naim is a figure of the Church and her … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: St. Paul’s outside-the-walls Collect: St. Mennas TODAY: In ancient times, before Lent was lengthened this was the mid-point. Today the catechumens underwent rites that are retained in … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: San Lorenzo in Damaso Collect: Santa Maria Domnae Rosae TODAY: Fr. Troadec talks about the figurative sense of the Gospel passage from last Sunday. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: Santi Quatro Coronati Collect: Santo Stefano Rotondo TODAY: We hear from Fr. Troadec and from Fr. Calloway. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2023 – 26: Monday 4th … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: Santa Croce in Gerusaleme Today: Fr. Troadec talks about joy at this point in Lent, even as we look towards the Passion. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: Santa Susanna (but really at Santa Maria della Vittoria Collect: San Vitale TODAY: Connections between the Station and the Readings from Daniel and about the “adulteress” brought … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: San Lorenzo in Lucina Collect: Santa Maria ad martyres TODAY: Fr. Troadec. He just gets better and better. Today we hear about the fire that ought to … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: Ss. Cosma e Damiano Collect: San Marco TODAY: I’m sticking with Fr. Troadec again, who just gets better and better. He talks today about the remedies that … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: San Sisto Collect: Santa Balbina TODAY: I stick to my guns with Fr. Troadec. He hits it out of the park today. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: Santa Pudenziana Collect: Santi Sergio e Bacco TODAY: Bl. Ildefonso Schuster gives us two salutary points stemming from the Mass text. Firstly, are we alone? And then, … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: San Marco Collect: Sant’Adriano in the Roman Forum TODAY: From hearing about Naaman the Syrian we move to a daily activity we should never omit. Fr. John … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: San Lorenzo fuori-le-mura TODAY: Gregory The Great says that the demon of the Gospel is a devil of impurity, the one the most responsible for the damnation … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: Ss. Marcelino e Pietro Collect: San Clemente TODAY: Some notes helpful for confession Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2023 – 18: Saturday 2nd Week – Confession notes
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: San Vitale Collect: Sant Agata dei Gotti TODAY: We hear about envy. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2023 – 17: Friday 2nd Week of Lent
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: Santa Maria in Trastevere Collect: San Crisogono TODAY: Pius Parsch helps us see the linked between the figures of penitents in the first part of Lent and … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: Santa Cecilia in Trastevere – Collect: San Giorgio TODAY: We go across the river to this storied Station and then hear more from Thomas a Kempis about … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: Santa Balbina. No Collect. Today: Insights into Christians who have contrary dispositions. Are you one of them? Remarks about the Angelic Doctor on his traditional Feast. Fr. … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: San Clemente Collect: Santi Cosma e Damiano TODAY: Benedict XVI talks about transfiguration(s) Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2023 – 13: Monday 2nd Week of Lent: Up … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: Santa Maria in Domnica TODAY: Bl. Ildefonso has a brief, beautiful insight into the importance of adhering to our traditions. We learn that once there was no … Read More →
Roman Station: St. Peters Collect: Santa Maria in Traspontina TODAY: We hear about the Saturday Ember Day and St. Peter’s Basilica and then Fr. Troadec helps us out about the Transfiguration. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2023 – 11: Ember … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: Santi Dodici Apostoli – Collect: San Marco TODAY: We hear of the amazing church which is the Station. Thomas a Kempis sobers us up. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: San Lorenzo in Panisperna. The Collect church is Sant’Agata dei Goti. Today we hear a bit about the amazing number of church in Rome dedicated to St. … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Collect Church is San Pietro in Vincoli and the Roman Station is Santa Maria Maggiore. It is Ember Wednesday in Lent, so we hear briefly about Ember Days. Then … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: Sant’Anastasia (Collect: San Nicola in Carcere) Fr. Troadec explores blindness and prayer. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2023 – 07: Tuesday 1st Week of Lent – Blindness
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: St. Peter in Chains (Collect Sts. Cosmas and Damian) We begin some reflections on the one thing that is certain but that we cannot predict. Fr. John … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: St. John Lateran. No Collect church today. Today we hear from Fr. Troadec about the importance of 40. Bl. Ildefonso cites St. Gregory the Great on what … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: Santa Sabina. The Collect: S. Lorenzo in Lucina. Today we hear the Prayer Over the People after visiting the Roman Station. Then Fr. Troadec gives us a … Read More →
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2023 – 02: Friday after Ash Wednesday – Feast of St. Matthew Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: Sts. John and Paul on the Coelian Hill (Collect: S. … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: San Giorgio in Velabro (Collect: San Nicola in Carcere) Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2023 – 02: Thursday after Ash Wednesday Today we hear about the military … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, some notes about the beautiful responsory from the Blessing of Ashes, Emendemus in melius. We hear the second prayer of the blessing of ashes and attend to today … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, we hear what “Shrove” means as in Shrove Tuesday, another name for “Fat Tuesday” or “Mardi Gras”. What is Lent called and why? We have a few reminders … Read More →
Cross-Posted from One Peter Five: We are looking at the Epistle readings for the Vetus Ordo on Sundays. This week we continue what we prayed last week. I say, “what we prayed,” because the readings themselves are part of a … Read More →
Originally Published on: Dec 30, 2021 One of a series of 5 minute daily podcasts during Advent 2021. Today, We hear about the sensus fidelium in regard to the limits of obedience in the face of bad leadership in the … Read More →
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent 2022. Today, Fr. Troadec talks about the night in Bethlehem. We hear form Ven. Pauline Jaricot. Card. Bacci invokes St. Joseph. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · ADVENTCAzT 2022 – 28 – Vigil … Read More →
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent 2022. Today, we hear about “Ero Cras!”. Sr. Noble helps the wind into our sails. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · ADVENTCAzT 2022 – 27 – Friday 4th Week of Advent: Wind in … Read More →
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent 2022. Today, We hear of how the Mary, filled from within by the overflowing divine presence experienced joy as no other ever could. Card. Bacci and John of the Cross help … Read More →
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent 2022. Today, we hear the Scriptural connection between the image of David’s Key in today’s O Antiphon and the Petrine Ministry that endures in the Church. St. Noble talks about the … Read More →
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent 2022. Today, Fr. Parsch looks into the O Antiphon and Fr. Troadec sets on the right course with John the Baptist. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · ADVENTCAzT 2022 – 23 – Monday … Read More →
After various technical glitches…. A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent 2022. Today, we hear from Fr. Parsch about Old Testament type Card. Bacci asks a hard question about our sorrow for sins. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · ADVENTCAzT … Read More →
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent 2022. Today, Bl. Ildefonso Schuster remarks on the name Emmanuel. Benedict XVI then picks up on the same name. Finally, Fulton Sheen takes us across the line. We hear a snip … Read More →
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent 2022. Today, St. Ambrose in a sermon about the Visitation provides wise counsel to young women. Sr. Noble address that great shining lamp, St. John the Baptist, and the true Light, … Read More →
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent 2022. Today, we have a preview of the famous, upcoming “O Antiphons”. Card. Bacci explains two kinds of desire. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · ADVENTCAzT 2022: 19 – Thursday 3rd Week of … Read More →
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent 2022. Today, Bl. Ildefonoso and Fr. Pius help us with the historical importance of the December Ember Days and how we commemorate the Annunciation from two different angles during the year. … Read More →
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent 2022. Today, we explore what it means to “Rejoice always!” Impossible! Right? But, there it is, straight from Paul who quite obviously didn’t always rejoice. Then Card. Bacci gives us Catherine of Siena … Read More →
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent 2022. Today, Fr. Parsch gives us an insight into how to “Rejoice!” in the Christian way of rejoicing. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · ADVENTCAzT 2022: 15 – 3rd Sunday of Advent: Why … Read More →
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent 2022. Today, Prosper Gueranger pours out his heart about the Blessed Virgin Mary. Fr. Troadec strives to put some backbone into all of us. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · ADVENTCAzT 2022: 14 … Read More →
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent 2022. Today, Fr. Parsch explains that morality and doing good is not theologically the essence of Christianity. Br. Columba explains why the Devil tempt the sick to impatience. We hear a … Read More →
It seems that Soundcloud was down for some time. A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent 2022. Today is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, and so we focus on the Blessed Virgin Mary with Fr. Troadec and … Read More →
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent 2022. Today, we hear from The Art of Dying by Br. Columba Thomas, OP, MD. Fr. Parsch speaks to us from the 20th c. about St. Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor, whose … Read More →
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent 2022. Today, a slightly different format. From Bl Ildefonso Schuster we hear about St. Nicholas of Myra, or of Bari, the ancient foundational figure for Santa Claus and then morph straight … Read More →
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent 2022. Today, Fr. Troadec talks about lessons in patience through waiting for Our Savior. Card. Bacci drills into the balance we must have between activity and prayer. We don’t want to … Read More →
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent 2022. Today, we hear about the Roman Station, the “Sessorian” Basilica and what you find there. Then there is a reflection on a way to view our inevitable Judgment other than … Read More →
Today, we hear about the Rorate Mass in honor of the Blessed Virgin on Saturday’s of Advent. Card. Bacci talks about “dissipated souls”. St. John Vianney prays for priests. The Benedictines of Mary sing to Mary, Queen of Priests and … Read More →
A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent 2022. Today, Fr. Troadec explores how the Lord will be the Judge in His humanity. Card. Bacci talks about being pure of heart. St. Thomas Aquinas gives us a prayer for … Read More →
A series of short daily podcasts for Advent 2022. Today, I rant a little about how some people use the word “liturgy” with a view of how important the Divine Office is in the season of Advent. We hear a … Read More →
A series of short daily podcasts for Advent 2022. Today we hear from the Prophet Isaiah from the Office of Matins for Wednesday even though today is the Feast of St. Andrew. The prophet predicts dire things for society because … Read More →
A series of short daily podcasts for Advent 2022. Today, Fr. Troadec explains that we perform blessings of things now because nature itself longs to be raised up to Christ. Fr. Parsch (talking about Monday’s Matins not Tuesday’s) lays out … Read More →
A series of short daily podcasts for Advent 2022. Today, Pius Parsch gives over a 10,000 feet over view of all of Advent’s stages. Card. Ratzinger speaks from 1979 about the Romans 13, St Paul’s admonition against the orgies of … Read More →
A series of short daily podcasts for Advent 2022. ROMAN STATION: St. Mary Major Today, we hear about an ancient element of today’s Mass, tied to the harrowing Gospel for Mass, Luke 21:25-33. We have a reminder about inevitable death, … Read More →
First of a series of short daily podcasts for Advent 2022. Today, after a quick review of what Advent is, we hear about the magnificent gift that is Holy Church’s LITURGY as explained by Bl. Ildefonso Schuster. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf … Read More →
“Excita, quaesumus, Domine, tuorum fidelium voluntates… Stir up the wills of your people, O Lord…”. Thus begins the Collect for Holy Mass for this 24th and Last Sunday after Pentecost. In a few short days, shorter and shorter in the … Read More →
“Brethren: Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.” (Eph 5:15-16 … Read More →
The FINAL daily 5 minute podcast to celebrate the Resurrection of the Lord, 2022. Station: San Pancrazio TODAY: Archbp. Marcel Lefebvre on the truth of the Resurrection. Bl. Idelfonso Schuster brings it home with a spectacular peroration. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to celebrate the Resurrection of the Lord. STATION: St. John Lateran TODAY: A wistful musing on what is lost even when something else is gained. Fr. Troadec… yeah. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · PASCHALCAzT 2022 – 53: … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to celebrate the Resurrection of the Lord. Roman Station: St. Mary ‘ad Martyres’ TODAY: A harrowing exorcism. Our ongoing warfare. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · PASCHALCAzT 2022 – 52: Easter Friday – Warfare!
Daily 5 minute podcast to celebrate the Resurrection of the Lord. Roman Station: Holy Twelve Apostles TODAY: Our Lord tells St. Catherine of Siena about how HE is in the Host. Ralph Martin points out the hard but obvious truth … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to celebrate the Resurrection of the Lord. Roman Station: St. Lawrence outside the walls TODAY: Bl. Idelfonso Schuster put his finger on a real problem among our shepherds of our own day in contrast with Peter. … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to celebrate the Resurrection of the Lord. Roman Station: St. Paul’s outside the walls TODAY: “Peace!” Reflection from Fr. Troadec and a note from a Doctrix of the Church. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · PASCHALCAzT 2022 – … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to celebrate the Resurrection of the Lord. Roman Station: St. Peter’s in the Vatican TODAY: Procession! Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · PASCHALCAzT 2022 – 48: Easter Monday – Procession!
