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WDTPRS 5th Sunday of Lent: His love lives and works in and through us.

Posted on 24 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Traditionally this Sunday is called First Passion Sunday.  “Passiontide” begins.  It is also known as Iudica Sunday, from the first word of the Introit of Mass (from Ps 42/41), and sometimes Repus (from repositus analogous to absconditus, “hidden”) because crosses … Continue reading →

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Five wounds inflicted on Christ’s Mystical Body through our liturgy

Posted on 14 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Bishop Athanasius Schneider of Kazakhstan gave a speech on 15 January 2012 in which he listed  “five wounds” of the liturgical mystical body of Christ.  His whole address is on  Paix Liturgique.
His basic premise is that the rupture in our liturgical worship … Continue reading →

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Of Ordinariates, the SSPX, and the gravitational pull

Posted on 12 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Benedict XVI, the Pope of Christian Unity, has made it possible by his provision in Anglicanorum coetibus, for Anglicans to enter into Holy Church in new Ordinariates.  Their liturgical traditions are being codified and approved by the Holy See and … Continue reading →

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Fr. Blake: “What we have failed to do is prepare our people for any battle over this issue.”

Posted on 8 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

One dimension of the international kulturkampf is the promotion of unnatural unions as if they were “marriages” and the introduction of legislation to force these unions to be recognized as such, even in the face of reason.  After legislation is … Continue reading →

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WDTPRS: 2nd Sunday of Lent – our new spiritual view

Posted on 3 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Here is the Collect of the 2nd Sunday of Lent, a new composition for the Novus Ordo based on a precedent in the Liber Mozarabicus Sacramentorum.:
Deus, qui nobis dilectum Filium tuum audire praecepisti,
verbo tuo interius nos pascere digneris,
ut, spiritali purificato … Continue reading →

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QUAERITUR: Books for singing the Novus Ordo Mass in Latin

Posted on 25 February 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
I know that the Liber Usualis and the Graduale are the two main places to find the appropriate chants for any given feast day in the Extraordinary form of the Mass, but I was wondering where one is … Continue reading →

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QUAERITUR: Color of vestments for Stations of the Cross. WDTPRS POLL

Posted on 24 February 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a priest reader:
Father, any chance of a discussion and/or priests’ poll about the color of cope (or any cope at all) used for Stations of the Cross? When I speak to priests about this, there seems to be a … Continue reading →

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PODCAzT 126: Benedict XVI’s important address to US Bishops on Religious Freedom and the Church in the Public Square

Posted on 19 January 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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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QUAERITUR: What to do about bad homilies?

Posted on 9 January 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

A reader writes asking about “bad homilies”:
Every once in a while, you get a real clunker, one that isn’t just theologically weak, but turns what should be a feast into over microwaved junk. What is the proper response?
You want to … Continue reading →

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QUAERITUR: Light One Up – Incense, Thuribles, and You.

Posted on 9 January 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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 →

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