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Category Archives: WDTPRS
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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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
QUAERITUR: “pro multis” and validity
From a reader: I’ve not written to you before, but I’m really looking for some help here. I am from England. I go to the Traditional Mass, which I love, at the London Oratory every Saturday and Sunday, and the … Read More
USCCB news on the new translation
The artificially long process of preparing the new translation of the Missale Romanum had a small step forward. USCCB News Release 09-159July 17, 2009FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE All Four Pending Liturgical Items Pass; Work On The Translation Of The New Roman … Read More
Cornelius on REVIEW: Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick – “in danger of death”: “How does the Apostolic Blessing (AB) fit in with this sacrament then? My understanding is that the AB releases one…”
