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WDTPRS – The Collect for the 12th Ordinary Sunday (Novus Ordo): His Name and Holy Fear, Holy Consolation

This coming Sunday’s Collect is wonderful to sing! It is stark and lavish, carefully balanced, quintessentially Roman. This week’s Collect, also in 1962 Missale Romanum for the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost, was in the ancient Gelasian Sacramentary for the Sunday after the Ascension (Thursday).  … Read More

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ASK FATHER: Priest says the consecration of the chalice over the host

From a reader… QUAERITUR: I cannot believe what happened at the Jubilee Mass to commemorate the consecration of our cathedral this morning [Link to video] Watch from just before the 37 minute mark, where the Consecration starts. I didn’t present … Read More

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Wherein Fr. Z rants. Benediction using the humeral veil BUT… blessings at Communion time? Fathers! THINK!

At the table, the post about humeral veils came up.  Just to review, the humeral veil used at Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament is a sign that the priest himself is not imparting the blessing.  The humeral veil hides and … Read More

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I am not making this up. Could it explain about clerics from a certain country?

Here’s the caption (I was sent this via Instagram): This Sunday, at the Children’s Pentecost Mass, we all received the fruits of the Holy Spirit together. We discovered what the Spirit gives us in each of these fruits: love, joy, … Read More

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OLDIE PODCAzT: Wednesday in the Octave of Pentecost

For an explanation of what has happened to links on the blog, HERE Original Notes: This is the third PODCAzT for the Pentecost Octave. Today we learn about what Ember Day’s are, these beautiful days which helped Catholics for may … Read More

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OLDIE PODCAzT: Tuesday in the Octave of Pentecost

For Monday’s, and an explanation of what has happened to links on the blog, HERE These are from 2008. ORIGINAL NOTES: Today is Tuesday in the Octave of Pentecost, or at least it ought to be in in the Novus … Read More

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WDTPRS – Pentecost Monday: Feast of the Lacrimation of Paul VI. 

Let’s have a look at the Collect for today’s Mass of Pentecost Monday. COLLECT (1962MR): Deus, qui Apostolis tuis Sanctum dedisti Spiritum: concede plebi tuae piae petitionis effectum; ut, quibus dedisti fidem, largiaris et pacem. I found this prayer in … Read More

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OLDIE PODCAzT: Monday in the Octave of Pentecost

A long time ago, I made some podcasts for the Octave of Pentecost… some 18 years ago. They are listed on my old PODCAzT Page. However, since the last migration of the blog, all the links changed from wdtprs.com to … Read More

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WDTPRS – Pentecost Sunday – Novus Ordo: Weaving the warp and the weft

The Fiftieth Day Feast, Hebrew Shavuot or Greek Pentekosté, for the Jews commemorated the descent of God’s Law to Moses on Mount Sinai, wreathed in fire, fifty days after the Exodus.  But Jewish feasts also looked forward even as they … Read More

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ASK FATHER: “Ghost” or “Spirit”, which is it? Wherein Fr. Z Rants.

From a reader… QUAERITUR: Something I’ve wondered about for a while. Old books and hymns have Holy Ghost and new ones have Holy Spirit. I know they are the same third person of the Trinity, but what’s going on with … Read More

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