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Category Archives: WDTPRS
WDTPRS: Whit Tuesday
It is Tuesday in the Octave of Pentecost Here is an oldie PODCAzT I made for this day last year: 057 08-05-13 John Paul II on the unforgivable sin; Our Lady of Fatima and the vision of Hell – TUESDAY … Read More
WDTPRS: Whit Monday
Octaves are mysterious times during which the liturgical clock stops. We have an opportunity to rest in the mystery, reflect on it during the 8th day – an echo of God’s rest continuing after the Creation and foreshadowing of the … Read More
WDTPRS: 6th Sunday of Easter – COLLECT (2002MR)
The 6th Sunday of Easter – COLLECT – 2002MR (adapted from a 2001 article) COLLECT: (2002MR): Fac nos, omnipotens Deus, hos laetitiae dies, quos in honorem Domini resurgentis exsequimur, affectu sedulo celebrare, ut quod recordatione percurrimus semper in opere teneamus. … Read More
My rant about Ascension Thursday Sunday
An excerpt from an article I wrote for The Wanderer, to which you may subscribe in print and in an online version: We know with holy and Catholic Faith that what was not assumed, was not redeemed (St. Gregory of … Read More
Emended Missale Romanum, editio typica tertia
The April Newsletter of the USCCB’s Committee on Divine Worship is out. There is an interesting article about the new printing of the Missale Romanum. There are corrections of spelling, grammatical and typographical errors. Holy See Issues Emended Missale Romanum, … Read More
WDTPRS: S. Ioseph Opificis, sponsi B. Mariae Virg., confessoris
Today’s feast of glorious St. Joseph is quite modern. It was given to the Church by Pope Pius XII in 1955. We celebrate Joseph as a patron of workers. No doubt the thought behind the feast was, among other motives, … Read More
WDTPRS: Collect (Mercy Sunday)
In the post-Conciliar calendar this is the “Second Sunday of Easter.” It is sometimes called “Thomas Sunday” because of the Gospel reading about the doubting Apostle. It is called “Quasimodo Sunday” for the first word of the opening chant, the … Read More
PODCAzT 83: St. Augustine on the challenge of remaining faithful
In this simple PODCAzT, we will pry open St. Augustine’s sermon to newly baptized Catholics. He talks to them about the hardships they will face in remaining faithful under the onslaught of temptations presented by the unfaithful. In s. 376A … Read More
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EXSULTET: WDTPRS and audio
The EXSULTET is one of the most spectacular moments of all the Church’s liturgical life. When it is sung well in Latin the Church is in her glory! I have fond memories of singing the Exsultet. The first time, I … Read More
Today’s reworking of an ancient prayer in the Novus Ordo
I was struck by the Novus Ordo today, the so-called "Prayer over the gifts". It is, in the 2002MR, a reworking of a prayer in the 1962MR, in its own turn from the ancient Gelasian and Hadrianum and Paduense Sacramentaries. … Read More
Fr. Kelly on ROME 26/5– Day 61: initial notes on the encyclical: “If only His Holiness would follow his own advice with respect to the FSSPX… “222. To those who have the…”