Daily 5 minute podcast to encourage you in your Lenten discipline. Station: St. Mary Major Today: Fr. Patrick Troadec talks about Christ’s victory and ours. Bl. Idelfonso Schuster reconnects us with our forebears. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · PASCHALCAzT 2022 – … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to encourage you in your Lenten discipline. COLLECT: St. John Lateran for the Catechumens TODAY: Bl. Idelfonso Schuster on how our Lent is not nearly over yet. Fulton Sheen, once again – huge surprise – amazes. … Read More →
Here also are my audio projects of the Way of the Cross. On 1st Fridays, do please pray the Act of Reparation. What we need right now is PRAYER, especially now. And remember to GO TO CONFESSION! For priests, especially, try The Way Of … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to encourage you in your Lenten discipline. COLLECT: St. John Lateran STATION: Holy Cross in Jerusalem Today, St. John Henry Newman remarks about a remarkable place. Fr. Troadec nails it. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2022 … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to encourage you in your Lenten discipline. STATION: St. John Lateran Fulton Sheen talks about the Agony of the Garden. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2022 – 44: Maundy Thursday – "Agony"
Daily 5 minute podcast to encourage you in your Lenten discipline. COLLECT: St. Peter in Chains (but earlier at the Lateran) STATION: St. Mary Major TODAY: Fr. Troadec coaches us up about how to bear our sufferings. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to encourage you in your Lenten discipline. COLLECT: Sta Maria in Portico STATION: Sta Prisca TODAY: We hear about the original Gospel for this day before the Passion according to Mark was read. It concerns Mark … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to encourage you in your Lenten discipline. COLLECT: S. Balbina STATION: S. Praxedes A lesson from Isaiah and comments from B. Idelfonso Schuster and an exciting taste of a new exciting recording which excites me. Fr. … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to encourage you in your Lenten discipline. COLLECT: Depends… but… Santa Maria “in turris” STATION: St. John Lateran Fr. Troadec speaks about Christ as our King, now reigning. B. Idelfonso Schuster sheds fascinating light on the … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to encourage you in your Lenten discipline. Collect Church: varia Station: St. John at the Latin Gate Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2022 – 39: Saturday Passion Week (5th of Lent) – Red White Green Blue … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to encourage you in your Lenten discipline. COLLECT: Ss. John and Paul STATION: Santo Stefano Rotondo Today Fr. Troadec unfolds the mystery of Mary’s offering of her Son. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2022 – 38: … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to encourage you in your Lenten discipline. COLLECT: Santa Maria in Via Lata STATION: Sant’Apollinare Fulton Sheen explains love and forgiveness. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2022 – 37: Thursday Passiontide (5th Week) – "Much was … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to encourage you in your Lenten discipline. COLLECT: San Marco STATION: San Marcello al Corso Pius Parsch addresses the image of the Good Shepherd in today’s Mass in three angles. Also, on this day in the … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to encourage you in your Lenten discipline. STATION: Santa Maria in Via Lata Today Fr. Troadec talks about perseverance under pressure. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2022 – 35: Tuesday of Passiontide (5th Week of Lent … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to encourage you in your Lenten discipline. COLLECT: San Giorgio STATION: San Crisogono Bl. Idelfonso Schuster points out something necessary. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2022 – 34: Monday in Passiontide – “God has not created … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to encourage you in your Lenten discipline. STATION: St. Peter’s Basilica Today: Fr. Z muses. Fr. Patrick Troadec brings us into Passiontide. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2022 – 33: 1st Passion Sunday (5th of Lent) … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to encourage you in your Lenten discipline. COLLECT: Sant’Angelo in piscibus” STATION: San Nicola in carcere Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2022 – 32: Saturday 4th Week of Lent – Prayer of the heart
Daily 5 minute podcast to encourage you in your Lenten discipline. COLLECT CHURCH: San Vito “ad Macellam Liviae” STATION CHURCH: Sant’Eusebio TODAY: You find out who was a titular cardinal at San Vito, something I’m sure you’ve been wondering about. … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to encourage you in your Lenten discipline. COLLECT: San Quirico e Giulitta STATION: Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti TODAY: We visit the place where there was the first public refutation of Arianism. Also, Card. Schuster … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to encourage you in your Lenten discipline. COLLECT: St. Mennas STATION: St Paul’s outside the walls TODAY: We hear about this super important day in the journey of the ancient catechumens into the Church. St. Augustine … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to encourage you in your Lenten discipline. Collect: Monastery of “Santa Maria Domnae Rosae” Station: San Lorenzo in Damaso Card. Bacci talks about resolving to stay with Jesus. Upload complete. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2022 … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to encourage you in your Lenten discipline. COLLECT: Santo Stefano Rotondo STATION: Saint Quatro Coronati Fr. Troadec lays a foundation for patience with a very important group of people. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2022 – … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to encourage you in your Lenten discipline. STATION: Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem Today we hear about the building of the so-called Sessorian Basilica and its precious treasures. Scott Hahn speaks to what might … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to encourage you in your Lenten discipline. COLLECT: San Vitale STATION: Santa Susanna TODAY: How the Old Testament and New Testament readings connect and the tie in with the station. Also, something for our own examination … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to encourage you in your Lenten discipline. COLLECT: Santa Maria ad Martyres STATION: San Lorenzo in Lucina TODAY: There is a link between the Station and the reading for Mass for the Lenten day. Fulton Sheen … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to encourage you in your Lenten discipline. COLLECT: San Marco STATION: Santi Cosma e Damiano TODAY: Pairs of twins. Card. Bacci instructs us about how really to love: DO SOMETHING. I use some of Card. Bacci’s … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to encourage you in your Lenten discipline. Collect Church: Sts. Sergius and Bacchus Station: Santa Pudenziana TODAY: The Collect is the home of the Ukrainian Catholics in Rome, hence the music for today’s offering. Then the … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to encourage you in your Lenten discipline. COLLECT: Sant’Adriano STATION: San Marco TODAY: We hear, maybe too much about San Marco, but it is a really interesting place that prompts digressions. Then, Fulton Sheen explains what … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to encourage you in your Lenten discipline. No Collect STATION: St. Lawrence outside the walls Today: We hear of the “Scrutinies” that the Catechumens underwent in the ancient Church of Rome. Also, Fulton Sheen slaps us … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to encourage you in your Lenten discipline. Collect: San Clemente Station: Santi Marcellino e Pietro Today, we hear the strange history of this little church, once highly honored. Card. Bacci on St. Joseph is quite lovely. … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to encourage you in your Lenten discipline. Collect Church: Sant’Agatha Station: San Vitale Today: About privation and the pursuit of holiness by Card. Bacci. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2022 – 17: Friday 2nd Week of … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to encourage you in your Lenten discipline. Collect Church: San Crysogono Station: Santa Maria in Trastevere Today: Fr. Patrick Troadec talks about “Dives and “Lazarus”. Music: Motecta Trium Vocum – beautiful! US HERE – UK HERE Fr. John Zuhlsdorf … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to encourage you in your Lenten discipline. Collect Church: S Giorgio in Velabro Station: Santa Cecilia in Trastevere Today: Nostalgic walk to Santa Cecilia and wisdom from Bl. Idelfonso Schuster. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2022 … Read More →
Collect Church: None Station: Santa Balbina Today: Great insight by Card. Bacci, with a harrowing quote by St. Alphonsus. Fulton Sheen one four ways that excesses harm us. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2022 – 14: Tuesday 2nd Week of … Read More →
COLLECT: Sts. Cosmas and Damian STATION: San Clemente Today: Fr. Patrick Troadec speaks about how we are not alone, no matter what. He has a killer quote from St. Elizabeth of the Trinity. The Prayer Over The People. Fr. John … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to encourage you in your Lenten discipline. Collect Church: NONE Station: St. Mary “in Domnica” or “alla Navicella” Today: We find out why there is no Collect church assigned. Then, an amazing insight from Bl. Idelfonso … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to encourage you in your Lenten discipline. Collect Church: S. Maria in Traspontina Station: St. Peter in the Vatican Today: We hear of the Collect Church, especially, A sad place since the Pachamama demon debacle. Bl. … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to encourage you in your Lenten discipline. Collect Church: San Marco Station: Santi Dodici Apostoli Today: We hear about the Station and get some advice about having peace of soul. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2022 … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to encourage you in your Lenten discipline. Collect Church: St. Agatha Station: S. Lorenzo in Panisperna Today: We hear from St. Ambrose about the last encounter of the beloved Roman Deacon Lawrence with his spiritual father … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to encourage you in your Lenten discipline. Collect Church: St. Peter in Chains Station Church: St. Mary Major TODAY: The miraculous snow fall that led to the location of this beautiful church dedicated to the Mother … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to encourage you in your Lenten discipline. TODAY: The Roman Station of Sant’Anastasia. Card. Bacci gives insight into how science, knowledge, can go very wrong indeed and can be harmful. A good warning for so-called “scientists” … Read More →
Today is the Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas, the Angelic Doctor, the only saint mentioned in Canon Law apart from feasts. Canon Law requires that seminarians be formed especially according to the thought of St. Thomas. HA! This morning I … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcast to encourage you in your Lenten discipline. Collect Church: Sts. Cosmas and Damian Station: St. Peter in Chains Today: Fr. Patrick Troadec make a good point about how much time we have and what is at … Read More →
Daily 5 minute podcasts to prompt you in your Lenten journey. Today: The Roman Station is St. John Lateran. We hear from a Lenten sermon of St. Pope Leo the Great, with a little Latin thrown in because, well, he’s … Read More →
The next daily 5 minute podcasts for Lent. They are intended to encourage you in this holy season. Today: Even more about the “Oratio super populum” and an extremely curious fact about a deposed Pope and putative “usurper”. Bl. Idelfonso … Read More →
The next daily 5 minute podcasts for Lent. They are intended to encourage you in this holy season. Collect: S. Lucia in Septizonio – Station: St.s John and Paul on the Coelian Hill Today: Sts. John and Paul, Bl. Idelfonso … Read More →
The next daily 5 minute podcasts for Lent. They are intended to encourage you in this holy season. Collect: S. Nicola in Carcere – Station: San Giorgio in Velabro Today: A thought from St. John Henry Newman about adjusting our … Read More →
Today is Ash Wednesday. The Roman Station is Santa Sabina all’Aventino. Here is the first of our daily 5 minutes podcasts for Lent. Today: More about Roman Stations, the imposition of ashes, and what ancient Christians did for penance. Fr. … Read More →
For Lent I will offer daily 5 minute podcasts. They are intended to encourage you in your use of this holy season. Today is Tuesday in the Week of Quinquagesima, “Shrove Tuesday”. Today we hear about Roman Stations, the meaning … Read More →
Forty Hours at Ss. Trinità dei Pellegrini. Photo by The Great Roman™ Fervorino from today’s Requiem Mass. HERE WORDLE I lost in Latin today. Grrr. For your edification…
I learned that my friend, the amazing Luigi Card. De Magistris died recently, days short of his 96th birthday. He was a legend. My office window in the Palazzo del Sant’Uffizio was open to the interior courtyard of the building. … Read More →
Photo by The Great Roman™ Today’s Mass Fervorino Intention: Benefactors Prayers Added: For enemies
One of a series of 5 minute daily podcasts during Advent 2021. Pius Parsch explains who St. Sylvester was and why we celebrate him on this last day of the civil year. Fr. Troadec is, again, amazing about the several … Read More →
One of a series of 5 minute daily podcasts during Advent 2021. Today the founder of a priestly fraternity pours out his heart to the Child Jesus. John Paul II talks about Eucharist Adoration. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · CHRISTMASCAzT 2021: … Read More →
One of a series of 5 minute daily podcasts during Advent 2021. Today an extended reading, broken up a little, from Dom Prosper Gueranger about the nature of the martyrdom of the Holy Innocents. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · CHRISTMASCAzT 2021: … Read More →
One of a series of 5 minute daily podcasts during Advent 2021. Fr. Troadec is quite brilliant about the gifts of St. John and the stages of the life of the Lord. Bl. Idelfonso Schuster helps us to understand our … Read More →
One of a series of 5 minute daily podcasts during Advent 2021. We hear about the Six Thrones of Jesus. Dom Gueranger meditates on two things that will last in the Church until the end of time. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf … Read More →
One of a series of 5 minute daily podcasts during Advent and Christmas 2021. Today Fulton Sheen talks about the humility of the Lord in taking our human nature. Joseph Ratzinger elucidates the ox and the ass in your Nativity … Read More →
One of a series of 5 minute daily podcasts during Advent 2021. Today Dom Prosper Gueranger presents thoughts of St. Ephrem the Syrian about how Christmas accompanies us for our whole lives. Fr. Troadec explains a humble image. Fr. John … Read More →
One of a series of 5 minute daily podcasts during Advent 2021. Today, continuing with Fulton Sheen’s Life of Christ, getting down to brass tacks. Antonio Card. Bacci tells is as it is. Christina Rossetti’s lovely poem receives a musical … Read More →
One of a series of 5 minute daily podcasts during Advent 2021. Today we continue with Fulton Sheen’s illumination of the manger of Bethlehem. Fr. Troadec explains the Introit Antiphon we’ve heard often this week, the famous, Rorate Caeli. Fr. … Read More →
One of a series of 5 minute daily podcasts during Advent 2021. Today we continue with a reading from Fulton Sheen’s ‘Life of Christ’. Then Pope Benedict XVI talks about what Sheen just described. Finally, Paul, from Holy Mass today … Read More →
