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Fr. Z's Blog - PODCAzTs — 261 episodes
STATIONS OF THE CROSS – Audio from Fr. Z
AUDIO: Way of the Cross in different versions read by Fr. Z
OLDIE PODCAzT 36: St. Augustine on John the Baptist; The Vespers hymn “Ut queant laxis”
OLDIE PODCAzT 084: Quo Primum of St. Pius V (1570) and the Missale Romanum – “henceforth, now, and forever”
PODCAzT 181: The Latin of “A Prayer In Times of Epidemics” from the Rituale Romanum – PRAYERCAzT
OLDIE PODCAzT 127: The Eve of St. Agnes and a Bleak Midwinter
ADVENTCAzT 2019 02: When a friend harms you, it hurts all the more.
PODCAzT 179: Kwasniewski on the myth of ancient Communion in the hand
PODCAzT 178: Fr. Weinandy and the possible “Internal Papal Schism”
PODCAzT 177: Latin of the Last Rites in the Traditional Form
PODCAzT 176: How to sing Table Prayers in Latin
PODCAzT 175: Traditional Profession of Faith of Converts
PODCAzT 174 and PRAYERCAzT: The Latin of the Traditional Rite of Baptism of a Child
PODCAzT 173: A darkly humorous look at the Amazon Synod’s Instrumentum Laboris
DAY 9 – Novena of Prayer to the Holy Spirit – AUDIO
DAY 8 – Novena of Prayer to the Holy Spirit – AUDIO
DAY 7 – Novena of Prayer to the Holy Spirit – AUDIO
DAY 6 – Novena of Prayer to the Holy Spirit – AUDIO
DAY 5 – Novena of Prayer to the Holy Spirit – AUDIO
DAY 4 – Novena of Prayer to the Holy Spirit – AUDIO
DAY 3 – Novena of Prayer to the Holy Spirit – AUDIO
DAY 2 – Novena of Prayer to the Holy Spirit – AUDIO
DAY 1 – Novena of Prayer to the Holy Spirit – AUDIO
PRAYERCAzT / PODCAzT 172: Blessing Holy Water in Latin with the traditional Rituale Romanum
PODCAzT 171: The strange birth of the Novus Ordo – 50 years later
“Te, Ioseph celebrent”, a hymn in honor of the Terror of Demons
PODCAzT 170: Card. Müller – Manifesto of Faith: “Let not your heart be troubled!”
PODCAzT 169: Bp. Athanasius Schneider on “the only God-willed religion”
PODCAzT 168: Concerning the Sermon at Mass
ASK FATHER: When to sing the Christmas Proclamation
Anniversary of John XXIII’s 1962 “Gaudet Mater Ecclesia” and how it has been misused #Synod2018 #VaticanII #podcast
PODCAzT 167: Reflection of Bp. Athanasius Schneider about The Viganò Testimony
PODCAzT 166: Archbp. Viganò testifies about corruption and cover up. Pope Francis knew.
PODCAzT 165: Liturgical battles lost and won… and lost; don Camillo (Part X)
PODCAzT 164: Open Letter From A Young Priest To Bishops
PODCAzT 163: 25 July 2018 – 50th anniversary of promulgation of ‘Humanae vitae’
PODCAzT 161: CDF Instruction on The Ecclesial Vocation of the Theologian, “Donum veritatis”
Your Sunday Sermon Notes
PODCAzT 160: Bishops of Kazakhstan issue “Profession of the immutable truths about sacramental marriage” AUDIO
PODCAzT 159: Catholics and Lutherans about Justification
AUDIO Longer St. Michael Prayer. @fatherz calls upon priests and bishops!
PODCAzT 158: Catholicism and Capital Punishment
PODCAzT 157: Pius XII – Ingruentium malorum – On reciting the Rosary
PODCAzT 156 – Josef Seifert on The Persecution of Orthdoxy
PODCAzT 155: Latin Forms of Absolution, Vetus and Novus Ordo
PODCAzT 154: Card. Sarah in La Nef on 10th Anniversary of Summorum Pontificum
Your Sunday Sermon Notes
OLDIE PODCAzT 87 (2009): The Pentecost Sequence dissected – Veni Sancte Spiritus
PODCAzT 153: Card. Sarah’s 2017 ‘Summorum Pontificum’ Address – URGENT
PODCAzT 152: Bishop Athanasius Schneider on the Five Dubia of the Four Cardinals
Great news about a new college seminary in Charlotte, NC!
