Monthly Archives: September 2006

30 Sept: St. Jerome – where is he buried?

Posted on 30 September 2006 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Some time ago, there was a discussion on one of our splendid Catholic blogs making mention of the burial place of St. Jerome perhaps in the Major Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome. This is an interesting story … Continue reading →

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A little woven detail

Posted on 29 September 2006 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Today in the chapel of the Sabine Farm, Holy Mass was celebrated with the 1962 Missale Romanum and the vestments were appropriately festive. Here is a little detail woven into the fabric of the chasuble: Continue reading →

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Card. Zen to retire?

Posted on 28 September 2006 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

This is in from Zenit:
ROME, SEPT. 28, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI has promised to consider allowing Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun to retire as bishop of Hong Kong, and expressed his affection for the city’s Catholics, says a … Continue reading →

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Missa pro Ecclesiae defensione

Posted on 28 September 2006 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Today I used the Mass Pro Ecclesia defensione in the 1962 Missale Romanum:
COLLECT:Omnipotens sempiterne Deus,in cuius manu sunt omnium potestateset omnia iura regnorum:respice in auxilium christianorum;ut gentes paganorum, quae in sua feritate confidunt, dexterae tuae potentia conterantur.
LITERAL VERSION:Almighty everlasting God,in … Continue reading →

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Liturgical music MEME

Posted on 27 September 2006 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I got tagged by Cor Immaculatae for the liturgical music MEME
1. Your favorite Mass Ordinary settings (i.e.Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei):IV comes to mind.
2. Your favorite Mass Proper chants (i.e. Introit, Gradual, Tract, Alleluia, Offertory, Communion):*ehem* … some days have a … Continue reading →

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A blurb on “active participation”

Posted on 27 September 2006 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I found a nice piece on "active participation" in Denis Crouan’s The History and the Future of the Roman Liturgy (2001, in English from Ignatius Press, 2005, p. 279 – my emphasis):
 
Does Gregorian chat prevent the active participation of the … Continue reading →

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Degradation of a bishop

Posted on 26 September 2006 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I received this CC: of correspondence from a friend and canonist via e-mail (slightly edited with my added comments):
Anent the rite of degradation from the "Roman Pontifical of Pope Benedict XIV" who allegedly "promulgated this ritual in 1862," … Continue reading →

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Radio Sabina and the Z-Cam: on the air

Posted on 25 September 2006 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Radio Sabina and the Z-Cam are back on the air again.  I will suspend them for a while from time to time, but for the most part I will keep broadcasting.

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25th Sunday of Ordinary Time: POST COMMUNION (1)

Posted on 24 September 2006 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

EXCERPT:

In our prayer today there is a theme of continuity. We even have a form of the word continuus. In the beginning of the Post communion Father refers to the constant helps we depend on from the actual graces God confers upon us. The effect of redemption will be eternal and unending. In the final line we hear of that eternal effect linking and yoking together our participation in the sacred sacramental mysteries we experience in Holy Mass, on the one hand, with the conduct and mores of our lives on the other. For the baptized Catholic Christian there must be continuity between our reception of the sacraments and the way we live. Continue reading →

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25th Sunday of Ordinary Time: SUPER OBLATA (2)

Posted on 24 September 2006 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

EXCERPT:
In Latin prayer there is a strong link between reception of the Eucharist and the proper practice of the faith we profess. We are to grasp in the heavenly sacraments (sacramentis caelestibus) what we are professing in “dutiful conduct of faith” (quae fidei pietate profitentur). That word pietas, when it refers to God, describes something of His goodness and His mercy towards us. When pietas is applied to us, it concerns the duty which we owe to God and neighbor. In other words, pietas brings our interior sentiments and the words we use to express them into the realm of the concrete. What we profess must be expressed in our actions and not just our words. You might remember the famous phrase of St. Francis of Assisi that we must preach the Gospel always and sometimes even use words. Continue reading →

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