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Category Archives: Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
ASK FATHER: Does Lent really have 40 days? How does that add up?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Father, sorry for the possibly silly question, but adding up the days from Ash Wednesday to the Lord’s Supper Mass, excluding, it does not add up to 40 if we exclude Sundays as memorials of the … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged 40, LENT
15 Comments
15 Comments
Mass and Triumphalism. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
The other day I posted something about churches and synagogues losing membership. HERE This is going to happen, friends. Demographics, on top of decades of stupidity, are not on our side. I’m not saying that this is the great “falling … Read More
UPDATE FROM ROME: Cutting the fabric for vestments
As an update to my post about vestments the other day, here are some shots of the fabric being cut at Gammarelli in Rome for the new set we, the TMSM, are having made. Enjoy! Please donate. HERE Our intrepid … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Linking Back, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged Gammarelli, Pontifical Mass Vestments
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7 Comments
Friday after Ash Wednesday: Feast of the Crown of Thorns
This Friday is poignant. Friday after Ash Wednesday is traditionally the Feast of the Crown of Thorns. A significant portion of the Crown is preserved is preserved in Notre Dame de Paris. They have a special Crown of Thorns Mass … Read More
Concerning vestments and the TMSM and YOU
One of the things I have tried to accomplish with the Tridentine Mass Society of the Diocese of Madison (the TMSM is 501(c)(3)) is to provide worthy vestments for the celebration of the sacred mysteries. YOU readers, from all over … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, "How To..." - Practical Notes, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged TMSM, vestments
6 Comments
6 Comments
Church groups are losing members. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
The fundamental reason why God gave us a Church which we could recognize by its marks is that we are sinners who are going to die. Through His Church, Christ provides the ordinary means of our salvation. We have the … Read More
Stupid Idea: Sand in holy water fonts during Lent. Fr. Z opines.
You would think that this stupid idea would have been eradicated by now but, no. I am sure that in some places you readers will see that Holy Water has been removed from the stoops – at the beginning of … Read More
ASK FATHER: Separating priest from altar in the Novus Ordo
From a reader… I have a question about the GIRM. If I’m reading it correctly everything except from the Offertory through Communion Rite must be done from the chair, and the missal and chalice placed elsewhere except for those times. … Read More
Shrovetide: Collop Monday
We have arrived at the final days of Shrovetide. “Shrove” is from “shrive”, “to absolve a penitent”. On this day one customarily in earnest began to consume the leftover meat in the house, before Lent began. Remember: once upon a … Read More
Upcoming Amazon Synod and discussion of the matter (wheat) for the Eucharist
I saw something interesting at Crux about the upcoming, 6-27 October, Amazon Synod. “Amazon” Synod… who will be the first to quip that they will try to sell out the Church? Apparently on the agenda for the Amazon Synod will … Read More
