Fr John Zuhlsdorf, Author at Catholic Herald

Fr John Zuhlsdorf

June 30, 2016

In the traditional calendar of the Roman Rite, July 2 is the feast of the Visitation, upon which we mediate in the Second Mystery of the Rosary (May 31 in the reformed calendar). When the Archangel Gabriel came to Blessed Virgin Mary at the Annunciation, he told her that her cousin Elizabeth was six months

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June 23, 2016

On June 29 we celebrate the feast of Ss Peter and Paul, the Prince of the Apostles and the Apostle to the Gentiles. This feast is important. Hence, it has a liturgical Vigil, which should be a day of penitential preparation. Our lives as Catholic Christians and our identity are enriched and strengthened when we

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June 16, 2016

We don’t celebrate the birthdays of many saints. There’s the feast of the birth of Sanctity Himself on Christmas. There’s the Nativity of our fallen nature’s solitary boast, the Mother of God. And there’s the birth of St John the Baptist on June 24. That’s about it. John rightly is celebrated since the Lord Himself

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June 09, 2016

In the traditional calendar this week we honour St Basil of Caesarea, “the Great”, Bishop and Doctor (d 379). His feast was transferred to January 2 in the post-conciliar calendar. He is one of the Cappadocian Fathers, along with his brother Gregory of Nyssa and Gregory of Nazianzus. He was a mighty foe of heresy,

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June 02, 2016

Nineteen days after Pentecost, a Friday, we celebrate the feast (solemnity in the Novus Ordo calendar) of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. Our Lord’s Heart, most often depicted as burning, wounded, bleeding, wreathed with thorns, represents His love and compassion for us. Devotion to His Sacred Heart goes back many centuries, but it really

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May 26, 2016

In the wake of Ascension Thursday and Pentecost (and its Octave in the traditional calendar of the Latin Church), we celebrate Trinity Sunday, Corpus Christi on the following Thursday (often transferred to Sunday) and Sacred Heart on Friday of the next week. All these feasts deserve great attention and circumstance, for they deepen our grasp

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May 19, 2016

New priests are being ordained in this season. Subsequently, many veteran priests observe their jubilees (the 25th for me this year). Here is a prayer from the traditional, Extraordinary Form of Holy Mass which a priest can add “Pro seipso sacerdote … For the priest himself” on his anniversary. This is the Secret, pronounced softly,

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May 12, 2016

Pentecost is often called “the Church’s birthday”: the Holy Spirit breathed His own life into the Body and all the members. Scripture describes the coming of the Spirit, 50 days after the Lord’s Resurrection, as a mighty rushing wind and as fire. The descent of the Holy Spirit is one way in which Christ is

Omnium Gatherum

May 05, 2016

The month of May is traditionally designated in honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary, our greatest intercessor with Christ the Just Judge. Speaking of intercessors, we can also intercede for others by obtaining for them indulgences, to remit especially for the Poor Souls some or all of the temporal punishment due to sins for which

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April 28, 2016

In the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, on Sunday May 1, we celebrate the feast of St Joseph, Opifex or Worker. We don’t ignore the Fifth Sunday after Easter, of course (Sixth Sunday of Easter in the Novus Ordo): prayers from the Sunday formulary are added after those for Joseph. Joseph the Worker is

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April 21, 2016

According to tradition, St Mark the Evangelist, writer of the second Gospel, could be a John Mark, perhaps a cousin of Barnabas. We observe his feast on April 25. Hippolytus of Rome (d 235) thought he was one of the 70 disciples sent out by the Lord to preach, and was later one of the

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April 14, 2016

On April 21 we celebrate the feast of St Anselm, Doctor of the Church (d 1109), the greatest theologian and philosopher of his day. He is best known for his “ontological argument” for the existence of God and the motto “fides quaerens intellectum – faith seeking understanding”. As archbishop of Canterbury, Anselm was a rock

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