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Category Archives: WDTPRS
WDTPRS: 5th Sunday of Ordinary Time – COLLECT (2002MR)
Let’s drill into a prayer for today’s Holy Mass. COLLECT – LATIN TEXT (2002MR): Familiam tuam, quaesumus, Domine, continua pietate custodi, ut, quae in sola spe gratiae caelestis innititur, tua semper protectione muniatur. This Collect was in the pre-Conciliar 1962MR, … Read More
WDTPRS: 4th Sunday of Ordinary Time – COLLECT (2002MR)
Today’s Collect was not in the post-Tridentine editions of the Missale Romanum but it does have its origin in the "Leonine Sacramentary" or, as it is better titled by its editor, the scholarly L. Cunibert Mohlberg, the Veronese Sacramentary. The … Read More
WDTPRS: Septuagesima – Prayers for Mass (1962MR)
In the pre-Conciliar calendar this period before Ash Wednesday is called the Season of Epiphany. This year, because Easter falls so early, there aren’t many Sundays immediately after Epiphany. Some will be bumped to the end of the liturgical year. … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA, WDTPRS
Tagged Epiphany, LENT, pre-lent, Quinquagesima, Septuagesima, Sexagesima, Tempu per annum
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WDTPRS: Conversion of St. Paul – Collects compared (1962MR & 2002MR)
In honor of the Apostle to the Gentiles let us make a rapid comparison of the Collects, or “Opening Prayers”, for today’s feast. We’ll look first at the 1962 Missale Romanum and then the 2002 edition. The Collect is nearly … Read More
WDTPRS: 2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time – Collect (2002MR)
We have into the Sundays “Ordinary Time” (once called the Season of Epiphany) during which we wear the green vestments that some say symbolize of hope. Even though these Sundays are not part of a sacral cycle such as Advent/Christmas … Read More
America Magazine article about the dissident petition against the new translation
First, I have an ACTION ITEM for you WDTPRSers.I urge people to look at the petition "We’ve Waited Long Enough". When you sign that petition, use a real name. On the dissident petition, there are more signatures but a very … Read More
Reminder: Blessing chalk, houses on Epiphany
Wednesday is 6 January and therefore Epiphany. Don’t forget, Fathers, the wonderful tradition of blessing chalk and houses. (In other words, get some chalk today, if you don’t already have some.)
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Christmas and Epiphany
Tagged blessing chalk, Epiphany
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23 Comments
Benedict XVI’s Christmas Sermon: liturgy is the first priority
The shepherds teach us a priority: hasten to worship. Everything else comes later. In his sermon for Christmas Pope Benedict shows his mystical side. He is a liturgical mystic. That is to say, for Benedict, worship is an occasion for … Read More
Posted in Christmas and Epiphany, SESSIUNCULA, The Drill
Tagged Benedict XVI, Christmas sermon, liturgical mysticism, Origen
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15 Comments
Dust up in Japan over new translation
In the UK’s weekly liberal fishwrap The Tablet (aka The Pill aka RU486) there is a note about a tussle over the new translation in Japan. JAPAN JAPAN’S BISHOPS have clashed with the Vatican in an effort to keep their … Read More
WDTPRS: 4th Sunday of Advent – COLLECT (2002MR) – POLL!
The Collect for this Sunday is the Post-communion of the Feast of the Annunciation (25 March) in the 1962MR. Most of you who recite the Angelus know this prayer. This time we also get the WDTPRS version since we want … Read More
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