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Monthly Archives: June 2006
30 June: Proto-martyrs of Rome
In 412 St. Augustine was preaching on the meaning of a psalm in the city of Carthage. Remember that Augustine had stenographers who wrote with astonishing accuracy everything he said. You can hear the "oratorical" quality of this piece. You … Read More
Bp Lynch on the translation
Bishop Lynch of Florida has begun to comment on the new translation (which is still in preparation). I was amused to read: new principles of translation were forthcoming which insisted on a slavish, strict translation of the Latin text … Read More
Oath and Prayers of the Pallium
Today during Holy Mass in the Basilica of St. Peter, near to Peter’s tomb, the Holy Father gave the pallium to new metropolitan archbishops. I didn;t have a front row seat, but I wasn’t too far back either. There some … Read More
29 June – Sts. Peter & Paul: COLLECT
This Collect is in part inspired by that of the parallel prayer in the 1962 Missale Romanum. However, it seems to be a rather new creation, if not entirely new. COLLECT: Deus, qui huius diei venerandam sanctamque laetitiam in apostolorum … Read More
Augustine on Sts. Peter and Paul
This is a great day for the Roman Church and the Catholic Church throughout the world. Let’s get some insight into the importance of Peter and Paul through the writings of St. Augustine. Here is a starter from s. 295. … Read More
“Shouts” better come in out of the sun
I wonder if Guy has been spending too much time out there in the Piazza under the blazing hot sun!? o{];¬) He wrote: the NCR (you know…the "Wanderer" of the left) Now, really! That isn’t the case at all. The … Read More
Roman Canon 1: The Preface
EXCERPT:
I am not an advocate of boisterous liturgy, but sometimes when I hear these prayers, and I sense the depth and the breadth of them through countless generations bursting from well-springs of Christian experience nourished by the actual blood of those who first prayed them, and I hear responses at Mass which are anemic, pale, timid, feeble, thin, mumbled, I simply want to stop everything, take people by the collective hands and say: “Do you NOT GET THIS??!” Read More
The Roman Catechism on Pro Multis
This is extracted and edited from an article in the WDTPRS print version in The Wanderer published in 2004. Many arguments have been forwarded to justify the choice to translate pro multis as “for all”. In Latin pro multis means … Read More
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So, off they go! A delegation led by Archbishop Claudio Celli has been in China since Sunday, June 25. Cardinal Joseph Zen of Hong Kong told AsiaNews that the visit is "a friendly gesture," but added that "I do not … Read More
Of summer baptisms and spray can clothing
Everywhere in the northern hemisphere diligent and charitable priests have, I hope, reminded their flocks how they ought to dress when they come to church. Rather, they will have at least reminded them how not to dress. Right now there … Read More
Pro multis
In the left-wing English The Tablet (June 24, 2006), there is an interesting bit about the “pro multis” issue. Emphasis mine: “Turning down some proposals, the bishops noted the ‘expressed intention of the Holy See’ to decide in short order … Read More
The Bartolucci Chronicles: 2
Sandro Magister has weighed into the concert in the Sistina with Dominco Bartolucci in the presence of the Roman Pontiff. I commented on this already. Here is Sandro. Very interesting: The person responsible for Bartolucci’s removal in 1997 was the … Read More
Aggiornamento and ressourcement
An esteemed commenter noted in another entry that aggiornamento and ressourcement must go hand in hand in order to be faithful to both. For without ressourcement, aggiornamento loses its bearings, and with out aggiornamento, ressourcement fails to effectively fulfill any … Read More
Pondering the Bartolucci issue
Pope Benedict doesn’t do things with out reasons. At the concert the other day, which you have all read about by now, the Pope said: "Sacred polyphony, especially the so-called ‘Roman school,’ is a legacy that must be carefully conserved, … Read More
Chant and polyphony
The other night there was a concert for the Pope. At that concert he made some remarks. Among the useful things he said was this: "A true ‘aggiornamento’ of sacred music cannot be achieved except by following the great traditions … Read More
Fr. Z about Fr. A: update
I mentioned some time ago that I thought Fr. Robert Altier was going to have a weekly feature in The Wanderer. Yep, there he is again this week! I just got my weekly express shipped copies of the paper which … Read More
Pope Benedict and the Holy Grail
When His Holiness Pope Benedict visits Valencia in Spain, he will surely visit the Chapel where people venerate what well might be the actual Holy Grail. I am quite interested in this topic, since I am more than hopeful that … Read More
12th Sunday of Ordinary Time: SUPER OBLATA (2)
EXCERPT:
Will this be hard? Of course! Will priests face some people who are irritated or confused? When don’t they? Are priests are going to bear the main burden of this challenge in a parish. When have they not? And if that isn’t enough, when did the role of the Catholic lay faithful in the Church become easy? Catholics trying to live their lives well in this world as it is today are often faced with challenges that would make most priests curl up in a ball and suck their thumbs. Do parents of children simply flop down and whine about how hard it is going to be to educate their children, feed them, shelter them, see to their needs? “*sniff*… It’s soooooo harrrrrrrrrd!” I am tempted to put this in terms more suited to Tony Soprano, but “Boo hoo!” You want a real challenge? How about the state of life of a mother in a military family with several children and her Marine husband in Iraq? Can we please get some perspective here?
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12th Sunday of Ordinary Time: COLLECT
EXCERPT:
Note the balancing of ideas: timor/amor (fear and love) and instituo/destituo (establish and abandon). In instituo I hear a “setting down” in the sense of how God made us and by that making He takes us upon Himself. He has our care and our governance. God sets us down next to Himself, under His watchful eye, so that we don’t go wrong. In destituo I hear a “setting down” in the sense of a setting to one side away from Himself, an abandonment of interest. In gubernatio God is our pilot, our steersman, keeping his hand on the wheel of our lives. We are solid because His loving hand is firm. Were He to abandon us, our ship would wreck and we would be “destitute”. Amidst the vicissitudes of this world we depend in fear and love on His Holy Name. We stand planted in the proper place before God’s fearful glance and under His guiding hand of love only through both love and fear His Name which points to His Person. Read More
