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Once named: What Does The Prayer Really Say? – Commentary on Catholic issues and slavishly accurate liturgical translations – by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf o{]:¬)

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STATIONS OF THE CROSS – Audio from Fr. Z

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 The Cross For Priests from the Benedictines of Silverstream Priory. HERE. Would you consider getting copies of this for your priests where you ar

AUDIO: Way of the Cross in different versions read by Fr. Z

Feb 19 2021 34 mins

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 getting copies of this for your priests where you are? Lay people: pray it for priests. Below are readings of th

OLDIE PODCAzT 36: St. Augustine on John the Baptist; The Vespers hymn “Ut queant laxis”

Jun 24 2020 29 mins

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 sermon (s. 288) preached by St. Augustine of Hippo (+430) in Carthage in 401. This is not the same selection as you find in the Novus Ordo Office of

OLDIE PODCAzT 084: Quo Primum of St. Pius V (1570) and the Missale Romanum – “henceforth, now, and forever”

Apr 29 2020 44 mins

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 a loon about this. However, my real point is that some people are raising the question of Pius V's Quo primum. Given that the "survey" is under d

PODCAzT 181: The Latin of “A Prayer In Times of Epidemics” from the Rituale Romanum – PRAYERCAzT

Mar 16 2020 11 mins

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 the use of Latin slipped away. I can’t help but think that this was systematically and purposely stripped out of the church’s life to weaken our Catholic identity an

OLDIE PODCAzT 127: The Eve of St. Agnes and a Bleak Midwinter

Jan 20 2020 37 mins

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 out Keat's poem, 42 Spencerian stanzas. It is torrid and lush, with marvelous moments and imagery, imbued with the revival of romantic, courtly love which was coming back into vogue in the early 19th

ADVENTCAzT 2019 02: When a friend harms you, it hurts all the more.

Dec 01 2019 4 mins

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 End Times. These 5 minute offerings are a token of gratitude especially for my benefactors. Thank you! Chime in if you listened. Have an idea for a reading

PODCAzT 179: Kwasniewski on the myth of ancient Communion in the hand

Nov 27 2019 27 mins

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 the Church's teaching about transubstantiation. This is so even among regular church goers. It seems to me that this could only be so among regular chur

PODCAzT 178: Fr. Weinandy and the possible “Internal Papal Schism”

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 length interview Christus Vincit by Bp. Athanasius Schneider a talk by Roberto de Mattei about the role of lay people in The Present Crisis. These fit together hand in glov

ACTION ITEM: Priests in Rome, world to use Prayer of Exorcism (long St Michael Prayer) against diabolical influence in Vatican

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 an email today which must share. I am writing to let you know of an initiative taking place in Rome tomorrow. It being the Vigil of Michaelmas, various priests will