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Category Archives: Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Friday of the 3rd Week of Lent: Feast of the Five Holy Wounds. Did you know?
The Five Holy Wounds The earliest evidence of this Feast comes from the monastery of Fritzlar in the fourteenth century. In 1831, when the feasts in honor of the Passion were adopted by Rome and the Passionists, this Feast was … Read More
Questioning the “success” of frequent Communion
At Crisis find a piece by Michael Ortiz which delves into the long term effect in the Church of the practice of frequent Communion. He reasonably points out what the intention of Pius X was and, in good circumstances, the … Read More
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From a reader: “We can sing this, but chant and Latin are ‘too hard’.”
From a reader: Looking through our parish hymnal for music for Sunday for the Transfiguration, I came across this gem. It has 10 time signature changes in one verse (that’s 40 time signature changes if you sing all the verses!) … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 1st Sunday of Lent 2025
Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment of all. Share the good stuff. It is the 1st Sunday of Lent in the Novus Ordo and in the Vetus Ordo. Surprisingly, the experts of the Consilium … Read More
Lent brings an old Roman tradition for Mass: the Oratio super populum… the Prayer over the people
The Oratio super populum… the Prayer over the people at the end of Mass was reintroduced in the Latin edition of the 2002 Missale Romanum. It never left the Vetus Ordo. With the new 2011 English translation we’ve had this … Read More
“Remember, boy, it’s 20 minutes, amice to amice.”
At Rorate I read some Q&A with Card. Roche of the Roman Dicastery tasked with liturgical issues, including persecuted the people who desire the Traditional Latin Mass. It’s not just about the form of Mass, it’s about the people… they … Read More
Is papal authority over liturgy absolute?
The more vigorously the primacy was displayed, the more the question came up about the extent and and limits of [papal] authority, which of course, as such, had never been considered. After the Second Vatican Council, the impression arose that … Read More
ASK FATHER: How can Septuagesima and Sexagesima be “70th” and “60”? It doesn’t add up.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I don’t get it. “Septuagesima” means “seventieth” and “sexagesima” means “sixtieth”, which are ten apart. But the Sundays are seven days apart. 10 isn’t 7. Is there an explanation? Here is something I’ve penned before. Roman … Read More
Brick By Brick! Altar rail restored at the National Shrine of Divine Mercy
A good bit of news HERE. WATCH the blessing of the new altar rail during Mass on Saturday, Feb. 15 at 9 a.m. ET. The Communion rail was restored to the National Shrine of Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, MA. It is staffed by the … Read More
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on Are things as bad as the seem? Auctores scinduntur.: “Francisco: I feel like I’m questioning my sanity here. Welcome to blackwhite. To believe contradictory truths at the same time,…”
