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Tag Archives: active participation
ASK FATHER: How to participate at Mass with a fussy baby? Wherein Fr. Z lays down principles.
This is a terrific question, equally applicable to the Traditional Latin Mass, Novus Ordo, Divine Liturgy… From a “Young TLM Dad”… QUAERITUR: Hello Father, Since starting to attend the TLM on a more regular basis I noticed that mine, and … Read More
WDTPRS: Palm Sunday – an example so perfect that it transforms us
Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week. Holy week includes the Sacred Triduum. The principal ceremonies of the Palm Sunday Mass include the blessing of palm branches (or olive branches in some parts of the world, such as Rome) … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes: Sexagesima and 6th Ordinary 2020
Was there a good point made in the sermon you heard at the Mass that fulfilled your Sunday Obligation? What was it? There are a lot of people who don’t get many good points in the sermons they must endure. … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged active participation, fons et culmen, source and summit
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PODCAzT 180: Kwasniewski on how Vatican II reversed the order of priority, exalting “active participation” over proper liturgical worship of God
I found a great article at LifeSite by Peter Kwasniewski which screamed to be made into a podcast. Sometimes I do this with good articles to make sure the content is more available to those who are pressed for time … Read More
WDTPRS – Palm Sunday: example that transforms
Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week. The Sacred Triduum (triduum from tres dies – “three day space”) were once days of obligation when people were freed from servile work so that they could attend the liturgies, once celebrated … Read More
Posted in LENT, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
Tagged active participation, actuosa participatio, auctoritas, consortium, exemplum, Palm Sunday
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WDTPRS – 6th Sunday remaining after Epiphany: true “active participation” at Mass
As we approach the end of another liturgical year, an odd thing happens in the Church’s traditional, pre-Conciliar calendar. The Sundays left over after Epiphany, after Christmas, are finally dusted off and prayed until the liturgical year is concluded. This has … Read More
ASK FATHER: Is a priest allowed to do the readings, or must a lay person do them?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: On occassion the Lector or Reader is a no-show for Mass and Father will say “We’ll just wait for someone to come do the readings.” At the Sat. evening vigil Mass many of us are older and I, … Read More
ASK FATHER: Minimum to fulfill Mass obligation
From a reader… So a friend of mine who’s familiar with the old Mass but doesn’t offer it mentioned that you could fulfill your Sunday obligation (in the EF) so long as you arrived by the lifting of the veil … Read More
ASK FATHER: People say Mass prayers together with the priest
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I’ve been attending daily mass when I can at a particular parish. When at Mass I often hear some people in the pews who whisper to themselves every single word the priest says at mass. I would like … Read More
WDTPRS – 6th Sunday remaining after Epiphany: true “active participation” at Mass
As we approach the end of another liturgical year, an odd thing happens in the Church’s traditional, pre-Conciliar calendar. The Sundays left over after Epiphany, after Christmas, are finally dusted off and prayed until the liturgical year is concluded. This has … Read More
Doing things “wrong” at Mass
A blog called EpicPew has some points to review about your participation at Mass. NB: A serious omission in the blog post is that it ignores the Extraordinary Form. It doesn’t even mention the Extraordinary Form. That is, when the author … Read More
ASK FATHER: Mass on TV and Sunday Obligation… again
From a reader… QUAERITUR: if I go to nursing [home] to visit someone and I go for mass and watch it on a tv and fr is in the chapel does that count for filling my sunday obligation We are … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged active participation, D. Black Duck, hear Mass, Holy Day of Obligation, moral presence, St. Fidelia, St. Ipidipsy, Sunday obligation, Tall Tree Circle, Unreconstructed Ossified Manualist
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Active Participation … for WHOM?
On the 50th anniversary of Sacrosanctum Concilium, I read this: Dutch bishops give Pope Francis a bleak picture of Catholic Church in decline Dutch bishops visiting Rome this week have given Pope Francis a dramatic snapshot of the steep decline … Read More
QUAERITUR: Electronic devices during Mass
From a reader: I attend the Extraodinary Form regularly. I noticed yesterday a man using a tablet as his Missal. I’m not sure what to think about this. My own thought is that a tablet also can (and does) display … Read More
GUEST POST: A priest on attending a Novus Ordo Mass in the congregation
Some people argue that the Traditional Latin Mass is too hard to follow because of A, B, or C. Let’s turn that sock inside out. It is actually, often, too hard to follow what is going on most celebrations of … Read More
QUAERITUR: Should people make responses during the Traditional Latin Mass?
From a reader: I have been attending the TLM almost exclusively for four years now. Where I used to live the responses were always given by the servers and we were expected to unite ourselves silently. However I’ve just moved and here there … Read More
A mordant look at the wrong notion of “active participation”
From the amusing Eye of the Tiber: Culver City, CA––Parishioners of St. Raymond Catholic Church in Culver City, California were forced to jump into action during Mass early Monday morning when it appeared that only one priest would be available for the consecration. … Read More
