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Category Archives: WDTPRS
PODCAzT 93: 40 years ago… Paul VI on the eve of the Novus Ordo
Here is the file: We are coming up on the 40th Anniversary of the implementation of the Novus Ordo in the Latin Church. Forty years ago on 30 Nov 1969 the Novus Ordo went into force. It was the 1st … Read More
Posted in New Translation, PODCAzT, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, WDTPRS
Tagged podcast, PODCAzT, Pope Paul VI
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102 Comments
Bp. Donald “Ineffable” Trautman’s jihad against the new translation [Fr. Z POLL]
This entry also includes a little project for you readers and a POLL at the end. His Excellency Most Rev. Donald W. Trautman, aided and abetted by the ultra-liberal anti-Roman National Catholic Reporter, continues his perennial jihad. The aging imam … Read More
Posted in New Translation, POLLS, SESSIUNCULA, The Drill, WDTPRS
Tagged Bp. Trautman, Liturgiam authenticam, translation, USCCB
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64 Comments
Archbp. Nienstedt (Archd. StP/Mpls) on new translation
In The Catholic Spirit, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Archbishop Nienstedt has something to say about the upcoming changes to the translations of the Roman Missal. My emphases and comments. Changes in the language of … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA, The Drill, WDTPRS
Tagged Archbp. Nienstedt, Liturgiam authenticam, translation
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32 Comments
Wherein Bp. Trautman runs down new translation and Fr. Z responds
In the Catholic Review of the Archdiocese of Baltimore comes this CNS story. On 22 October His Excellency Most Rev. Donald W. Trautman, Bishop of Erie, gave a talk at Catholic University of American in which he ran down the … Read More
WDTPRS: Christ the King (1962 Missale Romanum)
From my weekly column in The Wanderer: What Does the Prayer Really Say? Last Sunday in October – Christ the King (1962 Missale Romanum) […] Each year Holy Church presents to us the history of salvation, from Creation to the … Read More
INEFFABLE ALERT!
Before reading this be sure to remove all children below High School age from proximity to the monitor or screen. From a reader comes this troubling note: I had to share this with you, seeing as you seem to enjoy … Read More
WDTPRS: Unspeakable Angelic Collect
A reader sent a note about the upcoming Collect for the Feast of the Holy Guardian Angels, 2 Oct.COLLECT:Deus, qui ineffabili providentiasanctos angelos tuosad nostram custodiam mittere dignaris:largire supplicibus tuis:et eorum semper protectione defendi,et aeterna societate gaudere. Even oblique or … Read More
Brick by brick in St. Louis
Pope Benedict’s vision, his "Marshall Plan", will not be implemented in a day or a year or even a few years. But it is happening. This "Marshall Plan" revolves around a revitalization of Holy Church’s worship. To this end, Pope … Read More
PODCAzT 91: A hymn dissected “Te lucis ante terminum”; Don Camillo (part VI)
Today we will drill into a hymn sung by Holy Church in the Liturgia horarum for Compline every evening. It is called Te lucis ante terminum. Since the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, the hymn was rewritten a bit, … Read More
Posted in don Camillo, PODCAzT, WDTPRS
Tagged compline, don Camillo, guareschi, hymn, Latin, liturgy, podcast, PODCAzT, te lucis ante terminum
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Proper Preface for St. Clare of Assisi
A Franciscan reader, who has his own blog, called A Minor Friar, has posted an interesting note about a proper preface for the Feast of St. Clare of Assisi. Of course today, in the post-Conciliar calendar, is the Feast of … Read More
