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Category Archives: SESSIUNCULA
Your Good News
I haven’t posted one of these for some time. Do you have good news to share with the readership? We could all use good, edifying news. For my part, our pilgrimage is going well. I am exhausted with jet lag … Read More
“the worthy deeds and prayers of thy blessed martyr George”
Here is a piece I wrote for the UK’s best Catholic weekly’s print edition of the Catholic Herald: Last week in Los Angeles I visited the great Getty Museum. My attention was arrested by a 16th century Italian oil on panel … Read More
WDTPRS 3rd Sunday after Easter (TLM): Be distinguished by your profession of Christ!
In the midst of chaos, we need to bring our minds to work at hand, our work of sacred liturgy, the renewal of which is our only hope for true revitalization of the Church. This Sunday’s Collect survived the knives … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes
Was there a good point made in the sermon you heard at your Mass of Sunday Obligation? Let us know. I’m with a pilgrimage group in S. Italy and we are having the TLM all through. Today, very briefly indeed, … Read More
Felix Natalis Dies Roma!
Today is the 2771 Birthday of Rome. Happy birthday! The Great Roman Fabrizio™ shared his quintessential, virtuous Roman repast: fave, pecorino, vino bianco. It doesn’t get more Roman than that. On the other hand, I arrived at Roma today to … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, On the road, SESSIUNCULA, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged Basilicata, Lecca
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12 Comments
“And Paul VI wept”. More fascinating notes about the Pope and the liturgical reform.
Today, Sandro Magistero offers some information about Paul VI’s true attitude about the liturgical reform sparked by “experts” such as Annibale Bugnini well before the Council, during the Liturgical Movement, and carried out through and after the Council by the … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Annibale Bugnini, BUGNINICARE, liturgical reform, Virgilio Noè
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26 Comments
Fr. Murray and Prof. Royal opine on latest developments
Here is the latest from Fr. Murray and Prof. Royal.
“O my God, make them like a wheel; * and as stubble before the wind.” Consolation from a Psalm.
Scripture is perennially applicable. As 2 Timothy 3 says: “All scripture, inspired of God, is profitable to teach, to reprove, to correct, to instruct in justice, that the man of God may be perfect, furnished to every good work.” Hence, even … Read More
“Why Trappist ale tastes better”
At the UK’s best Catholic weekly, the Catholic Herald – PRINT edition [subscribe!] – there is a great piece about the Trappists of St. Joseph Abbey in Massachusetts who make great beer. There are some stories in the print edition that you can’t get … Read More
WDTPRS – 3rd Sunday of Easter (Novus Ordo): a candle is honey sweet summons
This Sunday, in the Novus Ordo calendar, is called the 3rd Sunday of Easter. Let’s have a look at the Collect. This Sunday’s Collect, it seems to me, reflects a conscious attempt on the part of Holy Church to remind … Read More
Greg Hlatky on Some notes for your Sunday Mass in the Vetus and the Novus Ordo: ““By pursuing perfection we will achieve excellence.” – Vince Lombardi”
