Monthly Archives: February 2008

Some of you lay folks out there probably recite the Liturgy of the Hours. Maybe you also use the Office of Readings. If you don’t read Latin, you might not know how glorious the sermons of St. Leo the Great … Read More →

Do you remember my post the other day about Pope Benedict saying their are problems with huge outdoor Masses?  Do you remember that Msgr. Guido Marini was to be sent to the USA to help prepare the papal ceremonies? I … Read More →

I got a question via e-mail.  I bet some of you can help quicker than I can: Father Z – is there an English language version of the Breviary in force in 1962 that you would recommend?

Since Summorum Pontificum went into effect, questions about the older, pre-Conciliar form of Mass have, as was inevitable, begun to surface.  The Pontifical Commission "Ecclesia Dei" (PCED) is, at this time, the clearing house for these questions, since the Commission … Read More →

I am heading back to The Sabine Farm, today, after my visit to the sceptr’d isle.  Soon I must dash off to Gatwick. Many thanks to everyone I met along the way for your great kindness and warm welcome.  You … Read More →

A piece in Le Croix in French reports that in Paris 1500 people have signed a petition presented to André Card. Vingt-Trois forthe creation of a  "personal parish" for the extraordinary use of the Roman Rite to be staffed by … Read More →

It has been a while since I have done one of these little snap-shots of where some of you are.   Here is a list of places some of you readers are (roughly) when coming to WDTPRS in just the last … Read More →

Here is an announcement for people in Rome (edited and with my translation): The Fraternity of St. Peter and the "Elsa Peretti" Foundation are happy to announce the third of their Rosary with musical settings events, to take place on … Read More →