One of a series of 5 minute daily podcasts during Advent 2021. Today St. Ambrose of Milan presents some theses and antitheses, which he was pretty good at. Fulton Sheen describes a scene that set something amazing in motion foretold … Read More →
One of a series of 5 minute daily podcasts during Advent 2021. We look at the Collect for Mass more closely. Fulton Sheen gives in insight. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · ADVENTCAzT 2021: 21 – 4th Sunday of Advent My Soundcloud … Read More →
One of a series of 5 minute daily podcasts during Advent 2021. St. John Paul II reminds us about something. Bl. Idelfonso Schuster tells us how our forebears observed this day. Peter Kreeft helps us to suffer. The Monks of … Read More →
St. Ambrose glosses the Gospel reading from Holy Mass in the Vetus Ordo, the Roman Mass, which presents the Visitation. Fr. Troadec makes observations about O Antiphons which begin today at Vespers through 23 December. Fr. Z adds three things … Read More →
One of a series of 5 minute daily podcasts during Advent 2021. Today we look ahead to the Sunday to come, the 4th of Advent. Joseph Ratzinger talks about the essence of the Christmas gift that, if admitted, even unbelievers … Read More →
One of a series of 5 minute daily podcasts during Advent 2021. Today Dom Prosper Gueranger reminds us that, from ancient times, this is the day that the upcoming ordinations to orders would take place on Saturday at St. Peter’s … Read More →
One of a series of 5 minute daily podcasts during Advent 2021. Fr. Troadec gives us the good stuff about “meekness”, what it really is. St. Basil the Great talks about evil and where the buck stops. The Nuns of … Read More →
One of a series of 5 minute daily podcasts during Advent 2021. Today we hear of the Martyrdom of St. Lucy from the beautiful book by Matthew Manint. shorturl.at/adAG8 And the is an Elvis sighting. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · ADVENTCAzT … Read More →
One of a series of 5 minute daily podcasts during Advent 2021. Today Dom Prosper Gueranger makes a plea to those who do not adequately recognize Christ. Fulton sheen makes a comparison. Pope Benedict XVI speaks about Our Lady of … Read More →
One of a series of 5 minute daily podcasts during Advent 2021. Today we hear more about the ancient Station ceremony at St. Peter’s in Rome for the 3rd Sunday of Advent. Then, St. Augustine zero’s in on something we … Read More →
One of a series of 5 minute daily podcasts during Advent 2021. We continue with the description of the Station ceremonies at St. Peter’s Basilica for the 3rd Sunday of Advent. Then, Peter Kreeft gives another brilliant reason for why … Read More →
One of a series of 5 minute daily podcasts during Advent 2021. We start to look forward to the upcoming Sunday by looking back to the ancient Church of Rome and Station rites at St. Peter’s. Cyril of Jerusalem talks … Read More →
One of a series of 5 minute daily podcasts during Advent 2021. Today we hear from Pius Parsch about why the Feast of the Immaculate Conception is in Advent. Dom Prosper Gueranger waxes eloquent about our good fortune. St. Ignatius … Read More →
One of a series of 5 minute daily podcasts during Advent 2021. Today we hear about St. Ambrose, whose feast it is, from the 3rd Reading of the Office of Matins in the Breviarium Romanum. Then, Ambrose instructs us on … Read More →
One of a series of 5 minute daily podcasts during Advent 2021. Today we have wisdom from a Church Father, Lactantius, about being consistent in living what we say to others. Peter Kreeft talks about whuppin’ the Devil and he … Read More →
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 the Mass for your Sunday obligation (jabbed or not!), either live … Read More →
One of a series of 5 minute daily podcasts during Advent 2021. Today Bl. Idelfonso Schuster talks about the Roman Station and St. Gregory explains the symbolism of the “bent reed”. Fulton Sheen chimes in. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · ADVENTCAzT … Read More →
One of a series of 5 minute daily podcasts during Advent 2021. Today we hear some Latin, from the Roman Breviary, about the saint of the day, Peter Chrysologus, Bishop and Doctor. There is one particularly good line that ties … Read More →
One of a series of 5 minute daily podcasts during Advent 2021. Today Peter Kreeft gives us a reason, one of many, for why he is Catholic. Fr. Spitzer talks about “nothing”. Commodianus warns us. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · ADVENTCAzT … Read More →
Today Fulton Sheen looks at how Christ was the only founder of any religious whose birth was foretold. HERE Card. Bacci gives us instruction about how to be “the boss”. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · ADVENTCAzT 2021: 05 – Thursday 1st … Read More →
Fr. Troadec explains the end of the world and why it will be unmade in fire, along with what will happen to us. Fulton Sheen gives a hint about being on the right side of what Fr. Troadec describes. The … Read More →
Here is ADVENTCAzT 03, for the Feast of St. Andrew. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · ADVENTCAzT 2021: 03 – St. Andrew, Apostle Have an idea for a reading in these podcasts? HERE Make some Mystic Monk Coffee and have a … Read More →
Here is ADVENTCAzT 02, for the Monday in the 1st Week of Advent. Today, Joseph Ratzinger opens up the 1st Reading from Paul to the Romans, chapter 13. Fulton Sheen makes the situation really simple. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · ADVENTCAzT … Read More →
Here is ADVENTCAzT 01, for the 1st Sunday of Advent. Today, Fr. Parsch brings us to Mary, who teaches us how to pray today’s Mass prayers. And did you know that today’s Mass formulary and the Dies irae of the … Read More →
Here is ADVENTCAzT 00, for the 1st Vespers of Advent. Today, we get our bearings in the season And did you know that today’s Mass formulary and the Dies irae of the Requiem Mass are connected? More on that tomorrow. … Read More →
During these dark days, we can benefit from the use of this prayer, called the Breastplate, or Loríca of St. Patrick, "The Cry of the Deer" (Latin Lorica is pronounced lo-REE-ka). It is said that St. Patrick (+461) sang this when an ambush was set for him so that he could not go to Tara to evangelize. Patrick and companions were then hidden from the sight of their enemies, who thought that they were deer when they passed by. However, some scholars date the prayer to the 8th c. Either way, this is a mickle, puissant prayer!
The Latin word loríca means “a leather cuirass; a defense of any kind; a breastwork, parapet”. In effect, it means “armor”. “Loríca” is also associated with an rhythmic invocation or prayer especially for protection as when going into battle.
The Lorica of St. Patrick is rooted in an un-confused belief in the supernatural dimension of our lives, that there truly is a spiritual battle being waged for our souls. This prayer reflects our absolute dependence on the One Three-Personed God.
One could pray this prayer each and every morning, upon arising.
On St. Patrick's Day, instead drinking green beer, pastors of parishes should invite people to come to Church for confessions, recitation of the Rosary, Mass, Exposition, the praying of the Lorica, Benediction. Suggest it to your priests.
Latin English
Sancti Patricii Hymnus ad Temoriam. The Lorica, Breastplate, of St. Patrick (The Cry of the Deer)
Ad Temoriam hodie potentiam praepollentem invoco Trinitatis, Credo in Trinitatem sub unitate numinis elementorum. I arise today Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity, Through belief in the Threeness, Through confession of the Oneness of the Creator of creation.
Apud Temoriam hodie virtutem nativitatis Christi cum ea ejus baptismi, Virtutem crucifixionis cum ea ejus sepulturae, Virtutem resurrectionis cum ea ascensionis, Virtutem adventus ad judicium aeternum. I arise today Through the strength of Christ's birth with His baptism, Through the strength of His crucifixion with His burial, Through the strength of His resurrection with His ascension, Through the strength of His descent for the judgment of doom.
Apud Temoriam hodie virtutem amoris Seraphim in obsequio angelorum, In spe resurrectionis ad adipiscendum praemium. In orationibus nobilium Patrum, In praedictionibus prophetarum, In praedicationibus apostolorum, In fide confessorum, In castitate sanctarum virginum, In actis justorum virorum. I arise today Through the strength of the love of cherubim, In the obedience of angels, In the service of archangels, In the hope of resurrection to meet with reward, In the prayers of patriarchs, In the predictions of prophets, In the preaching of apostles, In the faith of confessors, In the innocence of holy virgins, In the deeds of righteous men.
Apud Temoriam hodie potentiam coeli, Lucem solis, Candorem nivis, Vim ignis, Rapiditatem fulguris, Velocitatem venti, Profunditatem maris, Stabilitatem terrae, Duritiam petrarum. I arise today, through The strength of heaven, The light of the sun, The radiance of the moon, The splendor of fire, The speed of lightning, The swiftness of wind, The depth of the sea, The stability of the earth, The firmness of rock.
Ad Temoriam hodie potentia Dei me dirigat, Potestas Dei me conservet, Sapientia Dei me edoceat, Oculus Dei mihi provideat, Auris Dei me exaudiat, Verbum Dei me disertum faciat, Manus Dei me protegat, Via Dei mihi patefiat, Scutum Dei me protegat, Exercitus Dei me defendat, Contra insidias daemonum, Contra illecebras vitiorum, Contra inclinationes animi, Contra omnem hominem qui meditetur injuriam mihi, Procul et prope, Cum paucis et cum multis. I arise today, through God's strength to pilot me, God's might to uphold me, God's wisdom to guide me,
Here are my audio projects of the Way of the Cross. Remember… On 1st Fridays, please pray the Act of Reparation. GO TO CONFESSION! For priests, especially, try The Way Of The Cross For Priests from the Benedictines of Silverstream Priory. HERE. Would you consider … Read More →
Back in 2013, with a remnant of a cold, I read T. S. Eliot's Ash Wednesday.
It's interesting to go back to that post and see the comments. For example, Supertradmum is no longer with us. Say a prayer for the repose of her soul. There are names of some commentators we haven't see around for a while.
HERE
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 … Read More →
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 … Read More →
Today is the Feast of St. Lawrence. In 400, or thereabouts, in St. Augustine’s see of Hippo, a miles, a soldiers, probably a kind of police officer, did something very bad. He probably killed someone. The town went nuts and rioted … Read More →
Bp. Schneider has called for a Crusade of Eucharistic Reparation. He released a text on his site, Gloria Dei, about sins against the Blessed Sacrament, offences against our Lord in the Eucharist, and the need of such a coordinated campaign. … Read More →
In this PODCAzT I offer some thoughts, and a brief reading from, the prolifically indefatigable Peter Kwasniewski, a copy of which recently arrived: Reclaiming Our Roman Catholic Birthright: The Genius and Timeliness of the Traditional Latin Mass US HERE – … Read More →
New word for the day: hexachord I think my production skills have improved a bit since then! OLDIE TEXT Originally: 24 June 2007 Our PODCAzT for this Solemnity of the Nativity of John the Baptist presents a selection from … Read More →
Some 12 years ago, I made a series of PODCAzTs for the Octave of Pentecost. My technical abilities have improved a little since then, and I seem to have had a little more energy, but they aren’t bad. So, these … Read More →
I’ve been getting questions about the infamous “survey” sent out to bishops about Summorum Pontificum and its implementation (or more likely NOT!) in their dioceses. I wrote about it HERE. The important thing is not to panic and act like … Read More →
In this PODCAzT I read for you the Latin version of the extract from the traditional Rituale Romanum of A Prayer In Times of Epidemics (RR Tit. IX. Ch. X). It really should be done in Latin. These devotions and … Read More →
As a favor to a friend, I’ll repost this old podcast. It is the Eve of the Feast of St. Agnes, which of course reminds us of the famous poem by Keats. I, fan of poetry that I am, read … Read More →
At Epiphany we Latins have - traditionally - chanted a solemn proclamation of the key liturgical dates or movable feasts for the new year of salvation, just begun.
This underscores how these dates and seasons are all interconnected.
The liturgical year is a reflection of and on the mystery of our salvation. And, never forget, the mysteries shape us. We are our rites.
Some liturgical dates are movable. For example Septuagesima, in 2019, fell on 17 February. This beginning of Pre-Lent doesn’t fall on the same date every year because the date of Easter changes each year. In 2020 it will fall on 9 February.
“But Father! But Father!”, you libtards are surely sputtering. “What does this chant sound like? Do it in English like the spirit of Vatican II wanted! But you won’t because YOU HATE VATICAN II!”
We will use Latin on Epiphany, of course.
Here is what it sounds like, in case some deacon or priest out there, less familiar with chant, wants to give it a shot. It sounds rather like the Exultet, sung at the Easter Vigil. The Noveritis is a little awkward in parts.
You can find a printable PDF of the Noveritis 2020 HERE. NB: It has Ascension Thursday on the correct day!
Fathers. Here is how to sing the Noveritis for 2020, on Epiphany. I'll take it slowly so that you can get it into your ears.
Was there a good point made in the sermon you heard at the Mass that fulfilled your Sunday Obligation? What was it? There are a lot of people who don’t get many good points in the sermons they must endure. So, … Read More →
Here is ADVENTCAzT 02, for Monday in the 1st Week of Advent. Today Bp. Schneider talks about how Christ’s friends make Him suffer, Fulton Sheen reflects on how God would work in us and the Lord describes something of the … Read More →
It has been 50 years. 50 long years. Some might say, “Only 50? It seems longer.” Note the bizzare photo of a Novus Ordo being celebrated in the Sistine Chapel. Today marks the 50th anniversary of the going-into-effect of Paul … Read More →
We welcome as our guest… Peter Kwasniewski and an article he recently posted at LifeSite about Communion in the hand. Not long ago, surveys from the Pew Research center uncovered that a huge number of Catholics do not believe in … Read More →
For some reason the issue of idols keeps coming up. Pope Francis had a meal catered for 1500 poor people. He served them lasagne alla bolognese, lasagne in the style of Bologna. Sort of. By the way… it’s lasagne, plural, just … Read More →
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (ROME) In a surprise move international recording star and global warming expert ZUHLIO has emerged from retirement at the request of a subgroup of the drafting committee of the initial third working group of the Synod ("walking together) of Bishops formed to Save Amazonian Pagan Statues (SAPS).
Zuhlio, feeling the pain of so many, consented to record a sure-fire hit to make some money, of course, but also in memory of callous boosting of several Pachamama statuettes and their insensitive tossing into the Tiber River. It is Zuhlio's hope that all will be consoled by this song.
"Don't be sad," a tearful Zuhlio told our correspondent, "Surely they've gone to a better place now. After doing so much for so many, they can finally rest."
The official Parodohymnodist is the best!
And don't forget the hit from the last Synod ("walking together") on the Family.
UPDATE:
I figured I needed to do more, after I read that. So, here is an old recording I made of a chaplet of the Most Holy Rosary using the Joyful Mysteries. I didn't include the "Fatima Prayer" because there seem to be different versions in Latin (it wasn't not composed in Latin, of course). I've heard some interesting Latin versions out there. Hopefully, this will help.
Yesterday I posted a facetious story about Kukulkan coming to the Vatican... though t'aint that funny, given what we've seen lately. That was from The Onion.
This morning I received a text... "Is this from The Onion?"
