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WDTPRS: O Antiphons – 18 December – O Adonai

The O Antiphons: 18 December – O Adonai LATIN: O Adonai, et Dux domus Israel, qui Moysi in igne flammae rubi apparuisti, et ei in Sina legem dedisti: veni ad redimendum nos in brachio extento. ENGLISH: O Lord and Ruler … Read More

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13 Dec – St. Lucy in the sky with her own eyes – UPDATED

UPDATE: One of you long-time readers here, FV, alerted me to the fact that his daughter contributed artwork for a post at NLM about St. Lucy. The idea was to contrast that hideous Jubilee mascot, the gay’d-up creepy Greta wannabe, … Read More

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The Advent Vespers Hymn – ‘Conditor alme siderum’ or ‘Creator alme siderum’

At Vespers during Advent we priests recite (or ought to) a hymn entitled Conditor alme siderum. This is perhaps from the late 6th or early 7th c. In Pope Urban VIII’s revision of the hymns of the Roman Breviary in … Read More

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WDTPRS: Novus Ordo – Solemnity of Christ the King – An example of the core difference between the new rite and the traditional

Yesterday was the Novus Feast of Christ the King, the last Sunday of the liturgical year. In the Vetus Ordo, Christ the King is celebrated on the last Sunday of October. The feast was originally instituted to underscore that Christ … Read More

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WDTPRS – 18 November: Dedication of the Basilicas of St. Peter and of St. Paul

An old photo for this blog, but a good one.  Shot from my old apartment. In the traditional calendar, it is the Feast of the Dedication of the Basilicas of St. Peter, in the Vatican, in 1626 and St. Paul, … Read More

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WDTPRS: Feast of the Dedication of St. John Lateran, Rome’s Cathedral

Since I am in Rome, it is appropriate to post about the Feast of the Dedication of the Papal Archbasilica of the Most Holy Savior and St John the Baptist and St John the Evangelist, which we call St John … Read More

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WDTPRS – 31st Ordinary Sunday: Running and stumbling! Wherein Fr. Z rants.

At the end, I rant. The Collect for the 31st Ordinary Sunday, which was in the ancient Veronese Sacramentary, is also found in the Extraordinary Form on the 12th Sunday after Pentecost. Omnipotens et misericors Deus, de cuius munere venit, … Read More

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WDTPRS – 29th Ordinary Sunday (Novus Ordo): It’s about the children. Wherein Fr. Z rants.

A little rant, before launching into this comment on a prayer for Mass, which called to mind a beautiful piece of art with a special theme. At the “Walking Together about Walking Togetherity” and in papal audiences there is increasing … Read More

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WDTPRS – 28th Ordinary Sunday (Novus Ordo): Authentic “walking together”

One of my “classic” WDTPRS posts, but appropriate given all the gas right now about “walking together”.  This is about God’s walking together with us in the deepest sense… the one which can bring us to salvation instead of virtue … Read More

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WDTPRS – 20th Sunday after Pentecost: What a grace it is to live with mind and conscience quiet

This 20th Sunday after Pentecost’s ancient Collect is found without variation in the Liber Sacramentorum Gellonensis, written perhaps in Meaux, near Paris, between 790-800. The Gellone Sacramentary, which has Frankish influences, is a strand in the complicated web of manuscripts … Read More

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WDTPRS – 7th Sunday after Pentecost: God can neither deceive nor be deceived

In the traditional Roman calendar this Sunday is the 7th Sunday after Pentecost. Today’s Collect survived the cutting and pasting experts of the Consilium to live on as the Collect for the 9th Sunday of Ordinary Time. COLLECT (1962MR): Deus, … Read More

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WDTPRS – 3rd Sunday after Pentecost: “As soldiers, traveling through enemy territory…” (NO and VO comparison)

In the older, traditional calendar of the Roman Rite, today is the 3rd Sunday after Pentecost. This is a yummy oration.  Let’s have a taste. COLLECT (1962MR): Protector in te sperantium, Deus, sine quo nihil est validum, nihil sanctum: multiplica super nos … Read More

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Corpus Christi: I affirm my subjugation to Christ vanquisher of hell and my sins.

In the traditional Roman calendar for the 1962 Missale Romanum yesterday, Thursday, was the Feast of Corpus Domini, or Corpus Christi.  In the post-Conciliar Missal’s calendar today is also Corpus Christi. In the Novus Ordo –  Vetus too, with “external celebration” … Read More

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WDTPRS: (1962MR) Mass Prayers “Pro seipso sacerdote – For the priest himself”

This time of year many new priests are being ordained and, consequently, many priests observe their own anniversaries. In the traditional, Vetus Ordo of the Roman Rite a priest can add orations for himself, Pro seipso sacerdote, on the anniversary … Read More

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WDTPRS – Pentecost: “We can’t read/savor/grasp them without knowing these things.”

Pentecost Sunday’s Collect is the same as we recite after chanting the Veni, Sancte Spiritus. COLLECT – (1962MR): Deus, qui corda fidelium Sancti Spiritus illustratione docuisti: da nobis in eodem Spiritu recta sapere, et de eius semper consolatione gaudere. I am … Read More

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WDTPRS – Sunday and Ascension (Novus Ordo): Christ is not insensible to our sufferings.

Today’s prayer – for Sunday with Ascension – because that’s what it is – survived the Consilium’s scissor and gluepot ministrations to live in the 2002 Missale Romanum as the alternative Collect for Mass on the day of Ascension. Rather, the … Read More

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WDTPRS – 5th Sunday of Easter (Novus Ordo): The prayer’s very word order reveals God’s love

As we journey from the passion and Easter toward Ascension and Pentecost, the Church in Holy Mass leads us through meditations on the fruits of the Resurrection and our baptism.  Our mysterious procession was made possible by the Cross.  Our … Read More

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WDTPRS – 4th Sunday after Easter (Vetus Ordo): “[T]he smoke of Satan has entered into the temple of God”

This is the 4th Sunday after Easter according to the older, traditional Roman calendar. Today’s Collect survived the slash and hack editors of the Novus Ordo.  You can find it in the Novus Ordo for the 21st Sunday of Ordinary … Read More

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WDTPRS – 3rd Sunday after Easter (Vetus Ordo): 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

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WDTPRS – 2nd Sunday after Easter (Vetus Ordo): descent and ascent, exit and return

This Sunday in the Novus Ordo is the 3rd Sunday OF Easter.  This Sunday in the Traditional Calendar is the 2nd Sunday AFTER Easter.   This probably reflects how, traditionally Romans tend to count.  But I am already digressing. Let’s see … Read More

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