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Category Archives: “How To…” – Practical Notes
New architecture and music “team” at the Vatican’s Congregation for Divine Worship?
From the intrepid Andrea Tornielli of Vatican Insider. Not my translation, but my emphases and comments: New Vatican commission cracks down on church architecture The new commission will be established shortly, as part of the Congregation for Divine Worship. It … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Brick by Brick, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Andrea Tornielli, architecture., ars celebrandi, Card. Cañizares Llovera, CDW, Say The Black - Do The Red
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CH: “You cannot be an Anglican and use the Roman Missal.”
On the site of the best Catholic weekly in the UK, The Catholic Herald, there is an interesting piece about Catholic and Anglican and Anglo-Catholic and Anglicanorum coetibus Catholic identity. The Bishop of London is right about Anglicans using the … Read More
PODCAzT 123: The Liturgical Year and a Custom
It is the Last Sunday of the liturgical year. In the older, traditional form of the Roman Rite it is the 24th and Last Sunday after Pentecost, even though numerically it is the 23rd. The Last Sunday is always the … Read More
Does your mobile device run out of power? Great gizmo alert!
When I travel I use my iPhone heavily, especially to keep track of and upload to the blog. I have a couple small recharge batteries I can slide into my pocket, but this looks like a better solution to what … Read More
Benedict XVI on Bishops
As I write, Pope Benedict XVI is in Africa. For this trip his Post-Synodal Exhortation (following the Synod on Africa) has been released with the title Africae munus. It is a long, “omnibus” document. We can look at a few … Read More
QUAERITUR: Mass obligation and crossing the International Date Line
From a reader: I plan a trip to New Zealand to attend a conference. Current travel plans call for leaving LAX Saturday evening. The flight crosses the international date line, and so it lands in Auckland on Monday morning. What … Read More
QUAERITUR: Saying “for all” even after the new translation is in force.
From a reader: I was wondering what the mind of Catholics ought to be toward the validity of Masses which are celebrated after the implementation of the Third Edition of the Roman Missal by certain Priests who may dare to … Read More
QUAERITUR: When during Mass should people strike their breasts?
From a reader: For those of us who attend the Tridintine form of the Holy Mass, we see the servers striking their breasts at several points in the liturgy. In the Novus Ordo, where are appropriate points for the servers … Read More
Blessed Waters and You.
In another entry I answered a question about water suitable for valid baptism. Someone asked about Holy Water. Here are a few notes about different blessed waters we Catholics use and enjoy. This is not meant to be exhaustive, of … Read More
QUAERITUR: Valid matter, water, for baptism
From a reader: Several months ago, we attended a violin recital in a Methodist church (did not attend their service) and the pastor announced that he would be doing a “beach baptism”, and I imagine that he used the salt … Read More
