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Tag Archives: Roman Canon
QUAERITUR: During “Sede Vacante” what must priests say in the Eucharistic Prayer now that there is no Pope?
UPDATE:
Since the former Pope is alive - wow, that’s strange to write – priests and bishops can mention Benedict XVI’ name during the Memento of the Living in the Roman Canon.
Father might say: “Memento, Domine, famulorum famularumque tuarum, Benedicti decimi sexti, … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: Translation of “benedixt” in the Roman Canon
From a reader:
Would you consider doing a blog entry on the translation of “benedixit” as “said the blessing” in the new translation of the Roman Canon? I find this rendering a bit distracting as I can’t, with my basic knowledge … Continue reading
Posted in ASK FATHER Question Box, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged benedico, benedixit, Roman Canon
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A golden subject: Reclaiming silence in our churches. A Scotish bishop’s good insights.
The Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, has issued in interesting pastoral letter about the need to reclaim, indeed, “create” silence and, through silence, prayer. The bishop, Most Rev. Hugh Gilbert, OSB, was once a monk and abbot of Pluscarden Abbey. … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: Epiclesis in the Roman Canon
From a priest reader:
In my Wilfrid Diamond dictionary of liturgical latin, the entry for “epiclesis”, is f., says, “an invocation. The “Supra quae” in the Mass. In the Greek Church a calling down of the Holy Spirit.”
Is the Supra quae … Continue reading
Posted in ASK FATHER Question Box
Tagged azazel, epiclesis, Hanc igitur, Leviticus 16, Quam oblationem, Roman Canon, scapegoat, Veni sanctificator
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Remember: Father isn’t talking to you.
I was once accosted in St. Peter’s Basilica after my daily Mass by an angry modernist visiting American pants-suit, hair-do and lapel-pin sister … I guess angry was redundant, wasn’t it… who griped at me that she couldn’t hear the … Continue reading
WDTPRS – The Doxology, Great Amen, and YOU: The mighty voice of the one True Priest
Here is my latest hecatomb for The Wanderer to which you may subscribe digitally.
I worked my way through an examination of the new, corrected translation of the Order of Mass, including the Roman Canon. Then I returned to look at, … Continue reading
Posted in New Evangelization, Non Nobis and Te Deum, Our Catholic Identity, Patristiblogging, The Drill, WDTPRS
Tagged 3rd Eucharistic Prayer, Amen, apologetics, apologia, Didache, Dolbeau 26, doxology, Jerome Gassner, mediator, Roman Canon, s. 198, St. Augustine, St. Justin Martyr, The Wanderer
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PODCAzT 115: Singing the Eucharistic Prayer; Fr. Z sings and rants
Inspired by a reader’s email question, I dug out my volume of the Ordo Missae in cantu to talk about and then sing the Roman Canon, 1st Eucharistic Prayer, in Latin. So, this is also a PRAYERCAzT and an ASK … Continue reading



