Nope... it's from CNA... no, I couldn't make this up. Note the involvement of Jesuits: Vatican promotes 'smart rosary,' selling for $109
Vatican City, Oct 15, 2019 / 09:44 am (CNA).- The Vatican promoted the launch of a ‘smart rosary’ bracelet Tuesday compatible with an iOS and Android app, which costs over $100.
“In a world of indifference and in the face of so many injustices, poverty, elementary rights denied, praying for peace in the world means reconciling ourselves in our daily relationships, with the poorest, with the stranger, with different cultures and spiritual and religious traditions, but also with our land, our forests, our rivers and oceans,” Fr. Frédéric Fornos, SJ said in a press release sent by the Holy See Press Office Oct. 14. [The Press Office, yet. So someone is backing this. Wonder why?]
“The rosary is a beautiful spiritual tradition for contemplating the Gospel with Mary, it is a simple and humble prayer,” he said.
The “eRosary” bracelet is activated by making the sign of the cross, and is synced to an app, “Click to Pray eRosary” that tracks the user’s progress and contains visual aids and audio reflections on the mysteries of the rosary. [And what might they include? How do the want to form people's prayer of the Rosary?]
The bluetooth and water-resistant digital rosary is currently available for pre-order sale on Amazon.it for 99 euros, roughly $109. It is sold by “Click to Pray” -- an initiative of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network. [Hmmm... who are they, I wonder.]
Taiwan-based tech company GadgTek Inc (GTI) developed the “smart rosary” for the initiative.
Pope Francis launched the “Click to Pray” smartphone app in an Angelus address in January 2019, encouraging young people to download the app to pray the “Rosary of Peace.”
Among the “exclusive images and personalized content about the praying of the Rosary” contained in the app is a “themed” rosary option. Themes will include Laudato Si, migrants and refugees, vocations, and young people. [Nothing about the Amazon?]
“Aimed at the peripheral frontiers of the digital world where the young people dwell, the Click To Pray eRosary serves as a technology-based pedagogy to teach the young how to pray the Rosary, how to pray it for peace, how to contemplate the Gospel,” the Click to Pray press release said. [Why promote people teaching people to pray the Rosary when you can have a environment themed app do it?]
Our mission is the truth. Join us! Truth, huh? How about some Veritatis splendor? Oh, right... that's not fashionable anymore.
Laudato si theme? Migrants and refugees theme?
Periferal frontiers?
I'll tell you who the perifery is now. Traditional Catholics who don't want trendy themes constantly shoved down their throats.
I'm surprised that the Jesuit homosexualist activist lobby wasn't able to insert a sodomy theme in there.
eRosary?
How about this? How about a Rosary that already has themes... perhaps the Joyful, Sorrowful, and Glorious mysteries?
I call it... rEalRosary
And it's already water-resistant. WARNING: It is not tears resistant.
You can get one of these. They are tough and practical.
You can get one of these. They are beautiful and bequeathable.
I don't remember the exact locus of the image, perhaps The Lord of the Rings.
Today I go back to 8 October 2019 and a piece by Fr. Thomas G. Weinandy, OFM, Cap., at The Catholic Thing: Pope Francis and Schism. This is important. Last night I heard at the official presentation of the book … Read More →
Today's Roman Sunrise 17:19, Sunset 18:33. The Ave Maria is fixed these days at 18:45.
Yesterday was about as perfect a Sunday as one could desire. Not only was John Henry Newman canonized, but the weather was magnificent, everything one wants from an October day in Rome. Mass was said, prayers recited, lunch obtained, time shared with a friend, an evening stroll was had, really bad sketches were attempted.
The only fly in the ointment was a laundry glitch. I have no idea how this happened. An enemy, perhaps, hath done it. I washed my white beneath cassock shirts together with an entirely incompatible black ink pen. Think 101 Dalmatians. So, the next day I am still into spot treating and more washings. I have almost every damned spot out. How that pen came to be in that washing machine I cannot fathom.
Some sights from the day. The Great Roman™ leading the congregation in the Rosary and Litany.
This is what it sounds like in this Roman church. Let's hear the 5th Glorious Mystery and the Litany of Loreto. It is the custom in Italy to say the Marian Litany after the Rosary. It was mostly men, and young men too, saying the Rosary. None of this weak-ass mealy-mouthed, cringe-worthy "pious voice". And note the pace of the Litany.
Let's go straight to lunch. Here are some fettucine with guanciale, artichoke, pecorino and mint. Wow.
Ricciola (a fish) in cartoccio.
With both of these we had a wine I'd never experienced. A dry Moscato di Terracina. The Roman perked up when he saw it on the list, so it was a must try.
And for dessert... no, really, it was on the dessert menu ... ajo e ojo!
Believe me, aglio olio e pepperoncino is not easy to make. Usually something is out of balance. Otherwise, you wind up with a lake of oil in the bowl, which is just plain sloppy cooking. True ajo e ojo should have slightly creamy finish, which is tricky to attain, almost as if butter was involved... but it isn't. It comes from handling the dry pasta properly and... a secret.
I asked the chef (an instructor for Gambero Rosso) what he did and he revealed his technique.
Moving on, I saw a couple churches which are usually closed. The first opens one day a month. It is a little church dedicated to St. Catherine of Alexandria on the Piazza di Santa Caterina della Rota, and is the seat of a confraternity of men who once carried the sedia gestatoria of the Popes, the Palafrenieri.
This was originally called Santa Maria in Catarina and variations of that last, perhaps riffing on the word for "chain" since there were prisons nearby and, connected, there was a hospital for those who were ransomed from Islamic slavery. They would leave their chains as ex voto offerings. It's an old parish, dating back to Urban III in 1186. The present structure is baroque.
Some of the confrat gear.
Next, on the way to Mass, the little church of the Confraternity of the Butchers was open at the Piazza della Quercia (Oak Tree - to the left).
It's a little jewel, well maintained.
The TMSM must get a real faldstool.
Beautiful reliquaries.
The standard the butchers would carry in procession. This is a Roman word, Beccai, for Macellai.
These guys were quite prestigious back in the day. There were various "universities", like guilds, which participated in the governance of the City. They also developed confraternities, which still exist, though the old guilds are long done away with. The Butchers were famed for their surrounding and defense of an important image of Mary which was carried in processions. Such was their service that Sixtus V gave them the privilege of freeing a prisoner condemned to death once a year, on 15 August. Among those freed was certified wild child artist Benvenuto Cellini.
Here is the stone. You should be able to right-click it for a larger version.
Some relics.
Mere days after Francis granted an audience to Jesuit Homosexualist Activist James Martin for a photo op, the same Francis sat in the Vatican gardens in front of a S. American totem of what very much appears to be a man ... ready for sex. HERE
On the other hand, some say that, from a different angle, what is protruding is an arm. HERE
You decide. I might add, does anyone think of the optics of these moments? Is there no one who walks around it and says, "No... that's not gonna fly!"?
Whether Francis knew that his schedule was going to include the premier homosexualist in the Church on that day, or whether he knew what sort of pagan idols and other B as in B, S as in S, he was going to witness venerated or not... it's beside the point.
Someone close to Francis wants this sort of thing to happen.
The context is at CNS. It is horrible reading. HERE
It was a pagan ceremony in the Vatican gardens. There's no way around it.
Nearby, a while back, Francis stood by at the planting of a "peace tree" during which an imam prayed a prayer associated with claiming territory for Islam. Yes, really. HERE
It may be that Francis was shocked at what he saw. He put aside his prepared remarks and merely said an Our Father.
I would have said a hell of lot more than that.
On the eve of the Synod ("walking together"). What was it we read about in Windswept House before Vatican II. US HERE – UK HERE
My mind is free associating of course. Jet lag, you know. But wasn't there some sort of ceremony? Memory escapes me.
Ceremony... important meeting heralding upheaval...
Can't shake it.
UPDATE:
I guess you can shake it. Watch this. HERE
https://wdtprs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/19_10_04_Pagan_Vatican_Garden_Amazon_01.mp4
There are many devotions we can use before the Synod. However, since it is a 1st Friday, perhaps you might use the Way of the Cross.
Here also are a few of my audio projects of the Way of the Cross.
On 1st Fridays, do please pray the Act of Reparation.
What we need right now is PRAYER, especially now.
And remember to GO TO CONFESSION!
For priests, especially, try The Way Of The Cross For Priests from the Benedictines of Silverstream Priory. HERE. Would you consider getting copies of this for your priests where you are? Lay people: pray it for priests.
Below are readings of the Via Crucis, the Way of the Cross, composed by
Joseph Card. Ratzinger, later Pope Benedict XVI, for the 2005 Good Friday observance at the Colosseum in Rome St. Alphonus Liguori Bl. John Henry Newman
There are two versions of the Way by St. Alphonsus Liguori. One is plain with just my voice. The other is the same voice recording but with the Gregorian chant Sequence Stabat Mater interlaced between the stations.
You can gain a plenary indulgence, under the usual conditions of confession and Communion within a few days of the work and detachment even from venial sin. From the Handbook of Indulgences:
- Exercise of the Way of the Cross (Viae Crucis exercitium) A plenary indulgence is granted to the faithful, who make the pious exercise of the Way of the Cross.
The gaining of the plenary indulgence is regulated by the following norms:
The pious exercise must be made before stations of the Way of the Cross legitimately erected.
For the erection of the Way of the Cross fourteen crosses are required, to which it is customary to add fourteen pictures or images, which represent the stations of Jerusalem.
According to the more common practice, the pious exercise consists of fourteen pious readings, to which some vocal prayers are added. However, nothing more is required than a pious meditation on the Passion and Death of the Lord, which need not be a particular consideration of the individual mysteries of the stations.
A movement from one station to the next is required.
I believe that if you follow the Holy Father's Way of the Cross on Good Friday, even by television, the indulgence is available.
If the pious exercise is made publicly and if it is not possible for all taking part to go in an orderly way from station to station, it suffices if at least the one conducting the exercise goes from station to station, the others remaining in their place.
Those who are "impeded" can gain the same indulgence, if they spend at least one half an hour in pious reading and meditation on the Passion and Death of our Lord Jesus Christ.
For those belonging to Eastern Rites, among whom this pious exercise is not practiced, the respective Patriarchs can determine some other pious exercise in memory of the Passion and Death of our Lord Jesus Christ for the gaining of this indulgence.
Meanwhile, from a reader last year... Just a quick note to say thank you for providing your recordings of the Stations of the Cross. I am completely blind and had committed to making this part of my Lenten practices, only to have the Braille display from which I read promptly die. I had been struggling to find a recording of St. Alphonsus' version. May God bless you! If these recordings are helpful to you, please say a prayer for me, especially if you use the Way Of The Cross For Priests.
UPDATE: I read the prayer this morning. It is a powerful prayer, to be sure. I hope other priests today will do the same, even if they are late to this post. Originally Published on: Sep 28, 2019 @ 01:06 I received … Read More →
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Dante can provide wisdom on most of the troubles of our lives. His wisdom pops up just about anywhere and in timely fashion.
Thus, a wise and respected friend was lunching in Florence in the shadow of the Duomo today and, lunching, captured this image which, in advance of the upcoming Amazonian Synod - or, perhaps a future consistory or even conclave? - provided food for thought together with the darn good food for the body.
What's going on here?
Dante is in the Sphere of Mars in the Fifth Heaven. He is conversing with Cacciaguida, related to Dante's family, about the situation in Florence. Cacciaguida blames several families for the corruption of Florence. When you go about in Florence, by the way, you occasionally spot these plaques from the 1920s with Cacciaguida's thoughts about these corrupting families at the places where they once lived.
With a substitution or two, it's apt. Così facieno i padri di coloro che, sempre che la vostra chiesa vaca, si fanno grassi stando a consistoro.
L'oltracotata schiatta che s'indraca dietro a chi fugge, e a chi mostra 'l dente o ver la borsa, com' agnel si placa, ...
"So did the fathers of those Who, when a vacancy comes in your church, Fatten by stalling in the consistory.
"The overweening breed that plays the dragon To one who runs off, but to one who shows His teeth — or purse — is docile as a lamb.... https://wdtprs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/dante_par_16_112_01.mp3
For the record, the lunch included vitella tonnata and Vermentino. A good combination, well chosen.
If you have never read the Divine Comedy, you should. You could start with Anthony Esolen's excellent translation (Part 1, Inferno US HERE – UK HERE) or perhaps with Dorothy Sayer’s fine version (Part 1, Inferno, US HERE – UK HERE). There are many renderings to choose from. I would very much like to teach on Dante someday. Maybe it’ll happen.
When you make the life-changing choice to read the Divine Comedy, here are a couple tips. First and foremost, make the decision that you will read the whole thing. Don’t read just the Inferno. The really great stuff comes in Purgatorio and Paradiso.
Also, read through a canto to get the line of thought and story and then go back over it looking at the notes in your edition.
Dante was, perhaps, the last guy who knew everything (with the possible exception of Erasmus). Each Canto is dense with references. You will need notes to help with the history, philosophy, cosmology, poetic theory, politics, theology, etc. Really. You will need help.
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I have been wanting to post something about this ever since I heard about it, days ago. Others have done yeoman's work to cover it. For example, LifeSite.
The bare bones: At an ultra-liberal parish in Portland - and that means waaaay out there, 'cause it's Portland - aging-hippies rose up in revolt against their new pastor, a Nigerian-born priest, who was getting rid of, inter alia, the dreadful liturgical junk and the "gay" stuff. They had a spittle-flecked nutty and got the local press on his case. The secular paper had an article so biased that it read like Eye Of The Tiber... but was not satire. During Mass the geriatric libs, reliving their halcyon days of Woodstock glory, protested with signs and shouting, tambourines or noise-makers, etc. There is video. Get that groooovy song at the end.
