Tag: Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

St. Joseph in the Eucharistic Prayer

A reference to St Joseph will be permanently included in most Eucharistic Prayers in the Latin Rite.

June 18, 2013
“Simple and intimate” Holy Thursday Mass of Pope in Youth Prison

Around 10 girls and 40 boys will take part in the Mass. The Pope will wash the feet of 12 of them, who will be chosen from different nationalities and diverse religious confessions.

March 26, 2013
Cardinal Bergoglio (Pope Francis) Clashed with New Religious Order; Cardinal Sodano Came to Its Defense

Argentine media report that Cardinal Bergoglio, now Pope Francis, clashed with the very conservative religious order “Institute of the Incarnate Word,” founded by Fr. Carlos Miguel Buela in Argentina in 1984.

March 21, 2013
Mass facing the people—a defense

To some readers of Pray Tell it might seem eyebrow-raising to be addressing this issue in the summer of 2012. But some of our friends continue to assert that we regular celebrators of the OF are laboring under a massive misunderstanding of the implementation documents of the liturgical reforms of the Second Vatican Council. So…

July 21, 2012
Find the Cost of Freedom?

A 72-year-old priest of the Diocese of Belleville has resigned rather than accede to his bishops instruction that he cease from improvising prayers at Mass.

February 4, 2012
Fr. Z on today’s collect

“What a mess.” – Fr. John Zuhsldorf at What Does The Prayer Really Say? on the newly-translated collect for Holy Innocents.

December 28, 2011
Critics of the New Translation Learning from Critics of the Old Translation

Critics of the soon-to-be-implemented translation find themselves in the position of learning from those whom they might normally consider their opponents, namely, those who enthusiastically welcome the new translation after having spent years praying a translation that they dislike.

February 19, 2011
Restoration and/or Reversal

I find it interesting that on his blog Fr. Zuhlsdorf, in reporting this story, speaks of “reversing” the order of the sacraments, while on this blog it says “restoring” the order of the sacraments. Both, of course, can be true statements, without contradicting one another.

January 27, 2011
Fr. Z finally speaks to the Missal Mess

Fr. Z writes: “For those of you in higher roles in the Roman Curia, there is something called ‘the I-N-T-E-R-N-E-T.’ To learn more about this ‘internet,’ stop the first 19 year-old who walks by the big open door to the piazza out there and ask him to show you his phone. If he is busy,…

November 10, 2010