PODCAzT 151: Pius X’s encyclical On Teaching Christian Doctrine
PODCAzT 150: Leo XIII on Right Christian Conduct and the “bent of our age”
PODCAzT 149: Interview with Fr. Richard Heilman – Part 2
PODCAzT 148: Interview with Fr. Richard Heilman – Part 1
PODCAzT 147: Fulton Sheen on Patriotism
OLDIE PODCAzT 87 (2009): Veni Sancte Spiritus – The Pentecost Sequence dissected
PODCAzT 146: Spinello: Does Amoris Laetitia Retreat from Absolute Moral Norms?
PODCAzT 145: Athanasius Schneider on ‘Amoria laetitia’
PODCAzT 144: Pope Francis’ ‘Amoris laetitia’, Ch. 4: “Love in marriage”
PODCAzT 143: Fulton J. Sheen – “In the face of this false broadmindedness, what the world needs is intolerance.”
A Tenebrae excerpt: “O my people! lament, like a virgin”
PODCAzT 142: It’s Nazi Germany, it’s 1937, you are Catholic, and you are afraid. Mit brennender Sorge!
19 March: A beautiful hymn to St. Joseph, a Roman procession, and more
PRAYERCAzT: The Lorica of St. Patrick
PODCAzT 141: Two Prayers of St. Thomas Aquinas
PODCAzT 140: Paul VI’s 1966 Letter Sacrificium laudis on the use of Latin and Gregorian chant by religious
OLDIE PODCAzT: St. Joseph: a hymn dissected & sermon of Bernardine of Siena
OLDIE PODCAzT 127: The Eve of St. Agnes and a Bleak Midwinter
“Let y’all know!” The Epiphany chant announcement of 2015’s liturgical dates
The Winters of Our Discontent (AUDIO)
INTERVIEW: Card. Burke our challenges and “authentic pastoral care”
Qapla’! INTERNET PRAYER UPDATE: KLINGON (AUDIO)
OLDIE PODCAzT: Friday in the Octave of Pentecost
OLDIE PODCAzT 58: Ember Days; Chrysostom on St. Matthias; Prayer to the Holy Spirit
A Novena of Prayer to the Holy Spirit: Day 2 (Audio)
A Novena of Prayer to the Holy Spirit: Day 1 (Audio)
PODCAzT 139: 20th Anniversary of ‘Ordinatio sacerdotalis’, on the ordination of women
AUDIO PRAYERCAzT: Via Crucis by St Alphonsus Liguori
AUDIO PODCAzT: Via Crucis by Joseph Ratzinger
AUDIO PRAYERCAzT: Via Crucis by St Alphonsus Liguori (with chant)
AUDIO Stations of the Cross: Benedict XVI, Bl. John Henry Newman, St. Alphonsus Liguori
AUDIO: John 6
PODCAzT 138: Christmas Poetry Experiment
PODCAzT 137: Augustine on bad pastors; Sermon in the wake of Pope Francis’ interview
PODCAzT 136: John XXIII opens Vatican II – ‘Gaudet Mater Ecclesia’ – optimism and naïveté, error and continuity
PODCAzT 136: 25 years later – Ratzinger’s address to the Bishops of Chile; The Biological Solution
PODCAzT 135: Encyclical Letter “Lumen fidei” – AUDIO files of entire encyclical
OLDIE PODCAzT 119: The Holy Name and Blasphemy
The Way of the Cross – Joseph Ratzinger (Good Friday – 2005)
Blue Vestments? An annual rant.
PODCAzT 134: Christ the King, the Collect, and a listener’s question
PODCAzT 133: Reparation for Sin – Pius XI’s Miserentissimus Redemptor
USCCB meeting: Card. Dolan hits it out of the park! (Listen to the audio here.)
UPDATED: Bp. Sample’s (D. Marquette) sermon for Call To Holiness Conference
Midday Beauty Break for the Feast of the Transfiguration
PODCAzT 132: Ratzinger on Conscience and Truth – Part 3
PODCAzT 131: Ratzinger on Conscience and Truth – Part 2
PODCAzT 130: Ratzinger on Conscience and Truth – Part 1
PODCAzT 129: Of the solstice, and The Baptist, and summer poems
OLDIE PODCAzT: St. Joseph: a hymn dissected & sermon of Bernardine of Siena
Santorum’s Catholicism, candidacy, and Archbp. Chaput’s address “The Vocation of Christians in American Public Life”
PODCAzT 127: The Eve of St Agnes and a Bleak Midwinter
PODCAzT 125: The liturgical year and who we are. Season Appropriate Poems.