What a goat rodeo. That poor priest. In that place. Wow. Just wow.
If I were the Archbishop there, I would go there, listen, and - knowing full well in advance what would happen, be ready with options. [All due respect to my old friend Archbp. Sample. I don't want to be a bishop anywhere. And I pray for you.]
Remember my descriptions of what drives aging hippies? They are channeling those formative experiences, those halcyon days of protests, sexual revolution, Vatican II, all fused into an iconic moment. They see something remotely conservative and they are triggered - POP! - and they go into silly mode, reliving their glory days.
Yes... so, for the length of this post I'm now Archbishop there... let's have the meeting with these elderly congregationalists and then give them three options, sort of like Monty Hall and Let's Make A Deal.
"Dear ladies and other congregationalists, I've listened to what you had to say. I've heard your demands and insults when you interrupted me. I've read your signs. I've got a good picture of your position. Here's my position.
Since you are playing a really dangerous game with your souls and your salvation, and committing dreadful scandal to others, I'll play along.
You can choose what's behind Door #1, Door #2 or Door #3."
[The curtain pulls back to reveal the big doors with numbers.]
"Well? C'mon! You have three choices."
[... they look all around at each other until one of them, with really short gray hair and a flannel shirt over a tie-dyed rainbow tee says ...]
"Door #1 please!"
"Thanks for your choice! Behind Door #1 we have a brand new
.... INTERDICT!"
[MUSIC -
- ANNOUNCER VOICE: "An interdict is a censure imposed when someone incites hatred against the Holy See or the local bishop because of some act of ecclesiastical power (such as assigning a certain priest to a parish), or joins an association that plots against the Church or who commits simony."]
"It seems to me that by fighting in such a disruptive way against Father you are also attacking me, your Archbishop, as well as the Church's teachings and laws. You've demonstrated contempt for me all evening. Thanks for that. You removed doubt. Just to be clear, an interdict forbids people to celebrate or receive any of the sacraments or to take any liturgical role such as a reader, or nearly always unnecessary minister of Communion. If you violate the interdict and try to take a role at Mass or try to receive the Eucharist, which under canons 915 and 916 you should not approach and should not be given to you, the Mass... sorry, I'll speak your language for your religion - liturgy or empowerment session or whatever, would have to be halted and the person or persons should even be expelled.
[crickets... the Archbishop continues:]
"I'll just remind you that in most places, it is illegal to interrupt a church service. I suppose if we have an off-duty cop present (a good idea anyway) that could help."
[crickets]
"You don't seem enthusiastic. If you don't like that option, maybe we can maaaaaaake a deal! First, let me ask you,
This is pretty weird. But... well... not really. It's Germany, after all.
This in the Cathedral of Paderborn. Not sure when. Perhaps one of you readers will know.
https://wdtprs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/POt9kFxxdAPqsgsU-mp4.mp4
https://twitter.com/i/status/1156178218128461825
What a contrast to their patronal feast in 2017. HERE Gregorian Chant, Latin, Novus Ordo, Mozart's Coronation Mass.
Remember... German bishops and theologians are exerting a lot of influence over the upcoming Amazonian Synod.
UPDATE
You readers are simply amazing. Kudos to a reader for the following note. Please find in the link below the original video of the liturgical “dance” at the Cathedral in Paderborn. The original video is on the Domradio website. This occurred yesterday, i.e. Monday 29 July 2019 as part of some women’s Mass. the music is awful, but it is not Bob Marley. Note the clapping and standing ovation after the performance. Video link HERE
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A Mass in Germany for "women in the Church". What could go wrong? This dance, for one.
So... the Twitter version is a little deceptive. On closer examination, that seems to be someone's video recording, probably using a phone camera, with Bob Marley playing in the background. In fact, this Twitter hashtag - #KFDdancestoeverysong - has lot of these videos of liturgical dance and some of them are pretty funny. It seems that not every German Catholic is nuts. Some of them are fighting back.
The original, however, though not Marley is nevertheless intensely cringe-worthy. It starts at about 32:30 followed by 5 minutes of liturgical idiocy. I'll bet that during the zoom-in on the reliquary of St. Liborius, patron of the cathedral (invoked against colic and gallstones) we could have heard his bones whirling around in frustration and fury. The music, I'm sure you want to know, is "Du Bist Kein Zufall" by Till Matton.
The rest of the Mass seems to be a fairly straight forward Novus Ordo concelebration. I liked the consecration bells at 52:45. Sort of... "Christus Vincit"-like. There is an endless Sign of Peace. It's actually just a couple minutes, but it seems endless. It always seems endless, as a matter of fact. The organist has got game, though I wasn't entirely enamored of the selections he played.
There are various videos, by the way, for the week-long celebration of St. Liborius. This is a pretty deal there. One of the videos has the Bishop of LeMans, France, celebrating in Latin. There is a fairly modern setting of the Ordinary in Latin, including a boys choir. Gregorian chant propers. Too bad they stick the choir in front of the true altar and they use that horrid thing instead.
UPDATE:
Yes, folks... do check out that Twitter hashtag - #KFDdancestoeverysong . It's a hoot. But don't use it as an excuse to procrastinate, as I have been doing just now.
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Today we hear an outstanding offering of William Kilpatrick who writes at Crisis. He has had a look at the Instrumentum Laboris for the upcoming Synod of Bishops in Rome in October about the Amazon. He has nailed it. A … Read More →
The other day, I posted about the upcoming Pan-Amazonian Synod at which the members will among other things discuss married priests as a solution to the shortage in that mission territory. I wrote that "I try try try to give these Synod (“walking together”) guys the benefit of the doubt, but does anyone sincerely believe that talking about married clergy is really about shortage of priests in a mission country?"
That "Try Try Try" part got me thinking in terms of a parody song. The Official Parodohymnodist™ of the blog and I collaborated on one during the last round of rigged synods on the family.
So, I wrote to The Official Parodohymnodist™ suggesting something based perhaps on the song by Smashing Pumpkins or one by Johnny Cash.
He, being he, came up with a better idea. He wrote: "I think it needs more of a South American rhythm. I tried some Carmen Miranda songs, but then I got the mental image of Cardinal _____ in a floral print wrap with a basket of fruit on his head and couldn’t stop shuddering. So I turned to North American versions of South American music and came across the legendary Eydie Gormé, “Blame it on the Bossa Nova”" Here it is. Sure to get certain feet tapping at the Fishwrap... before they figure out what's going on.
This is what you need to have in your head to appreciate the work below. Eydie Gormé's original HERE.
https://wdtprs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/19_06_24_Blame_It_On_The_Bossa_Nova.mp3 Amazoniana Synod Leonardo Boff, tried to change the Church, Paolo Cardinal Arns, left us in a lurch, It was looking bad, and the Germans cried, But then we laid a plan we hadn’t tried. Amazoniana Synod, it’s ecology, Amazoniana Synod, poor theology, Oh, it all began when Hummes said to me, “Let us build upon Laudato si’ Amazoniana Synod, Will seal the deal.” (Now will we stand firm?) No, no, another Synod (and retain the truth?) No, no, another Synod (We’ll make traddies squirm) Yes, yes, another Synod (they’re so uncouth) We’ll let the priests get hitched in the Amazon, Turn attention from what turned McCarrick on, They might worship earth, and ignore the Creed But at least our plans for change will soon succeed! Amazoniana Synod, it’s ecology, Amazoniana Synod, poor theology, Oh, it all began when Hummes said to me, “Let us build upon Laudato si’ Amazoniana Synod, Will seal the deal.” UPDATE: Zuhlio dropped me a note to say, "Dude, if only I could get my voice up high enough to do the recording but I haven't had any Jesuit training."
Some 11 years ago, I made a series of PODCAzTs for the Octave of Pentecost. My technical abilities have improved a little since then, and I seem to have had a little more energy, but they aren’t bad. So, these … Read More →
Was there a good point made in the Holy Mass you heard to fulfill your Pentecost Sunday obligation?
Let us know.
I spoke about the ongoing role of the sacrament of confirmation in Christian life.
There were a couple things which thoroughly delighted me today and underscored the daft claims of adults that Latin is to hard, that reverent liturgy is too difficult.
First, at end of Mass and before we sang the Veni Sancte Spiritus (for the indulgence), at the intonation of the Regina Caeli, you could hear a bunch of little, and I mean little, kids piping up.
https://wdtprs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/19_06_08_regina.mp3
The next delightful thing was my meeting young "Luke" again. Luke is - nearing maybe 3?... perhaps that's a little generous, but he's pushing 28. Today, Luke wanted to demonstrate his liturgical skills. Solemnly swinging his bright blue toy binoculars by their neck strap, he put his hand quite properly on his breast, made a correct genuflection - better than most adults - and then, with a nod of his head, incensed me... in the sense of incense, of course. I was quite impressed while I was incensed. He's got it, this one. And it seems that he will be named after a holy man raised to the altar's after all, in the wake of the last court battle.
Alas, I didn't have my phone with its video. Rats.
So, Fr. Z kudos to Luke, who get's it.
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Let us, upon our knees, pray in a special way to God the Holy Spirit during this time between Ascension Thursday and Pentecost. This is one way to pray. I invite the readership to join in. MANNER OF PRAYING THE … Read More →
Let us, upon our knees, pray in a special way to God the Holy Spirit during this time between Ascension Thursday and Pentecost. This is one way to pray. I invite the readership to join in. MANNER OF PRAYING THE … Read More →
Let us, upon our knees, pray in a special way to God the Holy Spirit during this time between Ascension Thursday and Pentecost. This is one way to pray. I invite the readership to join in. MANNER OF PRAYING THE … Read More →
Let us, upon our knees, pray in a special way to God the Holy Spirit during this time between Ascension Thursday and Pentecost. This is one way to pray. I invite the readership to join in. MANNER OF PRAYING THE … Read More →
Let us, upon our knees, pray in a special way to God the Holy Spirit during this time between Ascension Thursday and Pentecost. This is one way to pray. I invite the readership to join in. MANNER OF PRAYING THE … Read More →
Let us, upon our knees, pray in a special way to God the Holy Spirit during this time between Ascension Thursday and Pentecost. This is one way to pray. I invite the readership to join in. MANNER OF PRAYING THE … Read More →
Let us, upon our knees, pray in a special way to God the Holy Spirit during this time between Ascension Thursday and Pentecost. This is one way to pray. I invite the readership to join in. MANNER OF PRAYING THE … Read More →
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UPDATE:
Below, I inserted the Great Roman's reading of the Belli Sonnet. It's a hoot.
___
In the rush to get a few things posted yesterday, I forgot this. I saw this chasuble at Gammarelli. I don't in general like those columns of different fabrics in the center, but this simply works.
And the white fabric has gold threads running through it horizontally. Quite acceptable.
At Ss. Trinità I spotted an oddity. This is the Paschal candle. Pretty plain. Pretty short and stubby. But it is on a very high floor standing candelabra.
Anyway, on a brief errand I had some familiar, and new, sights. Why not post them?
I wonder how many countless times I've been up and down this way.
But wait! Here's something new, above something old! The something old is about not throwing garbage here lest you get fined and/or beaten. The top one... well... I like the older one better. That's how things are in the Roman way all around. This Novus Ordo poster doesn't get the job done.
You can read a lot of the city's history in the walls. Mary Ward was here and founded a school for poor children.
Another garbage sign... but this one is special. More below.
More garbage. The fine is 15 scudi! Whew.
QUAERITUR: Who can figure out how much that would be in today's dollars?
A Latin inscription over the door of a school when, in happier times, it was the Church's, not the State's.
More trash talk. Roman Trash Talk.
This isn't about trash, and it is REALLY old... set up by the Emperor Claudius, of I, Claudius fame (as in Robert Graves and the incredibly good TV series). This defines the pomerium, or border of Rome beyond which no man with imperium postestas could cross. We've seen this stone before. Now, however, it has a new neighbor: a great supplí shop!
Shrines to Mary are simply everywhere. This one is rather grand and it also includes St. Philip Neri, who is Rome's co-patron. He was busy in this neighborhood and he is not forgotten.
What's this in the alleyway?
Moooore garbage advice.
And, as a bit of a digression, I was stunned to find antiperspirants in the store! What is the world coming to? Italy? Have you finally found the 20th century?
Back in the day, antiperspirant (not simply deodorant) was unheard of, indeed scorned, as was ketchup. Someday one of you must remind me to tell my Roman seminary ketchup story.
And, as a digression... you never know what you are going to get in a short let apartment. Or what you are not going to get, but should have. One thing I didn't get this time was a place to park soap and shampoo etc. when in the shower. A minute later, with my Swiss Guard Army knife and one of the twist ties I always keep in my bag, that problem was solved. #RomeHack
And this, dear friends, is the last of today's Roman Trash Talk.
Today is the very anniversary of the edict that prompted this sign. 22 May 1761.
Ahhh... I remember it well. It was a Friday, so no meat.
It was a warm spring, and we who were in the know were excited about seeing the Transit of Venus in a few days. Jesuits were useful for something other than destroying the faith of young people back then. They had good astronomers and mathematicians... such as Clavius, of happy memory. I would very much like to find where he is buried. He died in Rome and must be here somewhere, under some floor or other. If the Augustinians could honor Onofrio Panvinio, then why wouldn't the Jesuits have for Clavius something even more impressive? But I digress.
Ahhh... Roma del settecento!
And guess who was felicitously reigning? Why Clement XIV of course! Ganganelli! He who would suppress those Jesuits.
Let's see... what was a scudo worth back then?
First, let's have a look at a scudo d'oro. And the first thing to remember is that back in 1728, Benedict XIII, the scowler,
My time at the base has been terrific. If there is a good time in the future, I would return to give my friend Fr. Johnson more leave.
