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Category Archives: Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
WDTPRS – 15th Sunday after Pentecost: The Church is taking on water. Is she sinking?
For the last few years I’ve had a terrible inkling that the Church hit an iceberg and is taking on water faster than it can be pumped. It has ever been so, in cycles, since the Lord’s Ascension. The Church … Read More
What Does The Prayer (Hymn) Really Say? Aeterna caeli gloria (Lauds on Fridays after Pentecost)
I did it yesterday, I’ve done it again today. Let’s have a look at the hymn for Lauds today, which id a “dies non” Friday in the “green” time after Pentecost. This is the Urban VIII tinkered version from the … Read More
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Tagged Aeterna caeli gloria, hymn, vesting prayers
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What Does The Prayer (Hymn) Really Say? Iesu Redemptor Omnium
Here’s an experiment. Today in the Vetus Ordo we honor St. Pius X, of happy memory. For Lauds, we have the hymn Iesu Redemptor Omnium. I spotted something in it which made me want to drill a bit. Let’s see what … Read More
KaBOOM – Fr. Joseph Gelineau: “The Roman rite as we knew it no longer exists. It is destroyed.”
This deserves its own post rather that to be mixed in with the Daily Rome Shot. Frankly, I posted about this, with this quote, some years ago, also with material by Aidan Nichols and the late and much lamented Fr. … Read More
Kudos to the Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston
We haven’t seen a lot of wins lately. I take this as a win for the faithful in the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston. You should be able to click the image and read the letter easily. In a nutshell, Bishop Evelio … Read More
“People reject the Church because she speaks against the sins they love” – St. Augustine…. NOT! Wherein Fr. Z corrects and then rants.
I ran across this quotation which the writer attributed to St. Augustine of Hippo (+430): “People reject the Church because she speaks against the sins they love” While this is true, Augustine did not say or write that in any … Read More
A four letter word
Diane Montagna posted on her Substack (I have one now also) a piece by distinguished liturgist Fr. Alcuin Reid who commented on Leo XIV’s General Audience on Wednesday 26 August. It was the last address about Sacrosanctum Concilium. Leo said … Read More
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Tagged Alcuin Reid
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REVIEW: Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick – “in danger of death”
In the past week, the topic of the sacrament of Anointing of the Sick (aka Extreme Unction) has come across my screen or conversation. A review is in order. The effects of the Sacrament of Anointing or Anointing of the … Read More
Insult to the Mother of God in Spain (video). But remember! The TLM is the problem!
A priest friend has a pithy label for this sort of thing: “gay and retarded”. Harsh? Sure. Accurate? You decide. Infovaticana – ever more valuable – has, with video, a Mass celebrated in Spain on the Feast of the Assumption. … Read More
15 August – Assumption – Blessing of herbs, flowers and fruit
It’s the Vigil of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin. On 15 August, Feast of the Assumption, in the traditional Rituale Romanum there is a prayer for the blessing of herbs, flowers and fruits. HERE These occasional blessings, attached to feasts, help … Read More
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