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ASK FATHER: Prayers “for the gift of tears”
In my daily live-stream Mass today I added orations, as I often do, for various needs and purposes. One of the sets of prayer to which I often turn in the section in the traditional Missale Romanum, the Orationes diversae, are Ad … Continue reading
WDTPRS – 8th Sunday after Pentecost (1962MR): Be all that you can be!
Today’s Collect – for Mass and the Office on this 8th Sunday after Pentecost – is found in the ancient Veronese Sacramentary and the Gelasian and the so-called Gregorian. It survived the liturgical tailors with their scissors and thread to … Continue reading
WDTPRS – 4th Sunday after Pentecost: “O Captain, my Captain!”
I may have quoted Whitman, but, no, I’m not talking about Abraham Lincoln. After all, I’m not a racist. Are you sick of the madness? Let’s put that aside. Sunday’s prayer is found in ancient sacramentaries, such as the Veronese and … Continue reading
WDTPRS – Pentecost Tuesday: Wherein Fr. Z performs a liturgical dance
According to the older, traditional Roman calendar, today is Tuesday in the Octave of Pentecost. On this day the traditional “Dancing Procession” is performed in Echternach, Luxembourg, founded by St. Willibrord. As bands play, the people move forward slowly in … Continue reading
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WDTPRS: Collect of the new Mass “In time of pandemic” v. Collect of traditional Mass, “In time of pestilence”. Wherein Fr. Z rants
Remember: We are our rites. The way we pray has a reciprocal relationship with what we believe. Change our prayers and our belief will, over time, shift and vice versa. This dynamic is at the core of the phrase from … Continue reading
WDTPRS – 1st Sunday of Lent (Novus Ordo): a season of transforming mystery
The Roman Station for the 1st Sunday of Lent is St. John Lateran. COLLECT – LATIN TEXT (2002MR): Concede nobis, omnipotens Deus, ut, per annua quadragesimalis exercitia sacramenti, et ad intellegendum Christi proficiamus arcanum, et effectus eius digna conversatione sectemur. Quadragesima is the … Continue reading
WDTPRS – Sexagesima Sunday: Some make it but many do not.
In the traditional Roman calendar, last week was the first of the pre-Lenten Sundays, Septuagesima or “Seventieth” before Easter. This Sunday is called Sexagesima, “Sixtieth”. This number is more symbolic than arithmetical. For a fuller explanation, HERE. Pre-Lent Sundays have … Continue reading
WDTPRS – 6th Sunday of Ordinary Time: “kissing the porch”
For this Ordinary Form calendar Sunday, we have reached the 6th Sunday of Ordinary Time. In the Extraordinary Form this Sunday is the sober but helpful, purple-draped pre-Lenten Sexagesima Sunday. The calendar is helping those who follow the TLM to … Continue reading
WDTPRS – Septuagesima Sunday: Affliction and Freedom
The Church begins to sing in a new key today. We are arrived at Pre-Lent. The seriousness of the upcoming time of discipline rings in our ears. The antiphons for the first part of Mass carry a theme of affliction, … Continue reading
WDTPRS – Holy Family (1962MR): Extend your family bond around someone you know who has no one else
Recently we had an interesting discussion post here about the discomfiture some people have for the Feast of the Holy Family. HERE In the traditional Roman calendar, this Sunday, the 1st after Epiphany, we celebrate the Feast of the Holy … Continue reading
WDTPRS 23 December – The Final O Antiphon – O Emmanuel: The Lawgiver
Today is the final full day before the Vigil of Christmas. In the last days of Advent before the Vigil, the Latin Church sings the O Antiphons for the Magnificat of Vespers. The song O Come O Come Emmanuel is … Continue reading
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WDTPRS – 22 December – O Rex Gentium: Mud or dust?
A continuation of our look at the O Antiphons for these last few days before Christmas… LATIN: O Rex gentium, et desideratus earum, lapisque angularis, qui facis utraque unum: veni, et salva hominem, quem de limo formasti. ENGLISH: O King … Continue reading
WDTPRS – 21 December – O Oriens: “O dawn of the East”
We continue our look at the O Antiphons. LATIN: O Oriens, splendor lucis aeternae, et sol iustitiae: veni, et illumina sedentes in tenebris et umbra mortis. ENGLISH: O dawn of the east, brightness of light eternal, and sun of justice: … Continue reading
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WDTPRS The O Antiphons: 20 December – O Clavis David – The Key to everything
We continue our look at the O Antiphons with today’s O Clavis David Again we hear the theme of Christ as the Liberator. LATIN: O clavis David, et sceptrum domus Israel: qui aperis, et nemo claudit; claudis, et nemo aperit: … Continue reading
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WDTPRS The O Antiphons: 19 December – TRUEST Liberation Theology!
Here is the O Antiphon for 19 December: O Radix Jesse Again Our Lord is presented as the Liberator. LATIN: O Radix Jesse, qui stas in signum populorum, super quem continebunt reges os suum, quem gentes deprecabuntur: veni ad liberandum … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
St. Lucy and Advent Ember Week
13 December was the darkest day – with the least sunlight – of the old Julian calendar. Today in the Gregorian calendar is the feast of St. Lucy, whose name from the Latin lux, for “light”, reminds us who dwell in … Continue reading
WDTPRS – 3rd Sunday of Advent: The childlike dash
We are coming to the 3rd Sunday of Advent, also nicknamed Gaudete…. the plural imperative of gaudeo, “Rejoice!”, the first word of the Introit chant. This Sunday there is a relaxation of the penitential aspect of Advent, just Laetare Sunday does … Continue reading
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WDTPRS – 24th and Last Sunday after Pentecost: Like lightning in the East
This is the Last Sunday of the liturgical year. The last part of the liturgical year thematically dovetails with the first part of the new liturgical year. Advent was once longer, so the overlap of reflection on the End Times across … Continue reading
21 Nov: Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. With a prayer of my own.
Today is the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary’s Presentation in the Temple. The Collect for the Mass in the traditional form: Deus, qui beátam Maríam semper Vírginem, Spíritus Sancti habitáculum, hodiérna die in templo praesentári voluísti: praesta, quaésumus; ut, … Continue reading
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