During the last few days of my time at GITMO I did some remote ham radio operation. The 20m band was super open for a couple days. I got some good contacts. I did some of my own hunting, calling CQ, and got a couple of pile ups, which was a new experience.
Mr Iguana remains unimpressed.
Pano from my balcony.
Directly after our Sunday Mass at the Main Chapel, I went with a couple of the men who had served down to the ferry landing to cross the bay with the flight crew who would take me back to the mainland.
Here is a starfish in the clear waters.
The boat was fast and fun at full throttle on the placid bay. Alas, it couldn't go faster.
Once the C-12 was prepped, we were on our way.
Yes, I blessed the plane before we boarded.
A few sights from the ride to Fort Lauderdale.
The colors were fantastic.
Once we landed in Fort Lauderdale, I went through US Customs and was then translated to the commercial terminal where I checked in for my flight to Madison.
Alas, we were halted in the plane, on the runway for a looooong time, so long that I started getting note on my phone about my connecting flight being cancelled and being shifted to a flight the next day through LGA ... (connection through LGA ...what could go wrong with that?).
We landed in ATL with about 30 minutes before the MSN flight was to depart and I was still getting LGA messages as we taxied. But when I was about to search hotels, I got a note that the MSN flight was still on! I had to hie my sorry person across the airport. Of course we arrived at the end of one terminal and the MSN flight was to be at the end of another. And the escalators taking people down to the connection train were out of order, so people stacked up at elevators. Anyway, I made it to the gate with a couple minutes to spare. I figured my bag wouldn't make it, but at least I'd be home.
The flight was smooth and I continued with my audio book... US HERE and UK HERE.
I like flying at night, passing over the towns and seeing seemingly slowly moving vehicles on the roads. You can see the arteries of the places bringing in and carrying out the traffic.
Once landed in MSN, Delta sent a "we regret to inform you" note about my bag. Having consulted with the "bag lady" that was that. My car was in the parking lot just where I left it and the rest is predictable.
This morning I got a new notice that my bag was loaded in ATL. I really like this text service. It should be out for delivery early this afternoon.
And that, as they say, is that.
Finally, here is my voice memo recording of colors from GITMO.
https://wdtprs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/19_05_10_GITMO_colors_01.mp3
UPDATE:
Two developments.
My bag was delivered in good shape. The process was efficient!
And, I surpassed 1 million miles on Delta.
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What a dreadful story.
Fire - roof of Notre Dame of Paris.
BBC
CNBC
I wonder if this dreadful shock will awaken the Faith of the Church's eldest daughter.
UPDATE:
A recording I made with Voice Memo of the bells of Notre-Dame.
https://wdtprs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/19_04_15_Bells_Notre-Dame.mp3
Here are the bells of the North Tower and the amazing Bourdon, the big bell "Emmanuel" (slightly smaller than the great "Savorarde" of Sacre-Coeur de Montmartre. The sound is amazing. Be careful if you have earpieces or headphones.
https://wdtprs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/19_04_15_Notre_Dame_NTowerBells_Bourdon.mp3
And few months ago, I said Mass in the Chapel of the Crown of Thorns, where that great relic was kept, for the repose of the soul of the great Extraordinary Ordinary, Bp. Robert Morlino.
UPDATE
The Crown of Thorns was saved!
Une bonne nouvelle : toutes les œuvres d’art ont été sauvées. Le trésor de la cathédrale est intact, la couronne d’épines, les saints sacrements. #NOTRE_DAME — Nicolas Delesalle (@KoliaDelesalle) April 15, 2019
From Twitter... Palm Sunday - yesterday -
Palm Sunday, April 14, 2019. #NotreDame pic.twitter.com/ubreOeI2AU— _merce (@_merce) April 15, 2019
The Archbp of Paris, Michel Aupetit, has asked that all the bells of the city toll to invite people to pray. Firefighters are battling to save the towers.
A tous les prêtres de Paris :Les pompiers se battent encore pour sauver les tours de Notre-Dame de Paris. La charpente, la toiture et la flèche sont consumés. Prions. Si vous le souhaitez, vous pouvez faire sonner les cloches de vos églises pour inviter à la prière.— Mgr Michel Aupetit (@MichelAupetit) April 15, 2019
Meanwhile...
The Cathedral, "Hours of Étienne Chevalier", Tours c. 1452-1460 (NY, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975.1.2490) pic.twitter.com/gGhBXIGGoP— Discarding Images (@discarding_imgs) April 15, 2019
Catholics sing near their burning cathedral.
Un Je Vous Salue Marie devant Notre Dame qui brûle. Une foule de plus en plus dense. Un silence recueilli. #notredame #NotreDameCathedral #notredameon @LaVieHebdo pic.twitter.com/6Nuw8pgqoW— Laurence Desjoyaux (@laurenceDx) April 15, 2019
From yesterday...
Still can’t believe this happened. I was just at Palm Sunday mass at Notre Dame yesterday. It was my favorite place in Paris?? #NotreDame pic.twitter.com/sgVyNNsLrh— Faith Aloisa (@AloisaFaith) April 15, 2019
Whatever you might say about their liturgical choices... this is Palm Sunday, yesterday, at Notre Dame:
And a TLM from 7 July 2017, the 10th Anniversary of Summorum Pontificum:
Fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in #Paris: first photo taken by a drone#NotreDamedeParis #NotreDame pic.twitter.com/T9W1ieZ28L— Guignol's Band (@GuignolsBand) April 15, 2019
Card. Sarah: "Tonight, I pray for France which means a great deal to me. I pray for the French people who are legitimately horrified by the horror of the Cathedral of Paris in flames. I pray for the faithful, devastated by sadness. Notre Dame will live gain because the Mother of God wants it so."
Ce soir, je prie pour la France qui compte tant pour moi. Je prie pour les français qui sont légitimement horrifiés par l’horreur de la cathédrale de Paris en proie aux flammes. Je prie pour les fidèles dévastés par la tristesse. Notre Dame revivra car la Mère de Dieu le veut +RS— Cardinal R. Sarah (@Card_R_Sarah) April 15, 2019
À Orléans, la cathédrale Sainte-Croix sonnait le glas il y a quelques minutes pour #NotreDame de Paris. pic.twitter.com/8jyJep7Ni6— Thomas Schmit (@thomasschmit) April 15, 2019
Was there a good point made in the sermon you heard for your Mass of Sunday obligation?
Let us know!
https://wdtprs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/19_04_14_SMPB_Palm_64.mp3
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Was there a good point in the sermon you heard at the Mass to fulfill your Sunday Obligation? Let us know.
Here's mine.
Also, did you see rosacea vestments today (hopefully not baby-rattle pink)?
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An image from the live stream. At the end of Mass, on the way out, we have a custom of - each in order as we leave the sanctuary - tipping our hats to the Blessed Virgin.
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Two things drive this post.
First, the Roman "summit" rammed a major aspect of The Present Crisis into a smaller box than reasonable people allow. They excluded many things that could have been addressed. One of them is the devolution of morals and the lost of the sense of purity.
Second, most people today have heard and would recognize the voices of recent Popes. Who can forget the great bass with the Slavic tinge of John Paul II and his particular cadences? However, most of us have not had a chance to hear the voices of Popes of deeper into the last century.
Both of those issues come together in this snippet from the sermon Pius XII gave for the canonization of St Maria Goretti. Pius, from about 1950 onward, seeing what was going on in society called for greater purity. What would he think about today?
Here is a snippet of Pius XII, the last Roman Pope.
The place: St. Peter's Square, completely jammed The date: 24 June 1950 The occasion: the canonization of St Maria Goretti
Full text HERE.
What you hear Pius XII say in the recording: Perchè, diletti figli, siete accorsi in così sterminato numero alla sua glorificazione? Perchè, ascoltando o leggendo il racconto della sua breve vita, così somigliante a una limpida narrazione evangelica per semplicità di linee, per colore di ambiente, per la stessa fulminea violenza della morte, vi siete inteneriti fino alle lacrime? Perchè Maria Goretti ha conquistato così rapidamente i vostri cuori, fino a divenirne la prediletta, la beniamina? Vi è dunque in questo mondo, apparentemente travolto e immerso nell'edonismo, non soltanto una sparuta schiera di eletti assetati di cielo e di aria pura, ma folla, ma immense moltitudini, sulle quali il soprannaturale profumo della purezza cristiana esercita un fascino irresistibile e promettente : promettente e rassicurante.
Why, beloved children, have you rushed in such boundless numbers to her glorification? Why, hearing or reading the account of her brief life, so much like a pristine gospel narrative for the simplicity of its line, for the painting of its setting, for the very flaming violence of the death, were you touched even to tears? Why has Maria Goretti conquered your hearts so quickly, even to the point of becoming your favorite, your darling? Thus, there is in this world, manifestly overwhelmed and sunk into hedonism, not only a sparse crowd of the chosen, thirsting for heaven and pure air, but a throng, but an immense multitude, upon which the supernatural fragrance of Christian purity works an irresistible and promising allure: promising and encouraging. Some visuals to go along with the sound.
Maria Goretti was murdered in the course of an attempted rape, which she resisted to the point of being mortally wounded. The Church teaches that those who die bearing witness to Christ, to the Faith, or to some virtue or quality inseparable from the Faith, in that moment manifest the virtues in a heroic way and are, therefore, able to be proposed even for elevation to our altars. Something about St. Maria Goretti captured the imagination of the Catholic faithful in the early 20th c., as did, for example, St. Therese de Lisieux. Their lives show us that we can, in fact, try - with the help of grace - to be clean in a world that is fallen and fallen far. It is not hard to understand why even some Catholics react with strong negativity about Maria Goretti. They've gone the way of the world.
Also, my contact with exorcists informs me that St. Maria Goretti is a mighty intercessor and a serious terror of demons, surely after the heart St. Joseph... known for his purity. Joseph most chaste... Guardian of virgins... Solace of the wretched... Patron of the dying... THE Terror of demons.
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His Excellency Archbishop Raymond Burke, now Prefect of the Apostolic Segnatura, was once the Bishop of La Crosse. During his time as bishop, he began the construction of a great shrine to Our Lady of Guadalupe. The result is spectacular. … Read More →
Herein we compare the lame-duck ICEL version of the 3rd Eucharistic Prayer now still in use with the new, approved and improved translation which we will soon be able to hear in our Churches. The new translation of the Roman … Read More →
At the beginning of July, a month dedicated in a special way to devotion to the Most Precious Blood of the Lord, I give you in the PODCAzT a short reflection on the Blood of the Lord, what happens at … Read More →
In this PODCAzT we will drill into the Collect designated for the Memorial of soon-to-be Blessed John Henry Newman (+1890). I have as a surprise, a guest appearance by Fr. Timothy Finigan, who will read one of Newman’s famous works. … Read More →
Today we welcome St. Augustine of Hippo (+430) who speaks to us from a sermon about St. John the Baptist on his feast day, the Feast of the Nativity of St. John. Along the way you will hear a couple … Read More →
Today is the Feast of the one whom the Lord called the greatest man ever born of woman. Here is his entry in the 2005 Martyrologium Romanum: Sollemnitas Nativitatis sancti Ioannis Baptistae, Praecursoris Domini, qui iam in utero matris, Spiritu … Read More →
No eye has seen and no ear has heard what God has prepared for those who attain the bliss of heaven. Christ has won for us the most precious gift of all: membership in the Kingdom of God. It is … Read More →
I received word from a couple people via email that in my reading of the new translation of the Roman Canon I omitted the name of St. Anastasia, which surprises me. This was an odd lapsus linguae given the fact … Read More →
Today we will compare the lame-duck ICEL version of the 2nd Eucharistic Prayer now still in use with the new, approved and improved translation which we will soon be able to hear in our Churches. The new translation of the … Read More →
Here are some links to PODCAzT I made in the past having to do with Pentecost. 087 09-06-03 Veni Sancte Spiritus – The Pentecost Sequence dissected 061 08-05-17 Pope Leo I on a post-Pentecost weekday; Fr. Z rambles not quite … Read More →
UPDATE: 25 May 2306 GMT: I have received word from a couple people via email that in my reading of the new translation of the Roman Canon I omitted the name of St. Anastasia, which surprises me. This was an … Read More →
I have solved my skype voicemail problems …. at least in part. I can receive my voice on only one of the computers on the network, the one that runs the Z-Cam no less. Therefore, I can from time to … Read More →
Here is an new sort of PODCAzT… for PODCAzT 101. I am trying a slightly new format today. I use this PODCAzT to drill into the Preface for the Ascension, used from Ascension Thursday until Pentecost, in the 1962MR. I … Read More →
An oldie PODCAzT for today, which in the feast of St. Pius V in the older, traditional Roman calendar: On this feast of St. Pope Pius V (+1572) I drill into one of his most famous acts as Roman Pontiff. … Read More →
Here is the audio of Bp. Edward Slattery’s marvelous sermon at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Amazing. Bp. Slattery, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, stepped up and made himself available to be celebrant for the Pontifical Mass in the older, traditional … Read More →
Here is PODCAzT 100. I wasn’t feeling very creative today, so I set out with the intention of simply reading to you about St. Justin Martyr (+165). A selection of his 1st Apology is in the Liturgy of the Hours … Read More →
No frills Matins and Lauds from the Breviarium Romanum. If you lay people don’t get what is involved in clergy reading the office every day, this might give you an idea of what the older, traditional form of the office … Read More →
Many parishes and chapels will have the Via Crucis or Stations of the Cross during Lent. What version does your parish use? Let’s get some titles/versions/authors and we can have a poll later on. I have audio projects with the … Read More →
On Monday evening, 1 March 2010, Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver gave a speech at Houston Baptist University called “The Vocation of Christians in American Public Life”. The lecture was presented in coordination with the Pope John Paul II Forum … Read More →
If you heard an Ash Wednesday sermon which was worthwhile, share ONE SINGLE POINT you can recall for us, as concisely as possible… a single sentence, if possible.
