Someone alerted me to this note in a parish bulletin in (alas in truly inconvenient pdf format which it makes it a pain in the patience to rework – folks, don’t ever think of sending me pdfs or gifs or … Read More →
A question put to me, which I pass along to you WDTPRSers of the traditional use stripe. Fr. Z, Do you know if it was customary after an Ancient Use sung Requiem Mass on All Souls Day to perform the … Read More →
I got this by e-mail: A well-substantiated rumor has it that a petition for the implementation of Summorum Pontificum bearing 155 names of students and faculty has been denied by the plenary council of T.O.R friars on the grounds that … Read More →
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The slick Italian weekly Panorama has in its current issue an article by Ignacio Ingrao: "Mass in Latin: the secrete report". Well… as I said… it’s an Italian weekly. The article is too long for me to translate for you … Read More →
In a CNA story we read the following: My emphases and comments: Lefebrivists [sic] demand Council be “corrected,” not interpreted Rome, Oct 30, 2007 / 01:05 pm (CNA).- In an interview with Italian journalist Paolo Luigi Rodari, the author of … Read More →
UPDATE: The translation provided by Zenit was somewhat flawed. Corrections have been made. Pay attention to this very good interview done by Zenit with the President of the Patristic Institute Augustinianum. Be aware that is NOT a good English rendering … Read More →
On this day in 1512, the Sistine Chapel was opened with its frescoes by Michaelangelo On this day in 1517, Martin Luther posted his 95 theses in Wittenberg On this day in 1538, Cesare Baronius was born.
… the kind person, JAL who sent me Season 2.5 of Battlestar Galactica! When I got home from a brief few days away it was waiting on my doorstep, a nice b-day surprise present. It is deeply appreciated.
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In another entry someone asked if maniples can be used also for Mass with the Novus Ordo. So… can they? (The answer is yes, but… you can post some details.) Please stick to maniples for this discussion. Thanks!
The Washington Times has a positive article about Summorum Pontificum. My emphases and comments. Article published Oct 28, 2007Mass appeal to Latin tradition October 28, 2007 By Kristi Moore – Roman Catholic churches nationwide are rushing to accommodate a surge … Read More →
In the wake of Summorum Pontificum, we need patience and foresight in exercising our rights. Lot’s of patience. In that light, check out this nice story is in the Naples [Florida] Daily News. My emphases and comments. A new … Read More →
Today St. Augustine (+430) talks to us about how to prayer, especially in light of the Our Father. We take an excerpt from his letter 130 to an elderly Roman widow, Proba, who was refugee in North Africa after Alaric … Read More →
Notre Dame University’s dissident Richard McBrien has an article circulating about the older form of Mass and Summorum Pontificum. I got this in the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, The Tidings. He references… or better yet simple cribs… … Read More →
There are continuing problems with the feed for the PODCAzTs feed to itunes. I was happy to see on itunes that the last PODCAzT showed up, but when I clicked it, it grabbed some older program! GRRRRR
I found this refreshing for the spirit. Feminists don’t speak for women, says Dominican cardinal in blistering reply Santo Domingo, Oct 26, 2007 / 11:14 am (CNA).- Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez of Santo Domingo, responded to criticism by … Read More →
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With a tip of the biretta to Fr. Blake, o{]:¬) I offer for your consideration a story about holiness. 15 Year Old offered his life for Pope and Church (CNA).- In October of 2006, Carlo Acutis was 15 years … Read More →
Something odd is happening at the "Blogger’s Choice Award" for 2008 A reader alerted me to what happened when the link on the left side bar to the "Blogger’s choice award" page for WDTPRS was clicked. A little before … Read More →
Damian Thompson at Telegraph.co.uk has gotten a threatening e-mail for his writing on the whole Paul Inwood barely dodged by the Portsmouth diocese. Folks, you would not believe the hate mail writing on these, and other issues, generates from the … Read More →
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The site Petrus has an interview by Bruno Volpe with the new Master of Ceremonies, Msgr. Guido Marini, who has replaced Archbp. Piero Marini. My translation: CITTA’ DEL VATICANO – He’s only just arrived in the Vatican: with a marked … Read More →
I got an official statement from Franciscan University of Steubenville on the initiation of the Traditional Latin Mass and I updated the entry. It was sent by the Associate Director of Public Relations.
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"But if, in any layman who is indeed imbued with literature, ignorance of the Latin language, which we can truly call the 'catholic' language, indicates a certain sluggishness in his love toward the Church, how much more fitting it is that each and every cleric should be adequately practiced and skilled in that language!" - Pius XI
"Let us realize that this remark of Cicero (Brutus 37, 140) can be in a certain way referred to [young lay people]: 'It is not so much a matter of distinction to know Latin as it is disgraceful not to know it.'" - St. John Paul II
Grant unto thy Church, we beseech Thee, O merciful God, that She, being gathered together by the Holy Ghost, may be in no wise troubled by attack from her foes. O God, who by sin art offended and by penance pacified, mercifully regard the prayers of Thy people making supplication unto Thee,and turn away the scourges of Thine anger which we deserve for our sins. Almighty and Everlasting God, in whose Hand are the power and the government of every realm: look down upon and help the Christian people that the heathen nations who trust in the fierceness of their own might may be crushed by the power of thine Arm. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. R. Amen.