Category Archives: SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM

QUAERITUR: Wouldn’t audible prayers in the Extraordinary Form be better?

Posted on 16 June 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
I was born during Vatican II and until recently, had no exposure whatsoever to Mass in the Extraordinary Form. At the invitation of a friend, I have been visiting a local parish that offers the EF and I am baffled … Continue reading →

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QUAERITUR: Vernacular only readings in traditional Low Mass?

Posted on 15 June 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
We have a priest that insists on reading the epistle & gospel in the vernacular for each Low Mass only. No one cares for it and it doesn’t even sound right. It impacts the integrity and fluidity … Continue reading →

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Want a TLM in your parish? Here is how it was done in one place!

Posted on 14 June 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I have written a few times (since the election of Francis – for example HERE) that it is time to push forward in the implementation of Summorum Pontificum.  People who have been wringing their hands or resting on the … Continue reading →

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Of Star Wars and Immanentism and Birdcages and Elite Snobbery. Wherein Fr. Z rants.

Posted on 13 June 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

In my talks I sometimes address the steady slide of many Catholics into Immanentism Lite.  They don’t exactly deny that God is transcendent, it’s just that they never give transcendence the slightest thought.  They have never had too, have they? … Continue reading →

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Wherein I write of Requiem Masses, of death and prudence and perennial wisdom

Posted on 10 June 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I had a useful and edifying experience today.  In a way what happened today dovetails with what I experienced a week or so ago when I carried the Blessed Sacrament for Corpus Christi in the streets of Manhattan.  But … Continue reading →

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CRI DE COEUR: “If there were no more priests hardly anyone would be crying about it.”

Posted on 6 June 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

At Rorate I saw something (translated there from Italian) from the blog Radicati nella fede, for the Catholic community of Domodossola and Vocogno in the Diocese of Novara.
This is a cri de coeur, if there ever was one.
My emphases … Continue reading →

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1st Friday: Feast of the Sacred Heart – Note for NYC! Great spiritual opportunity!

Posted on 6 June 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Tomorrow, a First Friday, is the Feast of the Sacred Heart.  That doesn’t happen all that often!
The Feast of the Sacred Heart is, I believe, the only Feast that Our Lord Himself requested!
I hope your parish will have special Masses.
Those … Continue reading →

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“Get on with the work we ourselves have to do”!

Posted on 5 June 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

At Vatican Insider there is a piece that concerns the conference I want to go to in Rome (click the flag).  The interview with a mover and shaker for the conference, Bishop Dominque Rey of Fréjus-Toulon is worth your … Continue reading →

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BRICK BY BRICK: New TLM in a small town

Posted on 2 June 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Pope Benedict gave us a great gift in the provisions of Summorum Pontificum.
Get out there and USE THEM!
Now is not the time to fall back or hesitate or wring hands.
Organize! Stop whining! Make it happen!
From a reader:
The small town of … Continue reading →

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Archbishop on the TLM: “you must try to get as many people as possible to walk down this path of yours”

Posted on 29 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Here is some great news.
I was sent a translation of a sermon given by the new Archbishop of Ferrara-Comacchio, His Excellency Most Rev. Luigi Negri, on Pentecost at the Marian Shrine of Poggetto.  The occasion was a celebration of Holy … Continue reading →

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