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U.S. Bishops call for project of prayer, fasting to begin 30 DECEMBER to defend Life, Marriage, Religious Liberty – FR Z POLL
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Did you know that the Bishops of these United States of America have asked for Catholics to pray, fast and abstain on Fridays, and take part in a holy hour each month?
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Call To … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Emanations from Penumbras, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, POLLS, Religious Liberty, Year of Faith
Tagged abortion, anti-catholicism, Defense of Marriage, fasting, HHS mandate, marriage, Obamacare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, prayer, Pres. Obama, pro-life, religious liberty, USCCB, Year of Faith
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Benedict XVI on liturgical worship and our identity
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The Holy Father’s Wednesday Audience with my emphases and comments:
VATICAN, OCTOBER 3, 2012 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI gave today in St. Peter’s Square. The Holy Father continued … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Benedict XVI, Brick by Brick, Fr. Z KUDOS, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill, The future and our choices, Year of Faith
Tagged active participation, Benedict XVI, CCC 1073, CCC 1097, CCC 2565, Holy Mass, identity, liturgy, prayer
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WDTPRS: 24th Ordinary Sunday – Does it make any difference pray?
The Collect for the 24th Ordinary Sunday was not in pre-Conciliar editions of the Roman Missal but it has an antecedent in the ancient Veronese Sacramentary amongst the prayers used during September.
Respice nos, rerum omnium Deus creator et rector, et, … Continue reading
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Tagged impetration, prayer, propitiation
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Benedict XVI: “There is no such thing as a superfluous or useless prayer.”
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NO PRAYER IS EVER LOST
Vatican City, 12 September 2012 (VIS) – During his general audience, held this morning in the Paul VI Hall, Benedict XVI focused his catechesis on prayer in the second part of the Book of Revelation … Continue reading
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Tagged Apocalypse, Benedict XVI, prayer, Revelation, Scripture
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A Prayer For Vocations
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Here is a prayer that perhaps parish priests will pick up and use at all Sunday and Holy Day Masses, perhaps immediately after the Gospel:
LEADER: Please kneel for our prayer for vocations.
ALL: O God, we … Continue reading
WDTPRS 8th Sunday after Pentecost (1962MR): Being even more ourselves.
Today’s Collect is from the ancient Veronese Sacramentary and the Gelasian and the so-called Gregorian. It survived the liturgical tailors with their scissors and thread to live on in the post-Conciliar Missale Romanum on Thursday of the 1st week of … Continue reading
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Tagged cogito, Latin, prayer, propitius, St. Augustine of Hippo, worship
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Revision of English “Liturgy of the Hours” to begin
I noticed this in the newsletter of the USCCB’s Committee for Divine Worship:
Liturgy of the Hours
Among the many liturgical books affected by the implementation of the Roman Missal, Third Edition, none has generated more questions or interest than the Liturgy … Continue reading
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Tagged ICEL, Liturgiam authenticam, liturgy, Liturgy of the Hours, prayer, translation, USCCB, worship
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Reposted DAILY OFFERING TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY
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WDTPRS Collect 6th Sunday of Easter – “busy love”
Here is this week’s Collect, for the 6th Sunday of Easter:
Fac nos, omnipotens Deus, hos laetitiae dies, quos in honorem Domini resurgentis exsequimur, affectu sedulo celebrare, ut quod recordatione percurrimus semper in opere teneamus.
This is glued together from bits and … Continue reading
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Tagged beata vita, liturgy, memory, prayer, recordatio, St. Augustine, worship
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WDTPRS Easter Thursday – diversity and wholeness
The Collect for the Ordinary Form and the Extraordinary Form caught my eye:
Deus, qui diversitatem gentium in confessione tui nominis adunasti,
da, ut renatis fonte baptismatis
una sit fides mentium et pietas actionum.
This is a modern tinkering with an ancient prayer. In … Continue reading
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Tagged EASTER, Latin, liturgy, Octave, pelican, pelican in her piety, pietas, piety, prayer, sacrifice, St. Thomas Aquinas, worship
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