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Author Archives: Fr. John Zuhlsdorf
WDTPRS: The new Latin Collect for Paul VI – a key phrase hunted up
In the Bolletino today we find liturgical decrees and texts pertaining to the celebration (in the Ordinary Form) of the recently canonized Paul VI. His optional memorial will be 29 May, the annivesary of his ordination to the priesthood. He … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
Tagged Paul VI
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3 Comments
PODCAzT 168: Concerning the Sermon at Mass
Here is a quick PODCAzT partly to get me going again and partly because the topic really got my mind going. Today we hear from Martin Mosebach’s wondrous The Heresy of Formlessness: The Roman Liturgy and Its Enemy (Revised and … Read More
JUST TOO COOL: A fine musical moment at a parish in Wandsworth (S. London)
A friend in England sent a short video which I feel compelled to share. We are at the little parish of St. Mary Magdalen in a rough area of greater London, Wandsworth, in the Archdiocese of Southwark. I’ve been there … Read More
POLL: St. Blaise Day Blessing of Throats – 2019
Yesterday, Sunday, was also the Feast of St. Blaise, upon which we traditionally have the blessing of throats. Did you receive a St. Blaise Day blessing of the throat? You don’t have to be registered to vote… sort of like … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, POLLS
Tagged blessing of throats, poll, St. Blaise
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ASK FATHER: Use of 1964 Collectio Rituum, blessings and exorcisms in English?
From a priest… QUAERITUR: When using the older ritual of blessings, the ones still used at the time of the Second Vatican Council, some of the blessing itself could be done in the vernacular. I have a Collectio Rituum that … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes
Was there a good point made in the sermon you heard for your Mass of Sunday obligation? Let us know what it was. For my part, I explored – on this 4th Sunday after Epiphany – the point in the … Read More
Bittersweet Review: Candlemas with the late Bp. Robert C. Morlino of @MadisonDiocese
One year ago today, the Extraordinary Ordinary celebrated a Solemn Pontifical Mass at the Throne for Candlemas, as he had done for several years. HERE Some photos The music was provided by a visiting choir, the Schola Cantorum from Eau Claire. They … Read More
Blessed John Henry Newman’s 1849 poem “Candlemas”
Blessed John Henry Newman’s 1849 poem “Candlemas”: THE Angel-lights of Christmas morn, Which shot across the sky, Away they pass at Candlemas, They sparkle and they die. Comfort of earth is brief at best, Although it be divine; Like funeral … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Poetry
Tagged Candlemas, candles, John Henry Newman
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ASK FATHER: Two hymns to memorize for times of danger
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Could you recommend 1-2 songs for all of us to memorize so, should we find ourselves being marched somewhere or on a plane in danger or any situation where we may be heading towards our death, … Read More
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