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Category Archives: SESSIUNCULA
SNAP! A quick glimpse at where some of you are
Here is a brief snapshot of the general geographical location of where some of you readers are. This is just of the last few minutes or so. This is by no means exhaustive or precise. London, London, City of Four … Read More
Before and after: you decide
Take note of the role of the Crucifix in these two images. Before (2007): And after (2008): Biretta tip to Rinascimento sacro o{]:¬) Listen to PODCAzTs on the position of the altar here, and here. Both of these concern … Read More
Univ. of Notre Dame: application of Summorum Pontificum
UPDATE: 16 January 2008 21:28 GMT The blog of The Sober Sophomore has this, which is rather amusing. I like the title of the entry: Notre Dame Magazine – or – "I survived Fr Z!" I’m sure by now most … Read More
The older form of Mass, TLM, “like a symphony”
Southwest Florida’s Herald Tribune has an article about the older form of Mass. My emphases and comments. Latin Mass likened to a symphony BY CHRISTINE HAWES CORRESPONDENT Some consider it "a deeper spiritual experience." Others describe it as "like a … Read More
CNA reporting the Holy Father’s Mass “ad orientem”
CNA, Catholic News Agency, has reported about the Holy Father’s celebrating Mass ad orientem in the Sistine Chapel, and gets it right. However, notice that the picture they posted with the story is of a Mass in St. Peter’s, decades … Read More
Diocese of Nashville: application of Summorum Pontificum
I was alerted to this press communication from Diocese of Nashville. My emphases and comments. January 11, 2008 Tridentine rite returns to Nashville Diocese Andy Telli, Tennessee Register SPARTA. Women with black lace veils dripping [Nice.] loosely from their head … Read More
Cardinal Arinze speaks about Latin, music, and translation
His Eminence Francis Card. Arinze, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments, address a liturgical conference in St. Louis in November. His talk has been published on ZENIT in three parts. Cardinal Arinze on Language … Read More
Scream
Damien, over at The Telegraph, has used Munch’s famous The Scream for his look at the reaction to the Holy Father celebrating ad orientem. Do any of you WDTPRSer long-timers remember this from the time before Summorum Pontificum? I believe … Read More
Thanks “ad infinitum”
On my return to The Sabine Farm I found a very nice gift from PF in the UK, the book Ad Infinitum: a biography of Latin by Nicholas Ostler. Thanks! Also, I received an incredible linen alb from a long-time … Read More
Laymen acting as “subdeacon” at Mass in both the TLM and Novus Ordo
I think you readers can help flesh out a discussion of this interesting topic. Can a layman substitute for a "subdeacon" at celebrations of the TLM and also in the Novus Ordo. Keep in mind that Paul VI’s Ministeria quaedam … Read More
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