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Category Archives: Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
WDTPRS: Septuagesima Sunday
The Collect of the Mass for Septuagesima Sunday is bracing. It has a different feel than many of our Sunday orations. Bl. Ildefonso Schuster observes, that this prayer “betrays the deep affliction which weighed on the soul of St. Gregory … Read More
Sunday “in the seventieth” – Septuagesima
We have already come to Septuagesima Sunday, so early this year thanks to the vagaries of the Moon. Pre-Lent is here. With the traditional calendar of the Roman Rite, in the Vetus Ordo, you cannot be surprised by Lent sneaking … Read More
More commentary on The Roche Report
At Crisis Magazine my good friend Msgr. Hans Feichtinger, who was a theologian for the CDF during the Ratzinger years, examined The Roche Report. Liturgical Terrorism At its core, liturgical tensions point to deeper issues in theology, the transmission of tradition, … Read More
“Let us run with this thought experiment for a moment.”
Peter Kwasniewski invites a mind experiment. Let us run with this thought experiment for a moment. Imagine the Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom as our starting point. Now, take away most of the litanies; substitute a newly-composed anaphora (with … Read More
NCReg: Minnesota Diocese Gives ‘Ad Orientem’ Worship a Shot
I’m a bit pressed for time today, but you should at least see this if you haven’t yet. At NCReg Minnesota Diocese Gives ‘Ad Orientem’ Worship a Shot THERE’s a headline to make you put down your coffee and sit … Read More
WDTPRS – Epiphany Collect: transformed by the beauty of Your sublime glory
In the ancient Western Church and in the East, Epiphany was more important than the relative latecomer Christmas. Epiphany is from the Greek word for a divine “manifestation” or “revelation”. There are many “epiphanies” of God in the Scripture. Think, … Read More
Priests of the Diocese of Charlotte submit dubia to the Dicastery for Legislative Texts
News today was found at The Pillar. More than 30 priests (31 signatories, representing about one-quarter of the diocesan clergy, with two-thirds of them pastors) from the Diocese of Charlotte submitted formal dubia to the Dicastery for Legislative Texts on … Read More
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