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I am thinking about those red shoes.
I am thinking about the infamous red shoes. I am thinking about the non-wearing of the mozzetta. I am thinking about the growing juxtaposition in some conversations of simple liturgy versus lofty liturgy.
Some people are saying, “O how wonderful it … Continue reading
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Our Catholic Identity, SESSIUNCULA, The Drill
Tagged gestures, priest, rubrics, solita oscula, victim
223 Comments
Why don’t priests follow rubrics? Fr. Z cheerfully rants.
My friend Fr. Ray Blake, distinguished p.p. of St. Mary Magdalen in Brighton, has a post sure to prick the consciences of some not yet liberally heart-hardened priests and bishops.
He starts off with a comment about the lack of liturgical … 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
QUAERITUR: Can a priest ad lib the intro to the Lord’s Prayer?
Here is a serious insider-canon-ball post about something which nevertheless affects a great many people, since it deals with our liturgical worship, namely, the words by which the priest introduces the Lord’s Prayer.
In the new, corrected translation we see:
23. Then … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: Why so many variations in Mass depending on the priest?
From a reader:
I am a new convert to the Faith within the last nine months, and I am
still in the process of joining the Church formally. As such I’m still
learning a good deal about the Church, her liturgy, etc. One … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: Bowing to the altar instead of genuflecting during Mass. Fr. Z rants.
From a reader:
Our new and much more traditional pastor joined us a few years ago, and within the first year he had the tabernacle moved behind the altar. (Which made me and many others very happy)I have observed the priests, … Continue reading
Changes in the rubrics for music in the new, corrected translation.
My friend Jeffrey Tucker of the estimable The Chant Cafe has a fascinating post about changes in the noew, corrected translation of the Missale Romanum which will affect sacred music in our worship.
Here is his piece, which I am cutting … Continue reading
Posted in The future and our choices
Tagged General Instruction of the Roman Missal, GIRM, rubrics, sacred music
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QUAERITUR: using old Mass rubrics in the new Mass
From a reader:
Recently, our apostolate targeted priests to say the Ordinary Form properly as well, and even encourage the use of the rubrics of the Extraordinary Form, in the Novus Ordo. Nonetheless, one of our priest consultants (who is very, … Continue reading
Posted in ASK FATHER Question Box, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
Tagged mutual enrichment, rubrics
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QUAERITUR: rubrical V and R symbols for leader and response
A great question for you knowledgable readers and my chance to learn something:
A reader queries:
My question is this: what is the name of the symbols that denote “leader” and “response”? They look like V’s and R’s with ornate slashes through … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Brick by Brick
Tagged Maltese Cross, response, rubrics, symbols, versicle
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In The Wild: Say The Black – Do The Red coffee mug – and a PROBLEM
From a reader…. it is clearly peony season!
One of these would be perfect for new priests. … older priests too, come to think of it.
Ah peonies…. in the back yard of one of the many places I lived as a … Continue reading
