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Category Archives: Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
GUEST POST: NYC taxi driver thankful for Extraordinary Form, sad for dead baby.
I have written many times about the Church of the Holy Innocents in Manhattan. This church has become a spiritual oasis for many. Look at this at Catholic Stand from a New York taxi driver: In this town even going … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
Tagged Holy Innocents, Manhattan
23 Comments
23 Comments
Your Sunday Sermon Notes
Yes, I am back at it, badgering you into listening to and remembering points from the sermons you hear for the Mass you attended to fulfill your Sunday obligation. So, was there a good point in the sermon or homily … Read More
We are on one side of the threshold we shall soon cross.
Today in our Roman Rite it is the last day of the liturgical year. We are on one side of the threshold. We cross over soon. Of Advent, the holy bishop of Milan St. Charles Borromeo (+1584) said: “Like a … Read More
Fewer Catholics schedule funerals for their dead
A tip of the biretta to Pewsitter for this piece from the Worcester Telegram: Bishop McManus worried that some omit funeral Masses WORCESTER — Bishop Robert J. McManus is expressing concern that Central Massachusetts Roman Catholics are not scheduling funeral … Read More
The Forbidden Rite
A reader sent the following enthusiastic filmette: Be the Maquis!
QUAERITUR: Babies at Mass revisited. “What should we do?”
From a readerette: When my husband asked me what I would like for Christmas this year, I said, “I would like for our family to attend a Latin Mass.” (I think that will be my response when he asks what … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged babies, infants, Mass
77 Comments
77 Comments
Evangelii gaudium 138: Sermons should be brief. How brief is “brief”? POLL
Are we now too impatient to receive even good preaching? Should we, therefore, dumb preaching down? Those who are familiar with the Fathers of the Church know all too well that their sermons were often pretty long, well over an hour. Think … Read More
“Don’t take offence if they have to decline your invitation.”
There is a great post over at my friend Fr. Finigan’s blog, The Hermeneutic of Continuity about lay people and their weddings and inviting priests… and concelebration. Remember, I think concelebration should be safe, legal and rare. Fr. Finigan seems to … Read More
WDTPRS: Christ the King (2002MR): the elements will be dissolved with fire, the earth will be burned up
We have come back to the last Sunday of the liturgical year. In the post-Conciliar calendar of the Roman Church this is the Solemnity of Christ the King. In the older calendar, this is celebrated (with a rather different meaning!) … Read More
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