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Category Archives: Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Solemn Mass Green Eye Candy
As Prez of the Tridentine Mass Society of the Diocese of Madison, I want to leave it all on the field. We are doing our best to SAVE THE WORLD, one Mass at a time. We want Holy Mass to … Read More
ASK FATHER: Can absolution be granted when no purpose of amendment exists?
Under another entry here a commentator asked: Can absolution be granted where no purpose of amendment exists? If granted, with no purpose of amendment, does it even ‘take’? No. And No. In normal circumstances, when there isn’t danger or some … Read More
ACTION ITEM! Pontifical Vestments Fund Raising UPDATED!
UPDATE: The fabric has been delivered, thanks to a clerical intermediary, to Gammarelli in Rome. On Monday I will send in the order, directions of what to do, and get back the estimate of costs. So… you need to step up now! … Read More
14 January: Happy Feast of the Ass!
Rev. Mr. Greg Kandra reminds us that today is the Feast of the Ass. Wikipedia HERE I wrote about this back in 2012 HERE There are medieval liturgical rites which ought to be revived… not just on this day but … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Lighter fare, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged Feast of the Ass
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The knock on effect of small acts performed with love
At both the blog of my friend Fr. Jeffrey Keyes (Beauty Evangelizes … so true) and repeated at NLM there are photos of how the sister who sets up Father’s Mass vestments in the sacristy arranges the ties of the amice. … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Mail from priests
Tagged D. Santa Rosa, Fr. Jeffrey Keyes, Save The Liturgy Save The World
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ASK FATHER: “I was filling out a family liturgical calendar and got to thinking…”
From a reader… This doesn’t really apply to next year, but I was filling out a family liturgical calendar and got to thinking. My wife and I have recently started abstaining meat on Fridays. We were married on the Feast of the Dedication of … Read More
Magister: Comments on the state of the Curia
Some time ago I issued a serious rant. HERE I think you should take it to heart. From Sandro Magister: A Firing, a Demolition: Behold the New Curia The reform of the Vatican curia that Pope Francis is carrying out … Read More
ASK FATHER: Reception of Eucharist multiple times with same Mass formulary
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Would it be wrong to receive the Eucharist attending the Saturday Mass of Anticipation & Sunday Mass? [Both with the same Liturgy]. Since matters of reception of the Eucharist in Communion more than once in a … Read More
OLDIE POST: What was the Star of Bethlehem?
In the older, traditional calendar, and in the tradition of both East and West from the earliest days, Friday 6 January was Epiphany. However, we are now in the time after Epiphany. I want to remind the readership of a … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Linking Back, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Look! Up in the sky!
Tagged Epiphany, Star of Bethlehem
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Joe in Canada on WDTPRS – 20th Ordinary Sunday (Novus Ordo): snatched up into invisible love: “A priest saying the NO Mass could choose to sing it, even in Latin. But a priest offering a low…”