Here is a sermon for Quinquagesima. I propose something for your Lent. Moreover, it was a dreadful mistake to excise the pre-Lenten Sundays from the Church’s post-Conciliar calendar.
I am at Mater Ecclesiae in Berlin, NJ. This stay is going to be interesting! First, I am here to do some of the heavy lifting (things that involve talking) for the great Fr. Pasley. He is recovering from surgery … Read More →
Here is a quick PODCAzT which includes a conversation over skype with His Hermeneuticalness himself, Fr. Timothy Finigan, parish priest in Blackfen, Kent. Then I go on with multiple digressions about a special blessings in the pre-Conciliar Rituale Romanum for … Read More →
Here is an ALERT to all WDTPRS readers and a request to bloggers to help. But first, a digression to whet your appetite. Remember that whole business of a petition by those who are determined to resist the new translation … Read More →
Here is a spur of the moment PODCAzT which I put together in record speed! As I approach 100 PODCAzTs I am trying to figure out what I want to do with these audio projects, change formats, keep going, or … Read More →
Today we welcome St. Francis Xavier, SJ (+1552) who speaks to us from a letter he wrote to his superior, friend, mentor and fellow Basque, St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits. On his feast day, we St. Francis’ … Read More →
On the 1st Sunday of Advent in 1969, 40 years ago, the Novus Ordo of the Mass went into effect. I recently made some audio projects about this monumental event (and I may make more). Be sure to check these … Read More →
An oldie PODCAzT about an Advent hymn. As I wrote back then: I decided during Advent to drill into the hymns in the Liturgia Horarum. We begin today with the hymn for Vespers called Conditor alme siderum, with its variation … Read More →
Based on your response to PODCAzT 93 & 94, and my own desire to drill more deeply into the issue, we welcome back as our guest Pope Paul VI (+1978). In PART I we explored Paul’s General Audience of 26 … Read More →
Based on your response to PODCAzT 93, and my own desire to drill more deeply into the issue, we welcome back as our guest Pope Paul VI (+1978). In the last PODCAzT we explored Paul’s General Audience of 26 November … Read More →
We are coming up on the 40th Anniversary of the implementation of the Novus Ordo in the Latin Church. Forty years ago on 30 Nov 1969 the Novus Ordo went into force. It was the 1st Sunday of Advent. Therefore, … Read More →
What a PODCAzT looks like when it is done. 092 09-10-04 Gregory the Great to bishops on preaching the hard stuff; Harvest Moon
In this audio project, St. Gregory the Great (+604) tells priests about the need to preach also the hard stuff. Bishops especially must not be afraid to preach the truth, or worry about human respect. They have a duty to … Read More →
Today we will drill into a hymn sung by Holy Church in the Liturgia horarum for Compline every evening. It is called Te lucis ante terminum. Since the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, the hymn was rewritten a bit, … Read More →
On this beautiful Saturday of the 22nd Week of Ordinary Time, Labor Day Weekend, I have spend inside laboring on another PODCAzT just for you listeners. Today we hear from St. Pope Leo I, “the Great” (+461) in his Sermon … Read More →
It has been a long time since I have made a PODCAzT. I thought a quick project might get me back into the swing of things after many computer problems and being a little burned out. Today we hear from … Read More →
In the wake of many disappointments we have all seen in the press, continually see from people who should know better, concerning even Christians, Catholics, even whole Christian communities which betray both reason and Scripture and Christian Tradition, here is … Read More →
I am at St. Vincent de Paul Church in Manhattan right now. The pastor, Fr. Murray, kindly asked me to preach today. The notice was short, so this is about as close to an extemporaneous sermon as I might give … Read More →
Here is a rapidly made project to take advantage of the fact that today, 11 June, is the 110th Anniversary of Pope Leo XIII’s Consecration of human race to the Sacred Heart. Today we hear the encyclical Annum Sacrum of … Read More →
The Catholic New Media Awards are underway. We have been nominated for several categories. VOTING has begun. Will you help WDTPRS? People’s Choice Blog Best Blog by a Cleric Best Blog by a Religious Best Blog by a Man Best … Read More →
Some Pentecost oldie PODCAzTs. I made these in 2008 during the Octave of Pentecost. Perhaps they will be of interest to WDTPRS newcomers.056 08-05-12 Octaves – Fr. Z rants & Augustine on Pentecost – PENTECOST MONDAY057 08-05-13 John Paul II … Read More →
I started this one thinking that I could make a fast audio project and then move on. Ha! In this PODCAzT I dissect the Pentecost Sequence, Veni Sancte Spiritus, also used during the Octave of Pentecost in the traditional Roman … Read More →
In this PODCAzT we will look into the new Year of Priests announced by Pope Benedict XVI and the indulgence priests and lay faithful can gain each in their own ways. Then, I will start what I hope to carry … Read More →
In this brief PODCAzT I drill into an excerpt from a sermon by St. Pope Gregory I, “the Great” (+604). What we hear from Gregory’s sermon is found in today’s Office of Readings in the Liturgy of the Hours for … Read More →
On this feast of St. Pope Pius V (+1572) I drill into one of his most famous acts as Roman Pontiff. Today we look into and listen to his Apostolic Constitution Quo primum, by which he promulgated the editio princeps … Read More →
In this simple PODCAzT, we will pry open St. Augustine’s sermon to newly baptized Catholics. He talks to them about the hardships they will face in remaining faithful under the onslaught of temptations presented by the unfaithful. In s. 376A … Read More →
The EXSULTET is one of the most spectacular moments of all the Church’s liturgical life. When it is sung well in Latin the Church is in her glory! I have fond memories of singing the Exsultet. The first time, I … Read More →
Happy Name Day Holy Father! In this rapid PODCAzT, we will drill into a beautiful Gregorian chant hymn to St. Joseph in the Liturgia Horarum, the Liturgy of the Hours. The hymn is Te, Ioseph celebrent and it is in … Read More →
A fast PODCAzT this time. I am so grateful to the folks who sent the new microphone and the boom. They really help. In this session I read Pope Benedict’s Letter to Bishops on the lifting of the excommunications of … Read More →
On this Saturday in the 1st Week of Lent, we have a reading from Gaudium et spes, the “Pastoral” Constitution on the Church in the Modern World from the Second Vatican Council. GS 9-10 is the second reading in the … Read More →
This PODCAzT, the first in a while, is a bit of a blast from the past. I am going back, on this 1st Sunday of Lent, to the topic of the very first PODCAzT I made. It seems appropriate. I … Read More →
For your Lenten spiritual warfare, here are two version of the Via Crucis, the Way or Stations of the Cross, by St. Alphonsus Liguori. If people a truly impeded from going to a church, chapel or place where the Stations … Read More →
It has been a while since I did a PODCAzT, but I figured it was time to plunge back in. Today we will drill into a hymn sung by Holy Church in the Liturgia horarum for Sunday Vespers every other … Read More →
I decided during Advent to drill into the hymns in the Liturgia Horarum. We continue our drilling with the hymn for the Office of Lauds or "Morning Prayer" in the post-Conciliar Liturgia Horarum called Vox clara ecce intonat, with … Read More →
I decided during Advent to drill into the hymns in the Liturgia Horarum. We continue our drilling with the hymn for the Office of Readings in the post-Conciliar Liturgia Horarum called Verbum supernum prodiens, with its unhappier variation from the … Read More →
I decided during Advent to drill into the hymns in the Liturgia Horarum. We begin today with the hymn for Vespers called Conditor alme siderum, with its variation Creator alme siderum as it was in Breviarium Romanum. I dissect this … Read More →
A change of pace today, between the last Sunday of the liturgical year and the first Sunday of Advent! I dissect a hymn in the Liturgy of the Hours for the Solemnity of Christ the King in the newer, post-Conciliar … Read More →
Our frequent guest St. Augustine of Hippo (+430) drills into a couple verses of Ps. 95(96) in his Enarrationes in psalmos 95, an excerpt of which is in in the Office of Readings in the Liturgia horarum for this 33rd … Read More →
We welcome as our guest the 5th century writer Sulpicius Severus who speaks to us about St. Martin of Tours who died in 397 and also the english poet John Clare who died in 1864. Sulpicius Severus died sometime between … Read More →
Today it being the feast of St. Leo I, I thought to post links to past PODCAzTs during which I dealt with this great Father and Doctor, the eloquent Pope. I listened to bits and pieces of a few of … Read More →
Today we hear what St. Cyril of Jerusalem (+387) says about faith, the faith handed down to us and which we must inscribe across our hearts. Our faith is a gift, a treasure for which we must given an account … Read More →
For this Feast of All Saints we tune in to hear what Venerable Bede (+735) has to say. This is an excerpt from today’s Matins in the traditional Breviarium Romanum and is taken from one of Bede’s sermons. I comment. … Read More →
After a long hiatus, I am back with another PODCAzT. Travelling, being tried, tired, and problems with teeth have quieted me at the microphone. Even with this one, it was a bit of a chore. I also need to reacquaint … Read More →
Here is an oldie PODCAzT in honor of the feast of St. Lawrence. Here is a fast, patristiblogger PODCAzT inspired by the second selection from today’s Office of Readings on this feast of St. Lawrence, deacon and martyr in Rome. … Read More →
Today we are joined by His Hermeneuticalness, Fr. Timothy Finigan, of Blackfen, England (fl. 2008). He speak with me in an interview about the recent conference held in Oxford at Merton College for priests wanting to learn about the Extraordinary … Read More →
Today we are joined by the mighty Doctor of Grace, St. Augustine of Hippo (+430). He preaches to us from sermo 103 about the tension of the contemplative life and the active life, about being attentive to the needs of … Read More →
One year ago today I posted this "oldie" PODCAzT which dealt with a question under discussion still today: the translation of the words "pro multis" in the consecration of the Most Precious Blood during Holy Mass. It seemed right for … Read More →
Our guest today is the fictional don Camillo Tarocci, (+ A.D. … ?) parish priest of "The Little World" created by Giovanni Guareschi. I begin a new project, namely, to read stories from The Little World of Don Camillo. These … Read More →
Today we hear from St. Ambrose of Milan (+397) through his work De mysteriis, an excerpt of which was in today’s Office of Readings in the Liturgia horarum. Since I found that the Latin edition of the breviary had cut … Read More →
Today I have an interview with His Hermeneuticalness himself, Fr. Timothy Finigan. We talk togther about Summorum Pontificum and matters liturgical and spiritual. I think you’ll find this pretty interesting. But first, we hear from St. Bonaventure (+1274) speaking to … Read More →
Today I have an interview with newly ordained Fr. Justin Nolan of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, the FSSP. We talk about Summorum Pontificum, the Motu Proprio of Pope Benedict XVI which derestricted the use of the 1962 Missale … Read More →
Today we have some interviews! First, I interview a young Nigerian priest, Fr. Paschal, about how he introduced Latin into the worship of his parish. Great stuff! This fellow has his head screwed on in the right direction and many … Read More →
From the interview with Msgr. Guido Marini, Master of Pontifical Ceremonies with L’Osservatore Romano. My translation, emphases and comments: L’ OssRom: In the recent visit to Santa Maria di Leuca and Brindisi the Pope distributed Communion to the faithful on … Read More →
Here is an "oldie", from last year. In this PODCAzT (#29) we hear St. Augustine of Hippo’s tr. 124 on the Gospel of John, in which he explores what Christ meant when He told Peter to follow Him but told … Read More →
Today is Saturday in the Octave of Pentecost, or at least it ought to be in in the Novus Ordo as it is in the older, Traditional Roman Calendar. This is the sixth and final PODCAzT for the Pentecost Octave. … Read More →
Today is Friday in the Octave of Pentecost, or at least it ought to be in in the Novus Ordo as it is in the older, Traditional Roman Calendar. This is the fifth PODCAzT for the Pentecost Octave. Thanks to … Read More →
Today is Thursday in the Octave of Pentecost, or at least it ought to be in in the Novus Ordo as it is in the older, Traditional Roman Calendar. This is the fourth PODCAzT for the Pentecost Octave. Thanks to … Read More →
Today is Wednesday in the Octave of Pentecost, or at least it ought to be in in the Novus Ordo as it is in the older, Traditional Roman Calendar. This is the third PODCAzT for the Pentecost Octave. Thanks to … Read More →
Today is Tuesday in the Octave of Pentecost, or at least it ought to be in in the Novus Ordo as it is in the older, Traditional Roman Calendar. This is the second PODCAzT for the Pentecost Octave. Thanks to … Read More →
Today is Monday in the Octave of Pentecost, or at least it ought to be in in the Novus Ordo as it is in the older, Traditional Roman Calendar. I dig in to what a liturgical Octave, is adding my … Read More →
Since today, in the post-Conciliar calendar, it is the feast of the Apostles Phillip and James, and since I did a PODCAzT on the reading for the Office of Readings last year, as an experiment I resurrect the audio files … Read More →
In this PODCAzT we hear some of St. Leo the Great’s (+461) second sermon on the Ascension (s. 74) delivered in A.D. 445. This is an amazing piece of work. It is used on Friday after Ascension Thursday (in other … Read More →
The apostolic visit of Pope Benedict XVI sparked off more debate about what bishops ought to do in the face of self-professed Catholic politicians who in a public manner act and speak contrary to the Church’s teachings and practices. Should … Read More →
On this Feast of the Annunciation, which was bumped by the observance of the Easter Octave, we will hear St. Pope Leo I, "the Great" (+461) sermon 22, a Christmas sermon of 441, which is part of the office of … Read More →
Here is an oldie PODCAzT from last year for this Sunday "in albis". _________ Today is traditionally called Dominica in albis, the Sunday of the white garments which the newly baptized received on the Vigil of Easter. St. Augustine (+430) … Read More →
If any of you out there must sing the Exsultet in Latin, there is a PODCAzT available with a recording of me doing it, in the Novus Ordo version, a couple years ago and explaining some things about it. UPDATE: … Read More →
Here is a an oldie PODCAzT from last year. Yes… I am into recycling. This PODCAzT was dated 14 April 2007, and I was in Rome. It was Wednesday of Holy Week, as today is, so we can use it … Read More →
From last year, 2007, on Holy Monday: Today’s Office of Readings has an excerpt of a sermon by St. Augustine of Hippo (+430 – s. Guelf. 3 otherwise called s. 218C) preached in 412 about the Lord’s Passion. I give … Read More →
Here’s an oldie: The second reading for the Office of Readings today is an excerpt of a sermon on Palm Sunday by St. Andrew of Crete (+7th c.). It is a beautiful reflection on how we should receive the Lord … Read More →
Here is an "oldie" PODCAzT, from last year… I was just starting to make these little programs back then. I bring this back, especially because of the comment about ancient Rhetoric. I find it interesting to go back and listen … Read More →
In this installment , we first hear about the recent pronouncement by the CDF about the validity of baptism using non-Trinitarian formulas. Then I respond to a listener’s question via voicemail about the validity of Holy Orders when the post-Conciliar … Read More →
UPDATE: This PODCAzT was made in 2008. In 2011 the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei“, which has competence, issued a document called Universae Ecclesiae – English HERE, or Latin HERE – which helps to interpret and to implement Summorum Pontificum. In Universae Ecclesiae we … Read More →
In this first PODCAzT since I returned from my recent trip to England and, briefly, to Italy, we hear on this Feast of the Cathedra of St. Peter, a sermon by Pope Leo the Great (+461) and my translation of … Read More →
Epiphany is our focus today, on this great feast. We hear from St. Pope Leo the Great (+461) and explore the origins of Epiphany and some of the beautiful customs associated with it. Then I address some of your feedback. … Read More →
In this first PODCAzT of a new year of salvation, and the first in a long time, we hear from that lion of bishops, St. Athanasius (+373), about the Blessed Virgin and the true humanity of Christ. We talk about … Read More →
Today St. Augustine (+430) talks to us about how to prayer, especially in light of the Our Father. We take an excerpt from his letter 130 to an elderly Roman widow, Proba, who was refugee in North Africa after Alaric … Read More →
Here are links to the last few PODCAzTs. 046 07-10-08 Gregory the Great on when pastors should SPEAK UP; priests and getting your way045 07-09-28 Augustine on pastors; my Motu Proprio sermon in England; chapel veils044 07-08-27 St. Monica dies, … Read More →
For you iTunes users interested in my little audio projects, would you please check your iTunes to see if the last few PODCAzTs are showing up and you can dowload them? I am working to fix the feed problems.
