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Category Archives: Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
‘Traditionis’: a picture is worth a thousand words. Wherein Fr. Z is deeply moved.
My mother’s missal retains a powerful witness to her Faith and Eucharistic piety. As the priest would kneel in adoration of the Sacred Host, she would kiss the words of consecration. Sixty years later her lipstick is still there! pic.twitter.com/i1Fk2QTMCc … Read More
Posted in Save The Liturgy - Save The World, Traditionis custodes
Tagged Bp. Robert Reed, hand missal
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12 Comments
The wonders of Canon 87
I’ve been, as I am sure you have, watching the reactions of bishops in the wake of Francis’ Plessy v. Ferguson document Traditionis custodes. BTW… do become a Custos Traditionis (HERE) and don’t forget the Novena to St. Ann (HERE). In general … Read More
Posted in Canon Law, Save The Liturgy - Save The World, Traditionis custodes
Tagged can. 87
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Problem in the Italian of the 2021 Plessy v. Ferguson document, Traditionis custodes.
I saw on twitter an interesting point about the English and Italian versions of the 2021 Plessy v. Ferguson document, Traditionis custodes. My many years in Rome inform me that the second, “alternative” translation is more accurate. I consulted with … Read More
Posted in Save The Liturgy - Save The World, Traditionis custodes
Tagged Traditionis custodes
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Clarity from @Card_R_Sarah
« I am an African. Let me say clearly : the liturgy is not the place to promote my culture. Rather, it is the place where my culture is baptised, where my culture is taken up into the Divine. » … Read More
A moment of reflection…
A moment of reflection… Priest. I will go in to the altar of God. Resp. To God who giveth joy to my youth. Priest. Judge me, O God, and distinguish my cause from the nation which is not holy: deliver … Read More
Card. Müller drills into Francis’ “Letter to Bishops” with “Traditionis custodes”
At The Catholic Thing there is a piece translated from the original German (by a good friend of mine, two, as a matter of fact), by Gerhard Ludwig Card. Müller. The former Prefect of the CDF examines Francis’ new Plessy … Read More
Seriously humorous SSPX statement on “Traditionis custodes” and a terrific imaginary curve ball
The SSPX office in Menzingen put out a statement, still only in French, about Traditionis custodes. HERE Here’s a taste… From Summorum Pontificum to Traditionis custodes, or from the Nature Preserve to the Zoo […] A organized extinction While Francis … Read More
Posted in Canon Law, Lighter fare, Save The Liturgy - Save The World, SSPX, Traditionis custodes
Tagged Card. Erdo, SSPX, Traditionis custodes
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10 Comments
“I urge everyone to think carefully about how to approach your local bishops.”
At Rorate there is a strong piece which examines the Motu Proprio. It is by a canonist writing with a nom de plume. I’ve read it over a couple of times, along with Traditionis, and I’ve been contacted by, and have … Read More
First reactions to “Traditionis custodes”
Today, 16 July, is the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. During the Amazonian Synod (“walking together”), it was at her church in Rome, near the Vatican, that the shrine to to the demon Pachamama was set up. Today, … Read More
