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WDTPRS – 4th Sunday of Lent – Laetare (N.O.): Prompt devotion and eager faith
The nickname Laetare originated from the first word of the Introit chant for Sunday’s Mass, “Rejoice!” On Laetare Sunday there is a slight relaxation of Lent’s penitential spirit, because we have a glimpse of the joy that is coming at Easter, … Read More
Posted in LENT, Linking Back, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Save The Liturgy - Save The World, WDTPRS
Tagged Laetare Sunday
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WDTPRS – 2nd Sunday of Lent (NO): a more perfect “view”
Here is the Collect of the 2nd Sunday of Lent, a new composition for the Novus Ordo based on a precedent in the Liber Mozarabicus Sacramentorum: Deus, qui nobis dilectum Filium tuum audire praecepisti, verbo tuo interius nos pascere digneris, ut, spiritali … Read More
WDTPRS – 1st Sunday of Lent (N.O.): our 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 … Read More
WDTPRS – 1st Sunday of Lent (TLM): our season of transforming mystery
With this 1st Sunday of Lent we are fully into our forty day season of purification and preparation. Speaking of forty, the Latin for Lent is Quadragesima, “fortieth”. St Leo the Great (d 461) used the phrase quadragesimale ieiunium, “the … Read More
WDTPRS – Pre-Lent Quinquagesima Sunday: Prepare for BATTLE!
In our traditional Roman calendar, Sunday is Quinquagesima, Latin for the symbolic “Fiftieth” day before Easter. This is one of the pre-Lenten Sundays which prepare us for the discipline of Lent. The priest’s vestments are purple. No Gloria. No Alleluia. The prayers … Read More
Posted in Hard-Identity Catholicism, LENT, WDTPRS
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WDTPRS – Septuagesima Sunday: You have been advised.
On this coming Sunday, Holy Church begins to sing in a new key. We have come around, in the traditional calendar, to Pre-Lent. The “Gesima Sundays” have Roman Stations. Today we are at St. Lawrence “outside the walls”. Being in … Read More
WDTPRS – Spy Wednesday – Lent’s final Collect
The term “Spy” Wednesday is probably an allusion to Christ’s betrayal by Judas. This prayer was the Collect for this same day in the 1962 Missale Romanum. It was also in the ancient Gregorian Sacramentary in both the Hadrianum and … Read More
Posted in LENT, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
Tagged Spy Wednesday
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WDTPRS – 3rd Sunday of Lent (2002MR): Two wings of prayer
WARNING BELOW… Roman Station: St. Lawrence outside the walls An examination of our conscience is a humbling experience. When we look to see who really are inside, we can have different reactions. Sometimes we find things which frighten and discourage … Read More
Posted in LENT, Linking Back, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Patristiblogging, WDTPRS
Tagged Augustine of Hippo, LENT, Passion of the Christ
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5 Comments
WDTPRS – Spy Wednesday, the last Collect of Lent
The term “Spy” Wednesday is probably an allusion to Christ’s betrayal by Judas. This prayer was the Collect for this same day in the 1962 Missale Romanum. It was also in the ancient Gregorian Sacramentary in both the Hadrianum and … Read More
WDTPRS – 4th Sunday of Lent- Laetare: Prompt devotion, eager faith – PHOTOS
The nickname Laetare originated from the first word of the Introit chant for Sunday’s Mass, “Rejoice!” On Laetare Sunday there is a slight relaxation of Lent’s penitential spirit, because we have a glimpse of the joy that is coming at Easter, … Read More
Posted in LENT, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
Tagged devotio, hic et nunc, Louis Bourdaloue, rosacea, rose
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WDTPRS – Monday in Holy Week: “Are we there yet?”