PODCAzT 124: Advent Vespers hymn in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms compared
PODCAzT 123: The Liturgical Year and a Custom
PRAYERCAzT/PODCAzT: Corpus Christi: singing the whole nine yards
PRAYERCAzT/PODCAzT: Trinity Sunday: singing the whole nine yards
OLDIE PODCAzT: Friday in the Octave of Pentecost
PODCAzT 119: The Holy Name and Blasphemy
OLDIE PODCAzT 30: Augustine on Peter and John; singing a Tridentine Requiem; St. Peter Celestine V
PODCAzT 119: Instruction “Universae Ecclesiae”
PASCHALCAzT 51: Easter Thursday – You who arrive only at the eleventh hour
STATIONS OF THE CROSS (PODCAzTs from Fr. Z)
LENTCAzT 31: Friday of the 4th Week of Lent
PRAYERCAzT: The Lorica of St. Patrick
PODCAzT 118: Benedict XVI’s Message for Lent; Fr. Z on love and on Peter
PODCAzT 117: What the Catholic Church really says about same-sex unions
PODCAzT 116: Toward a true ecumenism
PODCAzT 116: Bp. Athanasius Schneider’s proposal for a “Syllabus” on the correct interpretation of Vatican II
PODCAzT 115: Singing the Eucharistic Prayer; Fr. Z sings and rants
PODCAzT 114: Sing those Litanies!
PODCAzT 113: More winter poems
PODCAzT 112: Winter poems – corrected
PODCAzT 111: 4th Eucharistic Prayer; don Camillo (Part IX)
A 1st Sunday of Advent sermon
PODCAzT 110 & WDTPRSL: Learning the Roman Canon in Latin for Seminarians
PODCAzT 109: A dust up in ancient Carthage and parishes that schism
PODCAzT 108: The new translation of the 3rd Eucharistic Prayer; Fr. Z digresses and rants
PODCAzT 107: Most Precious Blood and your sins; Interview with Fr. Finigan
PODCAzT 106: John Henry Newman’s kindly light
PODCAzT 105: Augustine on the Baptist; don Camillo (Part VIII)
St. John the Baptist: notes and oldie PODCAzT
PODCAzT 104: A glimpse of heaven, “the Love that moves the sun and other stars”
CORRECTION to PODCAzT 102 on the new translation of the 1st Eucharistic Prayer
PODCAzT 103: The new translation of the 2nd Eucharistic Prayer; Fr. Z digresses and rants
PODCAzT 102: Exploring the new English translation of the Roman Canon; voicemail
PODCAzT 101: Preface for Ascension
OLDIE PODCAzT 84: St. Pius V and Quo primum
Bp. Slattery’s Sermon in Washington DC – unforgettable
PODCAzT 100: Benedict XVI, Pius XII, Justin Martyr and Fr. Z rants about liturgical abuse
PRAYERCAzT: Matins and Lauds (BrevRom)
STATIONS OF THE CROSS (audio from Fr. Z)
PODCAzT 99: Archbp. Chaput’s Houston Speech on The Vocation of Christians in American Public Life
Quinquagesima sermon: a program for Lent
PODCAzT 98: A chat with Fr. Finigan; a special Epiphany blessing
PODCAzT 97: Ambrose to a new bishop; In The Bleak Midwinter
PODCAzT 96: A saint for the “digital continent”; don Camillo (Part VII)
PODCAzTs on the 40th Anniversary of the Novus Ordo
An oldie PODCAzT about an Advent hymn
PODCAzT 95: PART III – 40 years ago… Paul VI on the eve of the Novus Ordo
PODCAzT 94: PART II – 40 years ago… Paul VI on the eve of the Novus Ordo
PODCAzT 93: 40 years ago… Paul VI on the eve of the Novus Ordo
PODCAzT 92: Gregory the Great to bishops on preaching the hard stuff; Harvest Moon
PODCAzT 91: A hymn dissected “Te lucis ante terminum”; Don Camillo (part VI)
PODCAzT 90: St. Leo on the beatitudes; the sacred, sacrilege and reparation
PODCAzT 89: Imitation of Christ – temptation, consolation; Fr. Z rambles on the world, the flesh, the devil
A Sunday sermon
12th Sunday of Ordinary Time – sermon
PODCAzT 88: Consecration of the Human Race to the Sacred Heart; Leo XIII’s Annum Sacrum
PODCAzT 87: Veni Sancte Spiritus – The Pentecost Sequence dissected