Today St. Pope Gregory the Great (+604) speaks to us from across the centuries in his Liber regulae pastoralis about when a bishop or priest (rector or pastor) should speak out bodly for the sake of their flock. They mustn’t … Read More →
It has been almost a month since the last PODCAzT. My travels and time restrictions have kept me busy. But today we listen to St. Augustine of Hippo talk about shepherds in union with Christ. Also, I have provided a … Read More →
Today we hear from our frequent guest, St. Augustine of Hippo who speaks to us about the death of his mother, St. Monnica in 357 at Ostia, the port of Rome. Augustine describes his mother’s life and death in Book … Read More →
. In today’s offering we return to the question of the position of the priest and people relative to the altar especially regarding the older form of Mass, the so-called "Tridentine" Mass. too often we hear that in the old … Read More →
Here is a fast, patristiblogger PODCAzT inspired by the second selection from today’s Office of Readings on this feast of St. Lawrence, deacon and martyr in Rome. We hear St. Augustine of Hippo’s sermo 304, preached probably in Hippo Regius … Read More →
Today’s PODCAzT brings us back to my little project of drilling down into certain questions the older form of Mass might excite in the minds of those unfamiliar with it. Before, we used Joseph Ratzinger’s book, The Spirit of … Read More →
In today’s PODCAzT you will hear excerpts of a tender letter (ep. 2) from an exiled St. Eusebius of Vercelli to his flock. I have a rather longer selection of the Latin original this time. Also, I read my latest … Read More →
In today’s PODCAzT, we hear from St. Augustine of Hippo (+430) who contributes to the second reading in today’s Office of Readings. The selection is from Bk 10 of the Confessions. I use that as a spring board into … Read More →
http://www.wdtprs.com/podcazt/07_07_25.mp3 Our PODCAzT today comes after a long break. I has some technical problems. In today’s PODCAzT I continue the project I started last time of looking at some fundamental characteristic of Holy Mass, especially in light of the older, … Read More →
After solving a few of my techincal problems, which made getting the last couple PODCAzTs made and promulgated so arduuous, today I am having environmental problems! It seems like everytime I settle into get something done, the phone squawks or … Read More →
Our PODCAzT today comes after a long break. I had some technical problems. This is the first PODCAzT since Pope Benedict XVI issued the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum. On 14 September the use of the older form of Mass will … Read More →
http://www.wdtprs.com/podcazt/07_06_24.mp3Our PODCAzT for this Solemnity of the Nativity of John the Baptist presents a selection from sermon (s. 288) preached by St. Augustine of Hippo (+430) in Carthage in 401. This is not the same selection as you find in … Read More →
http://www.wdtprs.com/podcazt/07_06_17.mp3 In the PODCAzT we examine a selection from St. Cyprian of Carthage’s treatise on the Lord’s Prayer, De oratione dominica. Afterward, I make some comments about liturgical prayer. Then I gloss my 5 Rules of Engagement for When and … Read More →
Today’s PODCAzT brings a reading from St. Thomas Aquinas on the Eucharist. This is a selection used in the Office of Readings and also in the pre-Conciliar Breviarium Romanum. It is from the Angelic Doctor’s Opusculum 57, on the … Read More →
In today’s PODCAzT I retrace my steps a few days to a powerful selection in the Office of Readings from Book 10 of Augustine’s Confessions. Since it is Trinity Sunday I speak about our Catholic faith in a Triune God. … Read More →
In this somewhat longer PODCAzT we hear from St. Pope Gregory the Great (+604) who gives us a commentary on Job’s suffering. These days in the Office of Readings, now that it is "Ordinary Time" again… sigh… we are hearing … Read More →
You can now send a voicemail message. Hmmm…. VOIZEMAIL? Check out the left side bar. I will be alerted by e-mail when you send one. At first the messages will be private only. I will moderate them. If the … Read More →
In today’s PODCAzT we hear St. Hilary of Poitiers (+367), the malleus Arianorum speak across the centuries. He talks about what the Holy Spirit does in us by baptism. He does so, of course, against Arian and Sabellian heretics. I … Read More →
This time we hear St. Augustine of Hippo’s tr. 124 on the Gospel of John, in which he explores what Christ meant when He told Peter to follow Him but told John that He would have to stay until He … Read More →
In this PODCAzT we hear St. Leo’s (+461) second sermon on the Ascension, s. 74. This is an amazing piece of work. Also, I talk about angels and how there is an angelic battle being waged for your soul. … Read More →
In this PODCAzT we delved into s. 263A of St. Augustine of Hippo (+430) which is about the Lord’s Ascension. I also dig into uniting our sufferings to the Lord, especially in Holy Mass. Finally I talk about Card. Castrillion … Read More →
Today, the Vigil of Ascension, this PODCAzT brings to you a selection of St. Leo the Great’s (+461) sermon s. 73 on the Ascension. Whassup with transfering Ascension Thursday to Sunday? I talk about the Collect for the Ascension Mass … Read More →
In today’s PODCAzT I present an excerpt from St. Augustine’s commentary on Ps. 148. I also rant about Holy Communion and Catholic public figures who actively and concretely promote abortion.
Today’s PODCAzT delves into s. 53 of St. Maximus of Turin (+c. 456) who shows up for our second selection in the Office of Readings for the 5th Sunday of Easter. I talk about the non-appearance of the Motu Proprio, … Read More →
Rome has conspired against my sleeping, alas. This can be a noisy City. Therefore, I chose to spend my time on another PODCAzT, this time on a selection in GREEK … (ugh… I don’t really like Greek), attributed to St. … Read More →
Today’s PODCAzT get’s into De praescriptione haereticorum of Tertullian, a chunk of which is featured in today’s Office of Readings for the Feast of Sts. Philip and James, apostles. I also speak about the "Tridentine" Mass and a peculiarity of … Read More →
Yes, folks, I am tired, but back at it. In today’s PODCAzT we hear from St. Peter Chrysologus, of the Golden Speech. The "-logus" part is from Greek logos which means a range of things from "word" to "speech" to … Read More →
Today’s PODCAzT, on the eve of my trip to the USA for Msgr. Schuler’s funeral, features s. 3 of St. Leo the Great (+461), on the anniversary of his election to the See of Peter. In light of what we … Read More →
Today’s PODCAzT takes us to the 5th century to spend some time with Leo the Great, Pope from 440-461. Leo was very conscious of the primacy of the Bishop of Rome among all the bishops of the world. Also, today … Read More →
Today’s PODCAzT presents a reading from St. Fulgentius of Ruspe (+533) appearing in the Office of Readings. We have seen Fulgentius before. Did you know Fulgentius was involved in getting St. Augustine’s bones out of N. Africa? I also speak … Read More →
Today is traditionally called Domenica in albis, the Sunday of the white garments which the newly baptized received on the Vigil of Easter. St. Augustine (+430) preaches about this day, and you can hear some of what he has to … Read More →
For forty days we have done penance. We participated at the anniversary of Holy Mass and the Priesthood on Holy Thursday with the mandatum and the procession to the altar of repose, Christ in agony in Gethsemane. On Good Friday, … Read More →
This is Good Friday. For years I have participated in singing Tenebrae during the Triduum, usually at St. Agnes Church in St. Paul, MN (USA) where the liturgy and music is unrivaled. As a matter of fact I would usually … Read More →
Today’s PODCAzT concerns the second reading from the Office of Readings, taken from St. Augustine of Hippo’s commentary on John 15:13 in tr. Io. eu 84. I also talk about St. Isidore of Seville as a possible patron of the … Read More →
Today’s Office of Readings has an excerpt of a sermon by St. Augustine of Hippo (+430 – s. Guelf. 3 otherwise called s. 218C) preached in 412 about the Lord’s Passion. I give you the whole sermon, since it is … Read More →
The second reading for the Office of Readings today is an excerpt of a sermon on Palm Sunday by St. Andrew of Crete (+7th c.). It is a beautiful reflection on how we should receive the Lord who comes to … Read More →
Fulgentius of Ruspe is our guest for this PODCAzT. In the second reading for the Office of Readings today we have an excerpt Fulgentius’ work anti-Arian work De fide ad Petrum. Before the reading itself I give a crash course … Read More →
Today’s PODCAzT features a reading from St. Augustine of Hippo’s commentary on Ps. 85 (en. ps. 85.1), the second reading from the Office of Readings for Wednesday in the 5th Week of Lent in the Liturgy of the Hours. This … Read More →
Today’s PODCAzT presents a selection from St. Leo the Great’s sermon on the Passion, no. 8, also known as s. 59, preached on Palm Sunday in 444. It is a about the marvelous power of the Cross. I also talk … Read More →
Another PODCAzT is available for the 5th Sunday of Lent, 1st Passion Sunday, and also the Annunciation. I read from Pope Leo the Great’s all important Letter 28 to Flavian. This letter, an excerpt of which is used for the … Read More →
A podcazt is ready. There is a reading of one of Leo the Great’s sermons on the Passion (s. 66 3-4) preached on 10 April 453, Good Friday. I also talk about the Notification from the CDF about Jon Sobrino, … Read More →
Another PODCAzT is ready. Today we have part of a Lenten sermon of Pope Leo I, "the Great", s. 48, preached on 13 March 455. I use that as a stepping stone to some of Pope Benedict’s encyclical Deus caritas … Read More →
Podcast alert! Just to get back into the swing of things, I put together a little piece with some Augustine in Latin and English from the second reading of today’s Office of Readings for the 4th Sunday of Lent, Laetare, … Read More →
It’s podcast time, so here we go again! Let’s dig into some Augustine of Hippo on this 3rd Sunday of Lent. I was going simply to use the English provided in the English language breviary but the translation is SO … Read More →
Here’s another podcast! This podcast (see below for a popup link) focuses on the Patristic selection for the second reading in the Office of Readings for Saturday of the 2nd Week of Lent. I read some of the Latin, but … Read More →
I made a really fast podcast today, inspired by a couple paragraphs coming before the excerpt of Augustine’s en. ps. 140 in today’s second reading for the Office of Readings. In this podcast I read in English for a change, … Read More →
It’s the 4th of March, the 2nd Sunday of Lent and the Roman Station today is at Santa Maria in Domnica. Welcome back to another Podcast from Fr. Z. See below. You might be interested in a couple of the … Read More →
The second reading of today’s Office of Readings is from St. Cyprian’s De dominica oratione. Let’s look at this wonderful piece. In the Church of ancient North Africa, the Our Father was an important tool for the formation of new … Read More →
A few days ago I posted a link to an mp3 of a reading of part of a sermon by St. Leo the Great. I got a lot of mail about that. So, I thought I would do it again … Read More →