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Category Archives: Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
WDTPRS Septuagesima Sunday: “What am I getting myself into?!?”
In the traditional Roman calendar this Sunday is called Septuagesima, Latin for the “Seventieth” day before Easter. Already! It is quite early this year. This number, 70, is more symbolic than arithmetical. The Sundays which follow are Sexagesima (“sixtieth”) and … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
Tagged Gregory the Great, pre-lent, Septuagesima
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ASK FATHER: Why is a baptismal certificate so important for annulment process?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Trying to get an annulment. Can’t find his baptismal record. Why is it so important? Well! That was pithy. There is a Latin adage from ancient Rome: Verba volant, scripta manent… Words merely spoken fly away, … Read More
WDTPRS: 3rd Ordinary Sunday – “abound with good works”
The Collect for the upcoming 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time in the Ordinary Form. Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, dirige actus nostros in beneplacito tuo, ut in nomine dilecti Filii tui mereamur bonis operibus abundare. This was in the 1962 Missale Romanum … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
Tagged good works, merit
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Francis orders change to Foot Washing Rite on Holy Thursday to include females
UPDATE 22 Jan: See the updates at the bottom. ___ ORIGINAL Published on: Jan 21, 2016 @ 10:42 ___ Today brought the news that the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments (CDW) was ordered by Pope Francis to … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Pò sì jiù
Tagged Card. Sarah, foot washing, holy thursday, Mandatum
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100 Comments
Pope Francis! Restore the Feast of the Circumcision!
UPDATE: The video… Visita di Papa Francesco alla Sinagoga di Roma Un simpatico incontro all'esterno della Sinagoga e una richiesta particolare rivolta al Santo Padre. Posted by Tv2000 on Sunday, January 17, 2016 I found this anecdote from Crux’s John … Read More
Posted in Lighter fare, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged Circumcision, Feast of the Circumcision
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30 Comments
Divine Praises … sung
On Sundays at my home parish in my native, St. Agnes in St. Paul, MN, the hour of Vespers has been sung in Gregorian Chant, using the Liber Usualis, at 3 pm for some 40 years… at least. Vespers followed by Benediction … Read More
WDTPRS 2nd Ordinary Sunday: the position of a beggar
In the reformed calendar, we have moved into the Time called “Ordinary”, by which we mean “ordered”, not “unexceptional”. In the traditional calendar of the Extraordinary Form, this is the “Time through the year”, divided into time after Epiphany and after … Read More
ASK FATHER: People “dunked” the Host in the chalice
From a reader… QUAERITUR: During Holy Communion at Mass on Sunday I observed two individuals who took (not received) the blessed sacrament in hand then proceeded to an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion an we’re allowed to “dunk”. the host … Read More
Weigel on improvising priests. Fr. Z rants.
We had an honorable mention in a piece by George Weigel today, not by name, but pretty much everyone knows what’s what. In First Things, Weigel is rightly worked up about priests who, contrary to law and good sense, impose … Read More
