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richdel on Before “Alleluia!”, comes “Eli! Eli! Lama sabachthani?” – Wherein @FatherZ rants.: “Is it “Alleluia is our NAME”? I thought it was “Alleluia is our SONG”… I can remember this being said…”
richdel on Before “Alleluia!”, comes “Eli! Eli! Lama sabachthani?” – Wherein @FatherZ rants.: “Is it “Alleluia is our NAME”? I thought it was “Alleluia is our SONG”… I can remember this being said…”
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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
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- #ASonnetADay – Sonnet 151. “Love is too young to know what conscience is…”
- Daily Rome Shot 134
- #ASonnetADay – Sonnet 150. “O! from what power hast thou this powerful might…”
- Daily Rome Shot 133
- #ASonnetADay – Sonnet 149. “Canst thou, O cruel! say I love thee not…”
- LIVE VIDEO – 18 April 2021 – 1200 NOON CST – Traditional Latin Mass – 2nd Sunday after Easter
- Daily Rome Shot 132
- Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 2nd Sunday after Easter (3rd of Easter – N.O.) 2021
- WDTPRS – 2nd Sunday after Easter (TLM): joy, devastation and ascent
- #ASonnetADay – Sonnet 148. “O me! what eyes hath Love put in my head…”
- Before “Alleluia!”, comes “Eli! Eli! Lama sabachthani?” – Wherein @FatherZ rants.
- Daily Rome Shot 131
- #ASonnetADay – Sonnet 147. “My love is as a fever longing still…”
- The “trowel” and the “sword”. That’s what is needed now.
- Feast of an incorruptible
- Daily Rome Shot 130
- Daily Rome Shot 129
- #ASonnetADay – Sonnet 146. “Poor soul, the centre of my sinful earth…”
- One year ago, today: Card. Pell acquitted
- Two years ago, today: Notre-Dame fire
- LIVE VIDEO – 15 April 2021 – 1200 NOON CST – Traditional Latin Mass – Votive of the Eucharist
- #ASonnetADay – Sonnet 145. “Those lips that Love’s own hand did make…”
- A Jesuit’s brilliant notions about needed liturgical reform. What could go wrong?
- 14 April: St. Justin, martyr
- LIVE VIDEO – 14 April 2021 – 1200 NOON CST – Traditional Latin Mass – St Justin, martyr
- Daily Rome Shot 128
- #ASonnetADay – Sonnet 144. “Two loves I have of comfort and despair…”
- Sudden, so far unexplained departure of Philadelphia Carmelites
- #ASonnetADay – Sonnet 143. “Lo, as a careful housewife runs to catch…”
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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.
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Monthly Archives: March 2008
WDTPRS applauds Bp. Trautman!
Credit must be given when credit is due! Trautman to skip graduation in protest of Clinton visit Erie Catholic Bishop Donald W. Trautman will not attend the Mercyhurst College graduation in protest over Sen. Hillary Clinton’s visit to campus Tuesday. … Read More
PODCAzT 53: Annunciation – St. Leo the Great; some voicemail Q&A
On this Feast of the Annunciation, which was bumped by the observance of the Easter Octave, we will hear St. Pope Leo I, "the Great" (+461) sermon 22, a Christmas sermon of 441, which is part of the office of … Read More
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BBC 4: Palestrina and the Popes
I was recently told that on BBC 4 radio there is a program about Palestrina and the Popes. Alas, you can’t hear via internet this outside the UK. Any chance one of you might have captured it? Drop me a … Read More
Pontifical halfpipe
About that papal skateboard: Biretta tip o{]:¬) to Fr. Blake and the Curt Jester.
What are Summorum Pontificum critics really worried about?
I often wonder what it is that critics of Summorum Pontificum are really objecting to. Some say that they object to the "out dated" ecclesiology. Quite often I think their objections go deeper… to Catholic moral teaching. Traditional liturgy usually … Read More
OLDIE PODCAzT 18: Dominica “in albis” – Augustine to the newly baptized
Here is an oldie PODCAzT from last year for this Sunday "in albis". _________ Today is traditionally called Dominica in albis, the Sunday of the white garments which the newly baptized received on the Vigil of Easter. St. Augustine (+430) … Read More
IMPORTANT: tracking statistics for the Extraordinary Use is neccesary
I got a very useful e-mail which I think it important to pass on to you readers everywhere. This is from the Latin Mass Society which is in the UK and, I think, Ireland. They are stressing that bishops of … Read More
WDTPRS: Low Sunday – “in albis”
Here is an excerpt from my WDTPRS article in the current issue of The Wanderer. The articles are available on line through The Wanderer’s subscription website. What Does the Prayer Really Say? “Low” Sunday – “in albis” (1962 Missale Romanum) … Read More
Wikimissa
The great Fr. Finigan, hopefully soon to be the next Archbishop of Westminster, has pointed out the existence of Wikimissa, a directory of traditional Masses worldwide. This could be a very valuable tool. For example, if this is kept up … Read More
Mass of Ages: Ignacio Barreiro on implementing Summorum Pontificum
Now that the intense days of Holy Week have passed and I have begun to catch up on my backlog, I have had some time to review a few back copies of the publication Mass of Ages, which the kind … Read More
More on the newly discovered sermons of St. Augustine of Hippo
Fellow patristiblogger Mike Aquilina has this over at his place: Constanze Witt of the Department Of Classics at the University of Texas posted the following to a medieval list. Not all sensational finds come out of the ground! Augustine scholars … Read More
More Curia rumors
This morning I got another confirmation from one of my spies that Bp. Rino Fisichella is being considered for the post of Secretary of the CDF. That would mean that the Rector position at the Lateran University would open up. … Read More
Question for UK readers
Anyone out there in the UK with fast internet and a Slingbox hooked up to a DVR? Drop me a line!
Rumors about curial changes: Divine Worship and Doctrine of the Faith
There is rumors of curial changes afoot. Check the blog of Andrea Tornielli: The change of the guard foreseen at the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, the Vatican’s "liturgy ministry": Nigerian Cardinal Francis Arinze (who … Read More
Some thanks to readers for donations and a book!
A few of you have recently use the donation button on the left side bar, or perhaps on the entries for the PODCAzTs and PRAYERCAzTs. Thank you very much! I try to send an individual thank you back by e-mail … Read More
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QUAERITUR: Eucharistic fast before TLM – how long?
I got a question via e-mail: Hi Father. At the end of Mass today in Christ the King Chapel at Franciscan, the EF Mass taking place this Sunday was announced – however, we were told that if we were going … Read More
L’OssRom: Darío Card. Castrillón Hoyos on Summorum Pontificum
Darío Card. Castrillón Hoyos, President of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, gave an interview to L’Osservatore Romano. I am thinking that this does two things. First, he is shoring up what the Holy Father has been saying about ad orientem … Read More
Fr. Selvester on confessions on Good Friday: a response
Fr. Guy Selvester, a blogger I respect who often comments here, I am glad to say, has taken WDTPRS and others to task for supporting the hearing of confessions on Good Friday and Holy Saturday. He states acknowledges that … Read More
Reporting in Italy on Pope’s Baptism of a Moslem at Easter Vigil
I am just now started to get more interested in this story. As you know the Holy Father baptized a Muslim at the Easter Vigil, Magdi Allam, vice-director of the Italian daily Corriere della Sera. Some reactions have been … Read More