PODCAzT 86: Year for Priests; Pius IX on priests, Mass and Holy Days of obligation
PODCAzT 85: Gregory the Great on the Good Shepherd
PODCAzT 84: St. Pius V and Quo primum
PODCAzT 83: St. Augustine on the challenge of remaining faithful
EXSULTET: WDTPRS and audio
PODCAzT 82: St. Joseph: a hymn dissected and a sermon of St. Bernardine of Siena
PODCAzT 81: Benedict XVI’s Letter on SSPX excomms; your voicemail
PODCAzT 80: Gaudium et spes 9-10; don Camillo (Part V); SSPXer voicemail
PODCAzT 79: Augustine on your solidarity with Christ; your voicemail
Way of the Cross by St. Alphonsus Liguori (voice and with chant)
PODCAzT 78: A Vespers hymn dissected “O Lux Beata Trinitas”; Fr. Z on the SSPX
PODCAzT 77: An Advent hymn dissected “Vox clara”, with digressions
PODCAzT 76: An Advent hymn dissected “Verbum supernum prodiens”, with digressions
PODCAzT 75: An Advent hymn dissected “Conditor alme siderum”; Fr. Z digresses far afield
PODCAzT 74: A hymn to Christ the King dissected – before and after Vatican II; a proclamation; “Seize the Day” in Scots
PODCAzT 73: Augustine on Ps. 95(96) and Fr. Z on how to avoid going to Hell
PODCAzT 72: The death of St. Martin; starlings, cuckolds, bell ringing and a skull
PODCAzT 71: “Faith inscribed across your heart”: Benedict on Cyril of Jerusalem & Cyril on faith, your treasure
PODCAzT 70: Venerable Bede on All Saints; a collage; don Camillo (Part IV)
PODACzT 69: Augustine on Ps 103 & Benedictines can sing!
OLDIE PODCAzT 42: St. Augustine on St. Lawrence and how to be a Christian
PODCAzT 68: Interview – Fr. Tim Finigan on the Oxford TLM conference; don Camillo (Part III)
PODCAzT 67: St. Augustine on Martha, active v. contemplative lives; don Camillo (part II)
Oldie PODCAzT 39: Augustine on Christ the Mediator; “for all” or “for many”?
PODCAzT 66: don Camillo (part I): VM – advice on getting TLMs & “pro multis”
PODCAzT 65: St. Ambrose “On mysteries”; Interview: Fr. Robert Pasley
PODCAzT 64: Bonaventure on Christ “the door”; Interview – Fr. Timothy Finigan
PODCAzT 63: Fr. Z interviews Fr. Justin Nolan, FSSP; consecrated hands, Holy Communion and the Rite of Baptism
PODCAzT 62: Interviews with and by Fr. Z; What has Bp. Fellay really said?
Msgr. Guido Marini: Communion kneeling and on the tongue will be the standard for papal Masses
Oldie PODCAzT 30: Augustine on Peter and John; singing a Tridentine Requiem; St. Peter Celestine V
PODCAzT 61: Pope Leo I on a post-Pentecost weekday; Fr. Z rambles not quite aimlessly for a while
PODCAzT 60: Pentecost customs; St. Ambrose on the dew of the Holy Spirit
PODCAzT 59: Leo the Great on Pentecost fasting; Benedict XVI’s sermon for Pentecost Sunday
PODCAzT 58: Ember Days; Chrysostom on St. Matthias; Prayer to the Holy Spirit
PODCAzT 57: John Paul II on the unforgivable sin; Our Lady of Fatima and the vision of Hell
PODCAzT 56: Octaves – Fr. Z rants & Augustine on Pentecost
PODCAzT 55: Tertullian, again; Fr. Rutler and Fr. Z on Archbp. Marini’s book
Oldie PODCAzT 29: Leo the Great’s fabulous reflection on Ascension; the angelic battle for your soul
PODCAzT 54: Pro-Abortion Politicians and Communion; St. Ambrose and Emperor Theodosius
PODCAzT 53: Annunciation – St. Leo the Great; some voicemail Q&A
OLDIE PODCAzT 18: Dominica “in albis” – Augustine to the newly baptized
Oldie PODCAzT 17: For those who must sing the Exsultet in Latin, TLM or NO
Oldie PODCAzT 15: Augustine – Christ is Vine and Life (in today’s Office of Readings)
Oldie PODCAzT 14: St. Augustine on the Lord’s Passion
