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Monthly Archives: December 2009
24 December 2009
NYC – Manhattan – Christmas Midnight TLM with music
If you are in or near Manhattan….
There will be a Solemn TLM for Midnight Mass (yes, midnight, Christmas) at Holy Innocent’s in Manhattan.
The undersigned is celebrant for the Mass. Here is the music line up:
Prelude Music (starting at 11:30 PM)
Gwendolyn … Continue reading
Posted in On the road
19 Comments
Pope Benedict knocked down by woman before Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica
This isn’t the first time someone tried to get at the Pope, but this one actually got to him.
Here is a story from AP:
Pope Knocked Down by Woman at Christmas Mass
Thursday, December 24, 2009
VATICAN CITY — A woman jumped … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
46 Comments
Benedict XVI’s Christmas Sermon: liturgy is the first priority
The shepherds teach us a priority: hasten to worship. Everything else comes later.
In his sermon for Christmas Pope Benedict shows his mystical side. He is a liturgical mystic. That is to say, for Benedict, worship is an occasion for the … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas and Epiphany, SESSIUNCULA, The Drill
Tagged Benedict XVI, Christmas sermon, liturgical mysticism, Origen
15 Comments
Live stream of the Holy Father’s Mass
I am tuned in to the broadcast of the Holy Father’s Mass from St. Peter’s.
The Sistine Choir is still pretty bad.
During the Holy Father’s entrance I caught a glimpse, I am sure, of my friend and blogger John Sonnen of … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
24 Comments
Vigil of Christmas – (2005) Roman Martyrology
In the 2005 Roman Martyrology for Vigil of Christmas has a fascinating entry. Here is the first entry of Christmas Eve day:
1. Commemoratio omnium sanctorum avorum Iesu Christi, filii David, filii Abraham, filii Adam, patrum scilicet, qui Deo placuerunt et … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
2 Comments
Nuncio says Rome has more interest in internet than a “terna” his sends
My friend Fr. Ray Blake of Brighton’s St. Mary Magdalen has this interesting piece:
Archbishop Faustino Sainz Muñoz, the Apostolic Nuncio [in the UK] has given an interview to The Tablet, apparently. Why such a good man should not choose a … Continue reading
23 December 2009
Fr. Schillebeeckx… RIP
I just learned that Fr Edouard Schillebeeckx died today.
Fr S had many erroneous ideas but at one point did some good theological work.
May God be merciful to him now.
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
50 Comments
The Cloisters
Today I jouneyed up the west side to the Cloisters.
On the last stretch I stopped for a moment where Washington stopped on the heights above the river.
The the short walk the rest of the way.
There are splendid medieval holdings here … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
14 Comments
Holy See Press Office comment on Decree of heroic virtues of Ven. Pius XII
From the Vatican Press Office comes this, with my emphases and comments:
NOTE CONCERNING DECREE ON THE HEROIC VIRTUES OF PIUS XII
VATICAN CITY, 23 DEC 2009 (VIS) – Holy See Press Office Director Fr. Federico Lombardi S.J. today issued the following … Continue reading
USCCB: Senate health care bill “deficient”
From the USCCB:
BISHOPS CALL SENATE HEALTH CARE REFORM BILL ‘DEFICIENT,’ ESSENTIAL CHANGES NEEDED BEFORE MOVING FORWARD Seek to retain federal policy on abortion funding and conscience protectionWant to protect access to health care that immigrants have now, remove barriers to accessNeed … Continue reading
Christmas Masses – An “omnium gatherum”
Under this entry you can post your Christmas Mass plans.
Do you have a midnight Mass? Music? Special events?
Let us know.
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
73 Comments
22 December 2009
Benedict XVI to Roman Curia for Christmas… some liturgical observations
The other day Pope Benedict addressed the Roman Curia for the annual exchange of Christmas greetings.
You might recall his foundational speech in 2005 which defined much of the work of his pontificate.
This year, the Holy Father reviewed the year, spending … Continue reading
Wonderful photos, not to miss
My friend John Sonnen of Orbis Catholicus has some great photos from the recognizable Gesu e Maria on the Corso in Rome, where the older form of Mass is celebrated on Sundays.
Long time readers will remember I that I had … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
8 Comments
Did Shakespeare study for the priesthood… in Rome?
Fr. Longenecker has an interesting post about Shakespeare:
The literature on Shakespeare being a Catholic keeps mounting. Clare Asquith’s book Shadowplay along with the scholarship of Fr.Peter Milward started the ball rolling, then Joseph Pearce’s excellent, The Quest for Shakespeare gathered … Continue reading
