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Tag Archives: liturgy
19 January 2012
PODCAzT 126: Benedict XVI’s important address to US Bishops on Religious Freedom and the Church in the Public Square
In this PODCAzT we drill into an important address given by Pope Benedict XVI on 19 January 2012 to the bishops of Regions 4-6 in the United States.
This was Benedict’s second major discourse to US bishops who are making their ad limina … Continue reading
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Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Brick by Brick, Emanations from Penumbras, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Pope of Christian Unity, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill, The Last Acceptable Prejudice, The future and our choices, Universae Ecclesiae, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged ad limina, bishops, freedom of religion, liturgy, public square, religious freedom, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, worship
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9 January 2012
QUAERITUR: Light One Up – Incense, Thuribles, and You.
From a reader:
I am writing to ask you about the proper provision for incense at Holy Mass. Can you or your readers recommend a way to ensure a plentiful supply of incense smoke from a thurible at Mass, and to … Continue reading
REVIEW: The Roman Catholic Ceremonial: Volume I. The Ordinary Ceremonies by Jeffrey Collins.
Liturgical worship should be reverent, careful and the best we can accomplish. The expanding use of the Extraordinary Form will help to correct many of the aberrations inflicted on people through the Ordinary Form. Therefore, every priest, every seminarian, as … Continue reading
6 January 2012
Epiphany Collect: transformed by the beauty of Your sublime glory
In the ancient Western Church and in the East, Epiphany was more important than the relative latecomer Christmas. Epiphany is from the Greek word for a divine “manifestation” or “revelation”. There are many “epiphanies” of God in the Scripture. Think, … Continue reading
4 January 2012
QUAERITUR: Children “playing Mass”
From a reader:
Is it ok for a child to pretend to say Mass? After reading the following post and its comments I was beginning to be concerned (HERE).
I looked it up in Canon Law and saw similar things.
Obviously it would … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
Tagged children, liturgy, play Mass, worship
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REVEREND FATHERS! Epiphany is coming: We have special blessings we can use!
Remember that you can bless Epiphany Water, and chalk, and gold, frankincense and myrrh, and houses….
Lot’s of cool Catholic stuff can be done on Epiphany!
Technorati Tags: blessing chalk, Epiphany, liturgy, Rituale Romanum, worship
22 October 2011
Bp. Morlino on beauty and worship: beauty is NOT just a matter of taste.
On the site of the Diocese of Madison’s paper, The Catholic Herald (not to be confused with The Catholic Herald in the UK), His Excellency Most Rev. Robert Morlino has some observations about liturgy which are worth a look.
My emphases … Continue reading
5 July 2011
Suffer the little ones to learn Gregorian chant and Latin
Liturgical liberals usually run down the intelligence of people in the pews, saying among other things that Joe and Mary Catholic will not be able to understand the new, corrected translation, or quod Deus avertat, LATIN.
“It’s toooo haaard!“, they … Continue reading
27 June 2011
Archbp. Nichols (Westminster) on the priest’s role at Mass
From Zenit with my emphases and comments.
Archbishop Nichols on Priests and the Mass
“We Don Vestments to Minimize Our Personal Preferences”
LONDON, JUNE 25, 2011 (Zenit.org).- Here is the text of a homily given by Archbishop Vincent Nichols at the Diocese of … Continue reading
4 May 2011
WDTPRS POLL: Your Mass preparation and follow up during the week
I am curious about your preparation for Holy Mass or Divine Liturgy on Sundays and Holy Days or Feasts. This applies to both forms of the Roman Rite and other Rites as well.
Please choose the best answer and, if you … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Our Catholic Identity, POLLS, The Drill
Tagged active participation, Divine Liturgy, liturgy, Mass
38 Comments
23 April 2011
Gregorian chant v. folk music. A parish in Toronto. Fr. Z rants.
Pope Benedict has proposed what I have called his “Marshall Plan” to renew Catholic identity. This must involve a reading of the Second Vatican Council in continuity with all the other Councils, not as a point of … Continue reading
20 April 2011
Pope Benedict on keeping vigil this Triduum
Excerpts from the Holy Father’s Wednesday Audience via the site of Vatican Radio:
Today there is “a certain callousness of the soul towards the power of evil, an insensitivity to all the evil in the world: we do not want to … Continue reading
Posted in Pope of Christian Unity
Tagged evil, liturgy, Pope Benedict XVI, Triduum, Vatican Radio, vigilance, Wednesday Audience
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25 December 2010
WaPo, by indirection, finds direction out.
From WaPo‘s On Faith… with my emphases and comments.
Pope’s master of liturgy helps Benedict restore traditions
By Jason Horowitz
Washington Post Staff Writer
IN ROME On a rainy Christmas Eve, Pope Benedict XVI followed a procession of Swiss guards, bishops and priests down … Continue reading
2 September 2010
A glimpse into planning for liturgy!
A friend of mine who works in the ad biz (that’s advertisement business for people who live to close to the Vortex) to give me a glimpse into his world.
"But wait, friend!", quoth I. "This reminds me of something. What … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Lighter fare, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged liturgy
15 Comments
13 February 2010
“Consubstantial” – Who do people REALLY say that He is?
The new translation contains an alarming new threat.
"Consubstantial"
By clinging to the inaccurate rendering of "consubstantialem Patri" in the Creed as "one in being with the Father", liberals obfuscate the dogma of the Church that Jesus is God, that He is … Continue reading
Posted in Our Catholic Identity, SESSIUNCULA, WDTPRS
Tagged Arian, Catholic, consubstantial, consubstantialem Patri, ICEL, liberal, liturgy, translation
114 Comments