Oldie PODCAzT 13: Palm Sunday with St. Andrew of Crete
An oldie – PODCAzT 12: Friday of 5th Week of Lent – Fulgentius of Ruspe – rhetoric
PODCAzT 52: CDF on valid Baptisms, Michael Davies on valid post-conciliar Orders
PODCAzT 51: Communion in the hand
PODCAzT 50: St. Leo the Great on Peter; Fr. Lang on the Cathedra of Peter
PODCAzT 49: Leo the Great on Epiphany; Lefebvre compared to Athanasius; feedback
PODCAzT 48: Athanasius on Mary and Christ; Gamber, Schuler and turned around altars
PODCAzT 47: Augustine on how to pray; how to treat newcomers at the older Mass
PODCAzT 46: Gregory the Great on when pastors should SPEAK UP; priests and getting your way; voicemail feedback
PODCAzT 45: Augustine on pastors; my Motu Proprio sermon in England; chapel veils
PODCAzT 44: St. Monica dies, Augustine weeps; Pope Benedict greets American seminarians
PODCAzT 43: Benedict XVI on Mass “toward the Lord” and a prayer by St. Augustine
PODCAzT 42: St. Augustine on St. Lawrence and how to be a Christian
PODCAzT 41: Ratzinger on liturgical silence; silent Eucharist Prayer
PODCAzT 40: Eusebius of Vercelli in exile; my column in The Wanderer about detractors of Summorum Pontificum
PODCAzT 39: St. Augustine on Christ the Mediator; “for all” or “for many”?
PODCAzT 38: Ratzinger on “active participation”; The Sabine Farm; Merry del Val’s music
PODCAzT 37: The position of the altar and the priest’s “back to the people”
PODCAzT 36: St. Augustine on John the Baptist; Ut queant laxis
PODCAzT 35: Cyprian on the Our Father; MP Rules of Engagement
PODCAzT 34: St. Thomas Aquinas on the Eucharist; Mass in heaven? No!
PODCAzT 33: Augustine on loving “too late”; the Trinity; leaving Roma
PODCAzT 32: Gregory the Great on Job; rubrics; sacred music
PODCAzT 31: Hilary on the the gift of baptism; valid and invalid sacraments
PODCAzT 30: Augustine on Peter and John; singing a Tridentine Requiem; St. Peter Celestine V
PODCAzT 29: Leo’s mind blowing Ascension sermon; angels
PODCAzT 28: Augustine on the Ascension; Card. Castrillion on the Motu Proprio
PODCAzT 27: Leo on the Ascension; a Collect; feedback
PODCAzT 26: Augustine on the Alleluia; Catholic pro-abortion politicians & Communion,
PODCAzT 25: Maximus of Turin, missing Motu Proprio, my gratitude
PODCAzT 24: Insomnia and Clement of Rome
PODCAzT 23: Tertullian on heretics and 5 May for the Motu Proprio
PODCAzT 22: Peter Chrysologus on your priesthood; fear and love
PODCAzT 21: Leo the Great on Peter – Msgr. Schuler
PODCAzT 20: Leo the Great and Benedict – Habemus Papam!
PODCAzT 19: Fulgentius ad Monimum; the Historical Critical Method
PODCAzT 18: Augustine to the newly baptized
PODCAzT 17: Exsultet
PODCAzT 16: Tenebrae factae sunt – Good Friday
PODCAzT 15: Augustine – Christ is Vine and Life
PODCAzT 14: St. Augustine on the Lord’s Passion
PODCAzT 13: Palm Sunday with St. Andrew of Crete
PODCAzT 12: Fulgentius of Ruspe and tools of ancient Rhetoric
PODCAzT 11: Augustine – Christ’s voice in our voices, ours in His
Leo The Great: “the marvelous the power of the Cross”
PODCAzT 10: Passion Sunday and Annunciation
PODCAzT 09: Leo on the Passion; Sobrino; confessions on Good Friday
PODCAzT 08: Leo the Great on works of mercy in Lent
PODCAzT 07: St. Augustine on John 8
PODCAzT 06: St. Augustine on the woman at the well
PODCAzT 05: Ambrose: De fuga saeculi
PODCAzT 04: Augustine’s en. ps. 140
PODCAzT 03: Pope Leo the Great on the transfiguration, the moon, etc.
PODCAzT 02: St. Cyprian on The Lord’s Prayer
PODCAzT 01: Augustine on Psalm 61