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Category Archives: Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Pontifical Mass at the Throne in Madison – PHOTOS
Last night, 31 May, His Excellency Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison and Extraordinary Ordinary, celebrated a Pontifical Mass at the Throne at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Monona for the Feast of the Queenship of Mary. The … Read More
“Great as no goddess’s Was deemèd, dreamèd”
Today is, in the older Roman calendar, the Feast of the Queenship of Mary. In the Novus Ordo calendar, this Feast was transferred to mere Memorial status on 22 August. In the Novus Ordo calendar, 31 May is the Feast … Read More
Archd. Denver restores order of the Sacraments of Initiation
This comes from the National Catholic Register. Archbp. Samuel Aquila of Denver has decided to make some changes. Making Benedict XVI’s Dream Come True in Denver On Pentecost Sunday, Archbishop Samuel Aquila made history in the U.S. by announcing that … Read More
The penny dropped for another musician
The penny dropped for another musician. At increasingly useful Crisis today I read a piece by a musician about the state of church music today. His summary: disaster resulted from the degradation of sacred worship in Latin. Of course it … Read More
BLUE Pontifical Vestment and Violet Folded Chasuble Projects – UPDATE
UPDATE: 28 May: Many of the people I have been talking to like the bronze, but the silver – so to speak – came in second. I took the fabric and swatches into the chapel and turned on the lights. … Read More
VIDEO: Pontifical Mass in Germany
Masses Pontifical in the traditional form of the Roman Rite must be multiplied. To that end, here is a beautiful video of a Pontifical Mass celebrated in Germany by the Secretary of my old digs the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei“, … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
Tagged Bp. Guido Pozzo, Pontifical Mass
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THEY’RE HERE! White Pontifical Mass Vestments
They’re here. The long-awaited White Pontifical set has arrived! I invited the chancellor to help with the unboxing. The humeral veil reveals itself. The light on this fabric is precisely what I had hoped for. One of the 3 dalmatics which … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged Pontifical vestments
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9 Comments
WDTPRS – 7th Sunday of Easter: Ascended but still present
I won’t acknowledge Ascension Thursday Sunday. Yesterday was the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord and Sunday is, in the Ordinary Form, the 7th Sunday of Easter. Let’s look at the Collect for the 7th Sunday of Easter. Supplicationibus … Read More
The Lord’s Ascension, Beans, and You
We have lovely customs in our wonderful Roman Catholic Church, including special blessings on certain feast days, often tied to the changing of the seasons… in Rome, that is. It’s the Roman Church, after all. Today, the Feast of the … Read More
Posted in Hard-Identity Catholicism, Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged Ascension Thursday, bacon, beans
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