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Category Archives: Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Just Too Cool: Polyphonic sacred music earlier than previously thought!
It stands to reason, in a way. This is for your Just Too Cool file. Form phys.org: Earliest known piece of polyphonic music discovered New research has uncovered the earliest known practical piece of polyphonic music, an example of the … Read More
Posted in Hard-Identity Catholicism, Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged Léonin, Pérotin, polyphony
13 Comments
13 Comments
ASK FATHER: Pyxes left in the choir loft after Communion
From a reader…. QUAERITUR: I frequently find communion pyxes lying on the organ in the choir loft. They seem to be left there from a prior Mass where they were used to bring Holy Communion to the choir by an … Read More
I read Mass this morning. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
I read Mass this morning. No, actually, I sang Mass this morning, but saying “read Mass” is more fun. It annoys liberals. We have various phrases which means basically the same thing, but with certain nuances. And old-fashioned description of … Read More
Thursday Night Football Saturday. Hey! Wait a minute!
Transferring important Feasts, such as Ascension Thursday, to a Sunday is a Really Bad Idea. Ascension Thursday Sunday? What sense does that make? But wait! There’s more. Who knew that the officially sanctioned watering down of our Catholic identity in the transfer … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged Ascension Thursday Sunday
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5 Comments
ASK FATHER: Received into Church after strange Presbyterian baptism
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I was Baptized in the Presbyterian Church and converted to the Catholic faith 9 years ago at the age of 9. Becoming very interested in my own baptism I watched a video of a Presbyterian ministerconferring baptism. He … Read More
ASK FATHER: Participate in Nativity play during Mass?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: My pastor has asked my wife, newborn, and me to portray the Holy Family during Christmas Eve Mass. We would process in and then the baby would be placed in the creche. I just found out that this will … Read More
ASK FATHER: Is attending a Rock Mass sacrilege? A mortal sin?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I am writing you because of what I believe concerning a ‘teen mass.’ A few weeks ago, I was not able to make it to Mass in the morning. Someone had told me that a particular church had … Read More
ASK FATHER: Mass in Classical Latin
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Could the Mass and the Office be said in the classical pronunciation? Yes. It would be a little strange, but, yes. The way we speak Latin in the Church right now is based on how Italian … Read More
The ‘libido delendi’ that seized the Church, the desire to obliterate… everything
From something that you should read: The elimination of altars and communion rails is the obliteration of sacred art. The obliteration of sacred art is the flattening of liturgical language. The flattening of liturgical language is the abandonment of ageless chants and hymns. The abandonment of … Read More
ASK FATHER: Mistake about minister of Sacrament of Matrimony and validity
From a reader… QUAERITUR: When making vows at a Catholic Wedding in a Catholic Church if a Groom genuinly beleives that the officiating priest at a wedding is the minister of the Sacrement of Matromony, and not the bride and … Read More
