LIVE TLM – 11 March 2022 – 0900 EST - Ember Friday 1st Week of Lent

In 2005 I sang the Exsultet at my home parish of St. Agnes in St. Paul, Minnesota.  A few people have asked for the recording, since on the blog the old plug stopped working.

NB: At the "preface" dialog I used the "Solemn" tone because that was more familiar for the congregation and easier for them to sing.

Exsultet Sung in 2005 (Novus Ordo)

LIVE TLM – 21 April 2022 – Easter Thursday

A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent 2022.

Today, we hear how Sunday's Roman Station was observed waaaay back in the day, when we took our Faith very seriously.  Fulton Sheen interjects about hardships.  I tell you a Secret.

ADVENTCAzT 2022: 16 – Monday 3rd Week of Advent: Back in the day

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.

ADVENTCAzT 2022 - 22 – 4th Sunday of Advent: Have you ever really wept?

A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent 2022. 

Today, we hear about Light and Darkness.  Then Canon Croegaert introduces The Sign of the Cross with which we begin Holy Mass.

ADVENTCAzT 2022 – 25 – Wednesday 4th Week of Advent: The Sign of the Cross

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 about Roman Stations and purpose of Lent.

LENTCAzT 2023 - 00: Shrove Tuesday - reminders

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 Roman Station, which is Santa Sabina on the Aventine Hill.

LENTCAzT 2023 - 01: Ash Wedesday - We all fall down.

Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline.

Roman Station: Sts. John and Paul on the Coelian Hill (Collect: S. Lucia in Septizonio)

We hear from the Gospel of Matthew and I pull apart the Collect that commemorates the ferial Friday.

LENTCAzT 2023 – 03: Friday after Ash Wednesday - Feast of St. Matthew

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.

LentcazLENTCAzT 2023 – 06: Monday 1st Week of Lent – Certainty

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.

LENTCAzT 2023 - 17: Friday 2nd Week of Lent

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 be burning in us.

LENTCAzT 2023 - 24: Friday 3rd Week of Lent - Burn, baby, BURN!

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.

LENTCAzT 2023 - 26: Monday 4th Week - St. Joseph - Help of the dying

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 our traditional form of Baptism today, the placing of salt in their mouths and the "ear-opener", the teaching of the Creed and Our Father, three exorcisms.  We hear the first of these exorcisms, which had different introductions for men and for women.  Yes, they thought that there were two sexes and that men and women weren't the same.

LENTCAzT 2023 - 29: The Ancient Mid-Point

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 dead son is like those who are in mortal sin

LENTCAzT 2023 – 30: Thursday 4th Week - Eternal death and YOU - CORRECTED

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.

LENTCAzT 2023 - 32: Saturday 4th Week - Annunciation

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.

LENTCAzT 2023 - 35: Tuesday Passiontide - When the hour comes

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.

LENTCAzT 2023 - 36: Wednesday Passiontide - There are only two camps

Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline.

Roman Station: Santa Croce

TODAY:  Fulton Sheen on the great cry of Christ.

LENTCAzT 2023 - 45: Good Friday - Abandonment

Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline.

Roman Station: ...

TODAY: Fr. Troadec and Bl. Ildefonso team up

LENTCAzT 2023 - 46: Holy Saturday - Waiting

Daily 5 minute podcast to aid your Easter joy.

Roman Station: St. Peter's in the Vatican

TODAY: St. Augustine explains the situation

PASCHALCAzT 2023 - 50: Easter Wednesday - St Augustine to the newly baptized

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.

PASCHALCAzT 2023 - 53: Easter Saturday - Don't let your guard down

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 Synod ("Walking Together")
26:43 Concealed Carry Magazine Nov/Dec 2023
31:33 Matthew 24 
33:15 Exit

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A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent and Christmas 2023. 

Today, St Ambrose and one of his hymns.

ADVENTCAzT 2023 – 05 – Thursday 1st Week of Advent: Ambrose

A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent and Christmas 2023.

Today Bl. Ildefonso describes how our ancient Roman forebears observed this day.  And we hear the last O Antiphon.

ADVENTCAzT 2023 – 21 – Ember Saturday 3rd Week of Advent: History

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.

ADVENTCAzT 2023 – 22 – Vigil of Christmas: Joseph

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.

ADVENTCAzT 2023 – 23 – Christmas: Paradoxical Divinity

A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent and Christmas 2023.

Today, Bl. Ildefonso describes the papal doings in the ancient Roman Church.  We hear the account of the martyrdom of Stephen.  Fr. Troadec prays.

ADVENTCAzT 2023 – 24 – St. Stephen: His face was like that of an angel

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.)

ADVENTCAzT 2023 – 25 – St. John: Christ's three gifts to John

It's 27 December 2023 and it is the Wednesday in the Octave of Christmas and the Feast of St John the Evangelist. Some time ago, I saw a movie called News of the World in which years after the Civil War a former confederate officer eeks out a living going about and reading to people who pay a dime a head (about $2.50 today) various newspaper stories from all over. The idea caught my imagination and here I am, a gazetteer.

An audio "gazette" of Catholic things.

00:14 - Init
01:17 - Latin Liturgy Newsletter - Why Liturgy Appeals To Men
7:22 - In Coenaculo - Benedictines of Silverstream
14:24 - Dowry - FSSP in England
22:17 - The Guardian - 8 Year-Old Prodigy
24:34 - Regina Coeli Report - SSPX
29:27 - First Things - Priests, Military, Clericalism
37:14 - St. John Eudes - Exit

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A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent and Christmas 2023.

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ADVENTCAzT 2023 – 26 – Holy Innocents: The cold winter of unbelief

A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent and Christmas 2023.

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ADVENTCAzT 2023 – 27 – St. Thomas of Canterbury: A Sermon

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.

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A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for Advent and Christmas 2023.  Today 6 minutes instead of 5.

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ADVENTCAzT 2023 – 30 – Sunday in the Octave: Heartbeat

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

Also, I answer here a question from a reader...

QUAERITUR:

How do we know for certain that a Novus Ordo Mass (done well) is not evil?

PODCAzT 182: New Book on TLM; & Response to a question: "How do we know the Novus Ordo isn't evil?"

Ordained 26 May 1991 by St. John Paul II in Rome for the Suburbicarian Diocese of Velletri-Segni (ITALY). Classics at Univ. of Minn. STL in Patristic Theology from the "Augustinianum" in Rome. STD candidate at same. Former Moderator: Catholic Online Forum; Former Columnist: The Wanderer. Presently weekly columnist for Catholic Herald (UK). Ministry in Diocese of Madison. Speaker. Blogist: fatherzonline.com Twitter: @fatherz

Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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