COLLECT Da, quaesumus, omnipotens Deus, ut, qui ex nostra infirmitate deficimus, intercedente Unigeniti Filii tui passione, respiremus. Today’s prayer was in the 1962 Missale Romanum and its predecessors. It was in the ancient Gregorian Sacramentary in both the Hadrianum and Paduense manuscripts … Read More
Posted in LENT, LENTCAzT, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, PODCAzT, WDTPRS
Tagged in finem citius, Time
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4 Comments
WDTPRS – Palm Sunday: example that transforms
Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week. The Sacred Triduum (triduum from tres dies – “three day space”) were once days of obligation when people were freed from servile work so that they could attend the liturgies, once celebrated … Read More
Posted in LENT, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
Tagged active participation, actuosa participatio, auctoritas, consortium, exemplum, Palm Sunday
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WDTPRS – 4th Sunday of Lent- Laetare: Prompt devotion, eager faith, here and now
The nickname Laetare originated from the first word of the Introit chant for Sunday’s Mass, “Rejoice!” On Laetare Sunday there is a slight relaxation of Lent’s penitential spirit, because we have a glimpse of the joy that is coming at Easter, … Read More
Posted in LENT, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
Tagged Laetare Sunday, rosacea
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WDTPRS Laetare – 4th Sunday of Lent (2002MR): “with prompt devotion and eager faith”
The nickname Laetare originated from the first word of the Introit chant for Sunday’s Mass, “Rejoice!” On Laetare Sunday there is a slight relaxation of Lent’s penitential spirit, because we have a glimpse of the joy that is coming at Easter, … Read More
WDTPRS 3rd Sunday of Lent (1962MR): “When the priest’s hand extends over you, you are sheltered from the attacks of Hell.”
In ancient Rome on this 3rd Sunday, catechumens who desired to enter Holy Church and be baptized at Easter would be lead in a great procession to the Basilica of St. Lawrence “outside-the-walls” where they had been on Septuagesima Sunday. … Read More
Posted in GO TO CONFESSION, LENT, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
Tagged LENT, scrutinies, votum
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1 Comment
WDTPRS – 2nd Sunday of Lent: purify your “spiritual view”
Here is the Collect of the 2nd Sunday of Lent, a new composition for the Novus Ordo based on a precedent in the Liber Mozarabicus Sacramentorum: Deus, qui nobis dilectum Filium tuum audire praecepisti, verbo tuo interius nos pascere digneris, ut, spiritali … Read More
Posted in LENT, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
Tagged aspectus, gloria, GS 22, intuitus, LENT, Transfiguration
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2 Comments
WDTPRS: Palm Sunday – The Transforming Example
Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week. The Sacred Triduum (triduum from tres dies – “three day space”) were once days of obligation when people were freed from servile work so that they could attend the liturgies, once celebrated … Read More
Posted in LENT, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
Tagged consortium, documentum, exemplum, Holy Week, liturgy, Palm Sunday, prayer, translation, Triduum, worship
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4 Comments
POLL: Covering images for 1st Passion Sunday, 5th Sunday of Lent
We are really getting into it now. From this Sunday, traditionally called 1st Sunday of the Passion, it is customary to veil images in churches. In the Gospel in traditional Form of the Roman Rite we hear: Tulérunt ergo lápides, ut … Read More
Posted in LENT, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, POLLS, WDTPRS
Tagged Passion Sunday, veil images
30 Comments
30 Comments
WDTPRS Laetare – 4th Sunday of Lent (2002MR): “with prompt devotion and eager faith”
The nickname Laetare originated from the first word of the Introit chant for Sunday’s Mass, “Rejoice!” On Laetare Sunday there is a slight relaxation of Lent’s penitential spirit, because we have a glimpse of the joy that is coming at Easter, … Read More
Posted in LENT, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
Tagged Laetare Sunday, LENT, pink, rosacea
10 Comments
10 Comments
The Lenten “Prayer over the People” during Holy Mass: a beautiful custom revived
A wonder Lenten tradition is upon us, to remind us of how important Lent is. Entering Lent, we enter a mystery, a sacramentum. We need special graces to carry out our Lenten discipline. The Latin 2002 Missale Romanum restored the ancient … Read More
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Tagged Oratio super populum, prayer over
8 Comments
8 Comments
