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- TonyO on SSPX “Out The Door”… literally on Sunday, at their chapels: “I have pretty much ceased using the terms “Ordinary Form” and “Extraordinary Form” for the Novus and Vetus Ordo masses:…”
- on SSPX “Out The Door”… literally on Sunday, at their chapels: “WVC: you’re right, He said that to him first. He at one time called Peter out (before He made him…”
- on 19th Anniversary of Summorum Pontificum – Thoughts on how this might end.: “Heh, Fr. Reader and Lurker59 both comment (within minutes of each other) on my wishing for a “permanent, irrevocable” solution,…”
- on 19th Anniversary of Summorum Pontificum – Thoughts on how this might end.: “@WVC I disagree that this is necessarily true. There is no reason to believe that things will *never* change for…”
- on 19th Anniversary of Summorum Pontificum – Thoughts on how this might end.: “Tomasthetorque – the four horsemen of the apocalypse are saddling up, just very lazily and with less thunder and lightning.”
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Category Archives: Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
ASK FATHER: Masses in living rooms
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I have observed several Priests of my acquaintance celebrating Mass in various private residences for different occasions, the latest of which was Mother’s Day (the strangest being Christmas Midnight Mass). Most if not all of these private Masses have taken place … Read More
ASK FATHER: Father didn’t make Sign of the Cross at absolution
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I went to confession this morning preparation for Ascension Mass, the priest was wonderful, yet when it came to the absolution part, i could see through the holes of the screen that the priest didn’t make the sign of … Read More
ASK FATHER: Where is Father supposed to be during the Novus Ordo?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: When ‘presiding’ at the NO ‘facing the people’, is there anything that mandates that during things like the Collect, or the Kyrie, or the Gloria, or the Communion prayer, that the priest has to face the people? I help … Read More
ASK FATHER: What to say in Roman Canon when in Territorial Abbey?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: What name is put in the Canon at ‘Antistite nostro N.’ when in the territory of a Territorial Abbey? The General Instruction of the Roman Missal 149 provides us with a somewhat clear answer for the … Read More
ASK FATHER: When does Paschaltide end?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: You have posted before that the rubrics after the Ember Saturday Mass in the octave of Pentecost read “Post Missam exspirat tempus Paschale.” However, in the breviary, it reads “Post nonam, terminatur Officium proprium de octava, … Read More
Fathers! A serious warning!
Here is something to chew on, reverend and dear Fathers! From Methodus pie et fructuose celebrandi Augustissimum sacrificium missae by G. Tamburino: Si sacerdos per notabile tempus voluntarie distractus, eas missae partes quae canonem continent recitet, peccabit mortaliter. Videtur autem … Read More
June and You
The Octave of Pentecost – which we observed with the traditional Roman calendar – is over and so we move into the Time After Pentecost. With the Novus Ordo calendar this period is variously called Ordinary Time or else Greater … Read More
ASK FATHER: Father wears the chasuble for everything he does
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Is it appropriate or allowed for a priest to wear a chasuble while hearing confessions, baptizing babies or other non Mass functions? Some priests seem to always wear a chasuble for everything while others wear an … Read More
Corpus Christi, Maiden Lane – wonderful things happening!
I received a note from Fr. Robinson of the little church in Maiden Lane near Covent Garden in London, Corpus Christ. Father has quite the restoration project going and it is worthy of notice by everyone. I also remind the … Read More
Of the dropping of rose petals
Some years ago I posted photos of the Roman firefighters on top of the Pantheon (I shot them from my apartment’s window) as they prepared to drop rose petals through the oculus on Pentecost. HERE It’s a great custom. I … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Look! Up in the sky!
Tagged Pantheon, Pentecost, rose petals, St. John Cantius
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TonyO on SSPX “Out The Door”… literally on Sunday, at their chapels: “I have pretty much ceased using the terms “Ordinary Form” and “Extraordinary Form” for the Novus and Vetus Ordo masses:…”
