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Category Archives: WDTPRS
WDTPRS – 9th Sunday after Pentecost: O God, ever distant, ever near
This week’s Collect, which historically was in the 8th century Liber sacramentorum Gellonensis, was also the prayer over the people, or Super populum, in the 1962MR for Wednesday of the 4th Week of Lent. It was not, I believe, in the 1970MR … Read More
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WDTPRS – 8th Sunday after Pentecost (1962MR): Be all that you can be!
Today’s Collect – for Mass and the Office on this 8th Sunday after Pentecost – is found in the ancient Veronese Sacramentary and the Gelasian and the so-called Gregorian. It survived the liturgical tailors with their scissors and thread to … Read More
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WDTPRS – 16th (Novus Ordo) Sunday in Ordinary Time:
We have been cheated of the beauty of our Catholic worship in Latin, which is our common patrimony. In fact, the swindle is far deeper. People have been denied the opportunity to learn Latin, which pretty much every more or … Read More
1 July – Most Precious Blood and the Feasts of St. Junipero Serra and St. Aaron, brother of Moses
A thought for you: Though we all may be different in height or sex or shape of eye and color of skin, we all bleed the same red Our Savior bled for our sins. Our unifying human blood, divinely infused, … Read More
WDTPRS – 3rd Sunday after Pentecost: “As soldiers, traveling through enemy territory…” (NO and VO comparison)
In the older, traditional calendar of the Roman Rite, today is the 3rd Sunday after Pentecost. This is a yummy oration. Let’s have a taste. COLLECT (1962MR): Protector in te sperantium, Deus, sine quo nihil est validum, nihil sanctum: multiplica super nos … Read More
WDTPRS – Pentecost Monday: from bondage, freedom – from anxiety, peace
Today is Pentecost Monday, during the Octave of Pentecost. It is also called Whit Monday, a reference to the white garments of the newly baptized. We observe the Octave in the Traditional Roman calendar. It was tragically, ridiculously, foolishly eliminated … Read More
WDTPRS – 3rd Sunday of Easter (Novus Ordo): honey sweet summons
This Sunday, in the Novus Ordo calendar, is called the 3rd Sunday of Easter. Let’s have a look at the Collect. This Sunday’s Collect, it seems to me, reflects a conscious attempt on the part of Holy Church to remind … Read More
WDTPRS – Holy “Maundy” Thursday (2002MR):
The term “Maunday” or “Maundy” Thursday refers to Christ’s mandate (mandatum) in John 13:34 to His apostles in the service of the Church. It is also called sometimes “Shere” Thursday, perhaps from “shere” indicating “tolerance” and “remedy”, in the sense … Read More
WDTPRS – Spy Wednesday: The final prayers
The term “Spy” Wednesday is probably an allusion to Christ’s betrayal by Judas. In the ancient Roman Church at the time of St. Pope Leo I, “the Great” (+461), there was no Mass during the day. Instead, many of the … Read More
WDTPRS – 5th Sunday of Lent: Liturgical death throes
Traditionally this upcoming Sunday is called First Passion Sunday or First Sunday of the Passion. “Passiontide” begins. It is also known as Iudica Sunday, from the first word of the Introit of Mass (from Ps 42/41), and sometimes Repus (from … Read More
excalibur on YOUR URGENT PRAYER REQUESTS: “Personal intentions.”
