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Category Archives: Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
The USCCB explains some grammar of the new translation, sort of.
I suppose we are now in such a state of affairs that we need to have grammar explained. That was certainly the case when the Congregation for Divine Worship, in a response to a dubium, had to explain the Latin … Read More
Posted in Brick by Brick, Fr. Z KUDOS, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged GIRM 299, grammar, imperative mood, imperatives, quaesumus, qui-clauses
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12 Comments
Revision of English “Liturgy of the Hours” to begin
I noticed this in the newsletter of the USCCB’s Committee for Divine Worship: Liturgy of the Hours Among the many liturgical books affected by the implementation of the Roman Missal, Third Edition, none has generated more questions or interest than … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged ICEL, Liturgiam authenticam, liturgy, Liturgy of the Hours, prayer, translation, USCCB, worship
54 Comments
54 Comments
QUAERITUR: Reserving the Precious Blood, confusion during concelebration
From a priest: I need help from an ossified unreconstructed manualist! This morning I was a concelebrant at Mass with two other priests. After the consecration I was astounded to see a chalice with previously consecrated Precious Blood brought from … Read More
Westminster Choir in St. Peter’s Basilica
I am catching a few minutes of the rebroadcast of the Holy Father’s Mass for Sts. Peter and Paul on EWTN. I only have a few fleeting minutes. The Choir of Westminster Abbey is there. Is it my imagination or … Read More
QUAERITUR: Hard-of-hearing priest confessor. Was I absolved?
I love the fact that we have a human dimension to Holy Church. We are a Church of flawed sinners, of weak people susceptible to the attacks and problems of the world the flesh and the devil. Our Lord gave … Read More
Wanna be free? Go to confession!
At the blog of the Gregorian Institute of Benedictine College in Kansas, there is an entry for the Fortnight for Freedom about the importance of returning to the sacrament of penance. In other words: Wanna be free? Go to confession! Let’s … Read More
Rachel Campos-Duffy: In defense of all-male service at the Lord’s altar
From Rachel Campos-Duffy comes this re: altar boys. […] According to the Communications Office of the Diocese of Phoenix, there is growing evidence to support the claim that where altar service is limited to boys, priestly vocations increase. The best … Read More
A POLL provoked by your email! What color of vestments for your funeral?
There is a truly bizarre story coming to me in email about a rumor that His Excellency Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison, is now requiring priests to use either violet or black vestments for funerals rather than … Read More
When everything lines up… just… right….
As you know, the Summer Solstice was a few days ago. Our days in the Northern Hemisphere are now once again decreasing. On Astronomy Pic of the Day there is a pic for your Just Too Cool file. Explanation: What … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged APOD, equinox, solstice, sundial
10 Comments
10 Comments
My preference for concelebration
Every time I post about concelebration and private Masses, interesting discussion evolves. This was sent by a reader. From this Pinterest page, these priests are saying their daily Masses during the annual Chartes Pentecost pilgrimage. On another note, here is … Read More
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on ROME 26/10-11 – Day 33: All Souls: “Bruised: appliances tied to the Internet I recall something I read a few years ago, that someone hacked a guy’s…”
