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Category Archives: Classic Posts
The return of triumphalism
More and more Pope Benedict’s intentions are being clarified in regard to the Church traditional liturgical expressions. The Holy Father’s throne is raised high above the floor of the Basilica. I had heard when I was in Rome from … Read More
“…if good music does not always save the soul, bad music never does.” – great article in National Review
The National Review has a very good article which all of you must read. My emphases and comments: Mysterious EncountersBenedict XVI resurrects the aesthetics of the Mass. By Michael Knox Beran In a recent address to the bishops and … Read More
Writing to the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”: some tips
Damien Thompson posted about writing to Rome about how some prelates are seeking to stonewall Summorum Pontificum. It deserves some attention. If this applies to the UK, it applies elsewhere! Read his piece and, if you think it is … Read More
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From another entry: during the Roman Canon “I felt intense loneliness”
The Jesuit ultra-leftist weekly America Magazine had an article by a self-described liberal-minded priest who made a decision to celebrate the traditional form of Mass when a group asked fo it. I posted the whole article and made comments here. … Read More
Help me work through this: Since the TLM is now back, why bother with the Novus Ordo in Latin?
This year in my written articles for The Wanderer I turning my focus less on the Novus Ordo and more on the TLM. I need to work through some of issues. Now that the older form of Mass (in Latin) … Read More
Archbp. Ranjith interview in L’Osservatore Romano on liturgy – UPDATES
His Excellency Most Reverend Malcolm Ranjith, the intrepid Secretary of the CDWDS is in the news a great deal these days. So much so, with so many interviews and comments that I am thinking he has been purposely set cat-like … Read More
“Save the liturgy, save the world”
The Eucharist, its celebration and itself as the extraordinary Sacrament, is the “source and summit of Christian life”. If we really believe that, then we must also hold that what we do in church, what we believe happens in a … Read More
Laws of The House of God
On the blog Wormtalk and Slugspeak I was astonished to see a word not so many people use or even know: Gomer. “Well!” quoth I, “It is time to talk about Fat Man’s Laws of the House of God!” “But … Read More
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on VINTAGE RECTORY BATHROOM TILES: 05: “I’m glad that the phone is getting so much attention!”
