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Category Archives: Save The Liturgy – Save The World
When there is a wound, steps must be taken to heal it.
Excerpted from my weekly offering at One Peter Five: […] Priests have the right to say three Masses on Christmas even without the canonical tolerance of them doing so on other days for pastoral reasons. And because the Gospel of … Read More
People flocked to a Bishop’s Traditional “Rorate Mass”
For years I have said that if bishops want to control the TLM in their dioceses, the best way to do it would be to get involved. These are Catholics who would go to the wall, if necessary. When bishops … Read More
WDTPRS The O Antiphons: 19 December – O Radix Iesse
Here is the O Antiphon for 19 December: O Radix Iesse Again Our Lord is presented as the Liberator. True “liberation theology”! LATIN: O Radix Iesse, qui stas in signum populorum, super quem continebunt reges os suum, quem gentes deprecabuntur: … Read More
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Wherein a painting helps Fr. Z drill into the mystery of the Visitation and authentic Active Participation
In the Kunsthistorisches Museum there is a canvas by Josef von Führich depicting the journey of Mary – in haste – over the hills to visit her cousin Elizabeth. This is the Gospel of today’s Mass in the Vetus Ordo, … Read More
News from Guadalajara and what Cardinal Robles has done about the traditional parish
I received this interesting press release… TRADITIONAL FAITHFUL CELEBRATE SUPPORT OF THE CARDINAL December 6, 2021 Press release Children and adults pray for more parishioners to be heard. Guadalajara, Jalisco. – The days of uncertainty lived by the parishioners of … Read More
ACTION ITEM! Raise money for a cancelled priest’s portable altar – UPDATED
UPDATE: We made our goal! Thank you to everyone who contributed. If you continue to donate to the TMSM, we will put the funds to good use! ___ Oringinally Published on: Nov 24, 2021 I have a plea to make … Read More
Spectacular Advent, Christmastide and Epiphany calendars from @SophiaPress and LiturgyOfTheHome.com
I just received beautifully conceived, designed, drawn and printed poster sized calendars from Sophia Press for the Seasons of Advent, Christmas, Epiphany with a special guide sheet as an introduction to their LiturgyOfTheHome.com initiative (go take a look – it’s … Read More
Prayers “Pro defensione ab hostibus… for defense against enemies”
The analogy of the Great Horse of Troy doesn’t quite work (the attackers were hidden from sight). The ruse de guerre of slipping through enemy lines while wearing enemy uniforms doesn’t quite work (you have to remove the disguise before … Read More
The cruel spirit animating this golem of a document is rivaled only by its incoherence.
The perspicacious Fr. John Hunwicke has at his ever-satisfying blog a few thoughts about the incoherence of the cruel Traditionis custodes (TC). I reproduce them here but urge you to click over and see what he recently offered about the … Read More
Two fascinating posts about liturgy, inculturation, papal ceremony. Wherein Fr. Z rants with the help of the Blessed Apostle Paul.
I direct the readership’s attention to two brilliant posts by Shawn Tribe at Liturgical Arts Journal. The first presents music from the 19th c. for the Requiem Mass – appropriate for November – in the Mohawk and Algonquin language. Jesuit … Read More
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