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Rome 24/10 – Day 37: Wherein Fr. Z rants
Morning sun movement became visible at 06:47. It will disappear from view at 17:00.
Thank you for this day, Lord.
The Ave Maria rings at - according to the errant curial calendar - 17:30. But that's wrong. It should now be in the 17:15 cycle.
On this dies non I said a Daily Requiem for Poor Souls. As a matter of fact, I just got that intention yesterday, so I brought it to the head of the line.
The Requiem Mass is so beautiful with the Dies Irae.
Quaerens me, sedisti lassus:
Redemisti Crucem passus:
Tantus labor non sit cassus.
Welcome registrants:
TomasDelRio
marcolajolla62
The tail end of some "premium content" sent out to Roman Donors. I am so grateful to them.
https://wdtprs.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_8333.mp4
In churchy news...
Catholics voted for the President-elect over VP Harris by a margin of 56% to 41%. pic.twitter.com/8tV5NoneZg— Father V (@father_rmv) November 6, 2024
In Florida the abortion amendment was defeated! HERE I know that a great many churches - and there are a lot (of different kinds, splinters) - had NO! signs out.
The late, former Exorcist of Rome, Fr. Gabriel Amorth, said that demons try to possess politicians. HERE Well... duh! Shall we talk about leaders in the CHURCH?
At National Catholic Register, there is a piece about the mainly American (I think) phenomenon of moving priests so often, allowing a man to be pastor for maybe 12 years and then shoving him out. HERE In the Latin Church's Code of Canon Law, can. 522 says,
Can. 522 - Parochus stabilitate gaudeat oportet ideoque ad tempus indefinitum nominetur; ad certum tempus tantum ab Episcopo dioecesano nominari potest, si id ab Episcoporum conferentia per decretum admissum fuerit.
So...“A pastor must enjoy/have stability and therefore is fitting that he be appointed for an indefinite period of time”. However, in the next part: “He can be appointed by the diocesan bishop only for a specific period if the conference of bishops will have permitted through a decree.”
The clear intent of the law is that pastors, "the parish priest", in normal circumstances have a long time in his parish.
Most of the priests I talk to think this appointment for 6 years, with another 6 possible years is terrible. They are just getting into the place and they get moved. When they get to baptize the children of the children they baptized... then they've gotten settled. Will some have other opinions? Sure. Are parishes different from each other? Sure. Are there bad fits that have to be adjusted? Sure. But you get the idea.
Most priests I know think that this term limiting of pastors is also a dodge that bishops use so they don't have to work things through with pastors who are perhaps "troublesome" for them. They just wait them out and move them.
Most priests I know think that moving priests so often over time gives people the idea that the priest isn't really in charge. They come and go. The lay staff is the stable element.
Therefore, there is no "father" in the parish. This is also part of a war on men and boys, which manifests also in the sanctuary.
Take a look at that piece.
At a substack called WM Review, there is a provocative piece about whether or not, because of the change to the rites of ordination after the Council, we will have validly consecrated bishops in the future.
This question comes up once in a while because it is an important issue and there were significant changes to the rites of ordination of priests and of bishops under Paul VI. The changes to the ordination for priests were concerning enough that John Paul II in 1990 put things back into the rite that Paul VI took out. Rites should make explicit exactly what they are supposed to do. For example, the post-Conciliar Book of Blessings has "blessings" that don't explicitly bless things with a constitutive blessing (as opposed to an invocative blessing). The forward to the Book of Blessings states that it is trying to ...
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By Fr. John ZuhlsdorfMorning sun movement became visible at 06:47. It will disappear from view at 17:00.
Thank you for this day, Lord.
The Ave Maria rings at - according to the errant curial calendar - 17:30. But that's wrong. It should now be in the 17:15 cycle.
On this dies non I said a Daily Requiem for Poor Souls. As a matter of fact, I just got that intention yesterday, so I brought it to the head of the line.
The Requiem Mass is so beautiful with the Dies Irae.
Quaerens me, sedisti lassus:
Redemisti Crucem passus:
Tantus labor non sit cassus.
Welcome registrants:
TomasDelRio
marcolajolla62
The tail end of some "premium content" sent out to Roman Donors. I am so grateful to them.
https://wdtprs.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_8333.mp4
In churchy news...
Catholics voted for the President-elect over VP Harris by a margin of 56% to 41%. pic.twitter.com/8tV5NoneZg— Father V (@father_rmv) November 6, 2024
In Florida the abortion amendment was defeated! HERE I know that a great many churches - and there are a lot (of different kinds, splinters) - had NO! signs out.
The late, former Exorcist of Rome, Fr. Gabriel Amorth, said that demons try to possess politicians. HERE Well... duh! Shall we talk about leaders in the CHURCH?
At National Catholic Register, there is a piece about the mainly American (I think) phenomenon of moving priests so often, allowing a man to be pastor for maybe 12 years and then shoving him out. HERE In the Latin Church's Code of Canon Law, can. 522 says,
Can. 522 - Parochus stabilitate gaudeat oportet ideoque ad tempus indefinitum nominetur; ad certum tempus tantum ab Episcopo dioecesano nominari potest, si id ab Episcoporum conferentia per decretum admissum fuerit.
So...“A pastor must enjoy/have stability and therefore is fitting that he be appointed for an indefinite period of time”. However, in the next part: “He can be appointed by the diocesan bishop only for a specific period if the conference of bishops will have permitted through a decree.”
The clear intent of the law is that pastors, "the parish priest", in normal circumstances have a long time in his parish.
Most of the priests I talk to think this appointment for 6 years, with another 6 possible years is terrible. They are just getting into the place and they get moved. When they get to baptize the children of the children they baptized... then they've gotten settled. Will some have other opinions? Sure. Are parishes different from each other? Sure. Are there bad fits that have to be adjusted? Sure. But you get the idea.
Most priests I know think that this term limiting of pastors is also a dodge that bishops use so they don't have to work things through with pastors who are perhaps "troublesome" for them. They just wait them out and move them.
Most priests I know think that moving priests so often over time gives people the idea that the priest isn't really in charge. They come and go. The lay staff is the stable element.
Therefore, there is no "father" in the parish. This is also part of a war on men and boys, which manifests also in the sanctuary.
Take a look at that piece.
At a substack called WM Review, there is a provocative piece about whether or not, because of the change to the rites of ordination after the Council, we will have validly consecrated bishops in the future.
This question comes up once in a while because it is an important issue and there were significant changes to the rites of ordination of priests and of bishops under Paul VI. The changes to the ordination for priests were concerning enough that John Paul II in 1990 put things back into the rite that Paul VI took out. Rites should make explicit exactly what they are supposed to do. For example, the post-Conciliar Book of Blessings has "blessings" that don't explicitly bless things with a constitutive blessing (as opposed to an invocative blessing). The forward to the Book of Blessings states that it is trying to ...