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Category Archives: WDTPRS
Relive the thrills: the USCCB discusses liturgical translation
If you didn’t have an opportunity to listen to the USCCB debate the liturgical issues pertaining to the approval of the Gray Book, here you go. Enjoy listening to the arguments presented by Bp. Trautman and Bp. Galleone. Effectively, this … Read More
WDTPRS: 25th Sunday after Pentecost (4th after Epiphany – 1962MR)
Here is some of my weekly article for this Sunday. What Does the Prayer Really Say? 25th Sunday after Pentecost (4th after Epiphany) (1962 Missale Romanum) … As we approach the end of another liturgical year, a strange thing … Read More
WDTPRS: Christ the King (1962MR)
Here is some of my article for The Wanderer for this Sunday, which in the older, traditional calendar, is the Feast of Christ the King, always celebrated on the last Sunday of October. What Does the Prayer Really Say? Last … Read More
QUAERITUR: Roman Canon “Memento” of the living
In another thread Fr. Fox asked: I know you are busy, so I understand you may not have time to deal with this; but I’d love to hear your take on one section of the Roman Canon as it appears … Read More
WDTPRS: 16th after Pentecost – COLLECT
Here is a part of a column I wrote for The Wanderer to which you ought be subscribing._______________ This Sunday’s dense Collect survived the scissors and paste-pots of the Consilium during the 1960’s and lived on in the post-Conciliar Missale … Read More
WDTPRS: 22nd Sunday of the Year – COLLECT
Here is some work I did a while back on the Collect for the Mass for the 22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time. It was originally in The Wanderer. COLLECT – (2002MR):Deus virtutum, cuius est totum quod est optimum,insere pectoribus nostris … Read More
QUAERITUR: WDSC116RS?
I received a note from a reader: What does Sacrosanctum Concilium 116 really say? Ecclesia cantum gregorianum agnoscit ut liturgiae romanae proprium: qui ideo in actionibus liturgicis, ceteris paribus, principem locum obtineat. The sentence isn’t all that difficult, though you … Read More
WDTPRS: 14th Sunday after Pentecost
Here is an excerpt of what I wrote for the paper this week. You can subscribe to an e-version of The Wanderer. __________ Today’s prayer survived the snipping and pasting of the Consilium and the late Rev. Annibale Bugnini’s liturgical … Read More
PODCAzT 66: don Camillo (part I): VM – advice on getting TLMs & “pro multis”
Our guest today is the fictional don Camillo Tarocci, (+ A.D. … ?) parish priest of "The Little World" created by Giovanni Guareschi. I begin a new project, namely, to read stories from The Little World of Don Camillo. These … Read More
WDTPRS: Trinity Sunday
Here is my piece for The Wanderer this week. Subscribe! What Does the Prayer Really Say? Trinity Sunday (1962 Missale Romanum) It is always a blessing to be able to start out with good news, especially news appropriate for Trinity … Read More
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