Daily Archives: 30 May 2011

Just say no to liturgical dance

Posted on 30 May 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

With a tip of the biretta  o{]:¬) to Patrick Madrid, I share this from Stephen Colbert, as an exemplification of just how ridiculous liturgical dance really is.
Not “can be”… is.

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30 May: St. Joan of Arc

Posted on 30 May 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

It is another kind of “memorial day” today… as is every day on the Roman calendar.  In the older, traditional calendar today using the Missale Romanum is a Rogation Day and we get a commemoration of St. Felix.
Today, however, in … Continue reading →

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A look at the posture and manner of receiving Holy Communion

Posted on 30 May 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From the website of the newspaper the Catholic Herald of the Diocese of Madison, where H.E. Most Rev. Robert Morlino reigns, comes this piece about the manner of reception of Holy Communion.  I must add, as the writer does not, … Continue reading →

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Houston: dedication of new Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham

Posted on 30 May 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I read at the site Ordinarite Portal, for the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham set up under the provisions of Anglicanorum coetibus – Benedict XVI is the Pope of Christian Unity – that on 28 May H.E. Daniel Card. … Continue reading →

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Blistering analysis of implementation of Pope Benedict’s vision for sacred music

Posted on 30 May 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

It has been said that Pope Benedict has been reigning but not ruling.
Sandro Magister has an analysis piece at his place, Chiesa, about something which touches the the heart of what I have been calling Pope Benedict’s “Marshall Plan”, a … Continue reading →

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