Tag Archives: SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM

QUAERITUR: Vernacular only readings in traditional Low Mass?

Posted on 15 June 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
We have a priest that insists on reading the epistle & gospel in the vernacular for each Low Mass only. No one cares for it and it doesn’t even sound right. It impacts the integrity and fluidity … Continue reading →

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Want a TLM in your parish? Here is how it was done in one place!

Posted on 14 June 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I have written a few times (since the election of Francis – for example HERE) that it is time to push forward in the implementation of Summorum Pontificum.  People who have been wringing their hands or resting on the … Continue reading →

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Wherein I write of Requiem Masses, of death and prudence and perennial wisdom

Posted on 10 June 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I had a useful and edifying experience today.  In a way what happened today dovetails with what I experienced a week or so ago when I carried the Blessed Sacrament for Corpus Christi in the streets of Manhattan.  But … Continue reading →

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BRICK BY BRICK: New TLM in a small town

Posted on 2 June 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Pope Benedict gave us a great gift in the provisions of Summorum Pontificum.
Get out there and USE THEM!
Now is not the time to fall back or hesitate or wring hands.
Organize! Stop whining! Make it happen!
From a reader:
The small town of … Continue reading →

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GUEST POST: A priest on attending a Novus Ordo Mass in the congregation

Posted on 31 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Some people argue that the Traditional Latin Mass is too hard to follow because of A, B, or C.
Let’s turn that sock inside out.
It is actually, often, too hard to follow what is going on most celebrations of the Novus … Continue reading →

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Archbishop on the TLM: “you must try to get as many people as possible to walk down this path of yours”

Posted on 29 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Here is some great news.
I was sent a translation of a sermon given by the new Archbishop of Ferrara-Comacchio, His Excellency Most Rev. Luigi Negri, on Pentecost at the Marian Shrine of Poggetto.  The occasion was a celebration of Holy … Continue reading →

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Pope Francis shoots down bishops who want Summorum Pontificum overturned

Posted on 29 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Recently there was a news item about some Italian bishops griping (that’s not news) to Pope Francis (ditto) about Summorum Pontificum (as before). They think it should be extirpated (more of the same). Francis shot them down. That’s news.
I am … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: Use of Latin in the Ordinary Form

Posted on 17 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
I thought you may be interested to know that our priest, for certain Daily Masses in the Ordinary Form, is using Latin for the majority of the Mass. We use English for the readings, the collect, postcommunion, and … Continue reading →

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Thank you, Pope Francis!

Posted on 30 March 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

In two weeks Pope Francis has done more to promote Summorum Pontificum than Pope Benedict did since the day he promulgated it.
After the decision by Pope Francis to wash the feet of two women on Holy Thursday, conservative Catholic priests … Continue reading →

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TRADS ON FIRE! Young men getting the job done and implementing a TLM in a parish.

Posted on 26 March 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Here is a good Brick By Brick story.
A while back I posted a note to traditional Catholics.  This is our time to push forward and use the provisions of Summorum Pontificum and advance the vision of Benedict XVI.  I urge … Continue reading →

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