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Category Archives: Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
ACTION ITEM! ST. JOSEPH’s name NOW in Eucharistic Prayers II, III, IV
Have you seen the news? Decades after John XXIII placed the name of Joseph in the Roman Canon, it seems that the name of the great Patron of the Dying, Terror of Demons, will be in the Eucharistic Prayers II, … Read More
“When ‘Guitar Masses’ became a chew toy between traditionalists and progressives
There is a smart and well-written article at The American Spectator on liturgical music by Patrick O’Hannigan, whom I have mentioned before. The piece is longish, so here are a few bits to whet your appetite. Can Liturgical Music Be … Read More
QUAERITUR: Wouldn’t audible prayers in the Extraordinary Form be better?
From a reader: I was born during Vatican II and until recently, had no exposure whatsoever to Mass in the Extraordinary Form. At the invitation of a friend, I have been visiting a local parish that offers the EF and I am baffled … Read More
WDTPRS 11th Ordinary Sunday: God begins and completes the meritorious things we do
This week’s Collect is effectively the same as one in the ancient Gelasian Sacramentary and the prayer in the 1962 Missale Romanum used during the week after Trinity Sunday. Deus, in te sperantium fortitudo, invocantibus nostris adesto propitius, et, quia … Read More
POLLS: Latin and/or Vernacular at Low Mass (TLM)
Under another entry HERE I deal with the question of vernacular readings during the Low Mass of the Extraordinary Form. A long-time reader and supporter of this blog suggested a poll. Here are a couple POLLS coming at the question … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, POLLS
Tagged Extraordinary Form, Latin, Low Mass, TLM, vernacular
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QUAERITUR: Vernacular only readings in traditional Low Mass?
From a reader: We have a priest that insists on reading the epistle & gospel in the vernacular for each Low Mass only. No one cares for it and it doesn’t even sound right. It impacts the integrity and fluidity … Read More
Different confessional practices/customs around the world
Under another entry concerning “confessional etiquette” a commentator raised the good point that people from different language/ethnic backgrounds have different formulae for beginning and ending their sacramental confessions. Most Americans of a certain age learned to begin “Bless me Father, … Read More
Want a TLM in your parish? Here is how it was done in one place!
I have written a few times (since the election of Francis – for example HERE) that it is time to push forward in the implementation of Summorum Pontificum. People who have been wringing their hands or resting on the laurels … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Benedict XVI, Linking Back, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Benedict XVI, Bp. Jugis, D. Charlotte NC, Fr. Reid, Holy Innocents, La Voz del Pueblo, Pope Francis, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
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29 Comments
Of Star Wars and Immanentism and Birdcages and Elite Snobbery. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
In my talks I sometimes address the steady slide of many Catholics into Immanentism Lite. They don’t exactly deny that God is transcendent, it’s just that they never give transcendence the slightest thought. They have never had too, have they? … Read More
QUAERITUR: Distance of a priest’s valid consecration
From a reader: Dear Father – Like yourself I am not a fan of concelebration, but I would like to ask two questions. These questions came about in one of those after dinner discussions which come under the heading of … Read More
