Tag Archives: Church Militant

WDTPRS 32nd Ordinary Sunday – as lightly burdened foot soldiers on an urgent mission

Posted on 8 November 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

We look today at the Collect for the 32nd Ordinary Sunday, close to Veterans Day 2013 (DONATE to the Archdiocese for Military Services!) which, having an antecedent in the Gelasian Sacramentary, is also used in the Extraordinary Form on the … Continue reading →

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WDTPRS: 23rd Ordinary Sunday – Children of God, Soldiers of Christ

Posted on 7 September 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The Collect for the 23rd Ordinary Sunday was not in any pre-Conciliar edition of the Roman Missal, but it was in the 8th century Gelasian Sacramentary in a section for evening prayers during Paschaltide.
Deus, per quem nobis et redemptio venit … Continue reading →

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WDTPRS: 17th Ordinary Sunday – Sin-Teflon, Demon-Kevlar

Posted on 27 July 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The 1962MR places today’s Collect at the 3rd Sunday after Pentecost though it is a little different from the newer version, to wit: sic transeamus per bona temporalia, ut non amittamus aeterna.
Historically the prayer has roots in the ancient “Leonine” … Continue reading →

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1953: Pius XII to American seminarians: be holy, heroes, officers of the Church Militant (quotes St. Charles Borromeo)

Posted on 4 November 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Because I am still having some internet problems and composition of posts is a little hard, I have pulled a couple things from the archives in which St. Charles Borromeo is mentioned. (His heart, by the way, in the great … Continue reading →

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31 July – St. Ignatius of Loyola: Church Militant

Posted on 31 July 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Here is the Martyrologium Romanum entry for this great saint and founder of the Society of Jesus. (To the right is my first class relic of St. Ignatius).
Memoria sancti Ignatii de Loyola, presbyteri, qui, hispanus in Cantabria natus, in aula … Continue reading →

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GUEST ENTRY: Praying and vesting in armor before combat and before Holy Mass

Posted on 15 July 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

When a priest prepares for Holy Mass it is customary for him to say prayers as he dons each vestments. When putting on the amice, he lets it rest on the top of his head briefly and he says the … Continue reading →

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WDTPRS – Ash Wednesday (2002MR) – WAR!

Posted on 22 February 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The Roman Station for Ash Wednesday is Santa Sabina on the Aventine Hill.
The Collect in the 2002 Missale Romanum, is an ancient prayer found in the Gelasian Sacramentary for the Vigil of Pentecost.  It is also among the prayers for … Continue reading →

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