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- BeatifyStickler on ROME 24/4– Day 36 (-5): Sacristy secrets, music from nuns, and Fr. Z’s Kitchen (real “all’amatriciana”): “Dinner looks exceptional. Newfoundland has great history, you should go. Will be listening to the Sisters.”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “I’ve heard it said there are as many galaxies as grains of sand. Here is interesting facts about our Milky…”
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- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Thanks Father Z, cosmology lesson as only you can impart.”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 35 (-6): adventures in symmetry: “Hmmm. Those kind of tassels have always reminded me of fancy curtain tiebacks so I have avoided making them but…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Fr.Z sez: …The Voyagers are destined—perhaps eternally—to wander the Milky Way and then become characters in Star Trek…. V’ger!! https://youtu.be/gxAaVqdz_Vk?t=96”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Being from Florida, I remember when both Voyagers launched – you could see them from our house. At that time,…”
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- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “I guess Voyager I gives new meaning to the poem High Flight. Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Now this is very interesting. Not just looking up at some small dots of light overhead!”
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- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: ““George Farmer, aka Candace Owen’s husband. He is a revert” If I’m reading the interview correctly, first a convert, then…”
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Tag Archives: ad orientem
NEW! Card. Sarah on silence, liturgy, and “turning toward the Lord” again. Amazing.
His Eminence Robert Card. Sarah was interviewed by a French newspaper at the time of the release of his latest book on the power of silence. The book is, as I write, available in French. The National Catholic Register has made … Read More →
Bp. Morlino (D. Madison) will say Sunday Masses ‘ad orientem’
“We become a mighty army marching toward the place of the rising sun to meet the Lord led by the priest. That’s who we really are. As we offer the Eucharistic sacrifice, we march together toward the East to go … Read More →
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Turn Towards The Lord
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Tagged ad orientem, B. Morlino, D. Madison
12 Comments
12 Comments
VIDEO: ‘ad orientem’ worship
The single most damaging change made in the name of, the “spirit” of the Second Vatican Council, was the “turning around” of our altars. We should recover ad orientem worship. The video highlights the Traditional Latin Mass, but ee need ad … Read More →
The biggest problem today is Mass “facing the people”
I’ve written about Prof. Robert Spaemann before (e.g., HERE). Even though German theologians today set a low bar for clarity and orthodoxy, Spaemann is clearly the best working theologian among them. And he is faithful. He is quite close to … Read More →
ACTION ITEM! Wherein Fr. Z makes suggestions to priests about “ad orientem” worship.
In an email exchange I had, and a conversation with a priest friend, a couple ideas came up. Context: Robert Card. Sarah, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, made a plea to priests to begin offering Holy Mass ad orientem versus. … Read More →
Z-SWAG: HOLY MASS – TURN TOWARDS THE LORD AGAIN!
UPDATE 25 July: I just received one of my new mugs! This is one with both English and Latin. They are spiffy! As the GIRM WARS heat up over the catalytic movement in favor of ad orientem worship, I thought it might … Read More →
GIRM WARS: Another front opens in Iowa
When the 2000 GIRM was issued (now usually cited as 2002 GIRM because it is in the 2002 Missale Romanum), a question was put to the Congregation for Divine Worship: Can a bishop, in his role as moderator of the Sacred Liturgy in … Read More →
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
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Tagged ad orientem, Bp. Amos, D. Davenport, D. Little Rock, GIRM 299
41 Comments
41 Comments
Why are certain people afraid of “ad orientem” worship?
Ad orientem worship in the Latin Rite is important just just because, practically, it helps to keep priests and bishops under control (i.e., Mass isn’t about them), it helps to create the necessary conditions for the apophatic experiences which facilitate an encounter with … Read More →
Implementing ‘ad orientem’ worship with charity, prudence and courage
My friend Msgr. Charles Pope has a piece at the National Catholic Register about celebrating Holy Mass ad orientem. Msgr. Pope is determined to teach his flock about ad orientem worship. He thinks that Card. Sarah should, in his role as Prefect, … Read More →
PODCAzT 149: Interview with Fr. Richard Heilman – Part 2
In this PODCAzT we hear the the second, shorter, of two parts of an interview I did with Fr. Richard Heilman, pastor of St. Mary’s Church in Pine Bluff, WI a few minutes to the west of Madison. I’ve written about Fr. … Read More →
Posted in Mail from priests, PODCAzT, Priests and Priesthood
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Tagged ad orientem, Combat Rosary, communion rail, Fr. Richard Heilman
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4 Comments
A US bishop “expects”, but doesn’t command, that Mass be said “facing the people”
If email were rain, I’d be soaked. I was sent an image of a letter sent by Bp. Anthony Taylor of Little Rock, Arkansas, to priests. In this letter, the Bishop says that he “expects” that Mass always be celebrated … Read More →
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Mail from priests, The Coming Storm, The Drill
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Tagged ad orientem, GIRM 299, Sarah Appeal
40 Comments
40 Comments
My spidey-sense tells me that Card. Sarah’s speech marks a turning point.
On 5 July 2016, in London, Robert Card. Sarah, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, gave a powerful address at a conference on liturgy. Card. Sarah appealed to priests to say Mass ad orientem. Let’s … Read More →
The connection of morals and “ad orientem” worship
Satan has been dealt a serious setback by Card. Sarah, and the Enemies minions are on the move. Spiritual attacks will now multiply on the priests and bishops who undertake what Card. Sarah has suggested. I saw this, from Msgr. C. Eugene … Read More →
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Our Catholic Identity
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Tagged ad orientem, Card. Sarah
19 Comments
19 Comments
Card. Nichols’ Letter to priests, reacting to Card. Sarah’s ‘ad orientem’ appeal
I was sent the text of the official letter that His Eminence Vincent Card. Nichols sent to the priests of the Archdiocese of Westminster as a reaction to the unofficial, personal appeal made by Robert Card. Sarah, Prefect of the CDW, to … Read More →
More deception in the war on Card. Sarah
Speaking at a liturgy conference in London, Card. Sarah, clearly not acting in his role as Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, made a personal appeal to priests to say Mass ad orientem and the world is coming down on his head. … Read More →
ASK FATHER: How to have ‘ad orientem’ Mass in a gymnasium church?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: We currently have a gymnasium-like church, with a wooden table for an altar. We have no high altar behind it. How would we face east and Cdl. Sarah suggests for Advent if we don’t? First, I hope … Read More →
Jesuit v. Jesuit
There are a few notable exceptions, but there is a general rule that Jesuits don’t have much of a grasp or sense of liturgy. Perhaps you know the old chestnut: “As lost as a Jesuit in Holy Week”, to describe someone who … Read More →
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
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Tagged ad orientem, Fr. James Martin SJ, Fr. James Schall SJ
18 Comments
18 Comments
Card. Nichols (Archd. Westminster) v. Card. Sarah about Mass ‘ad orientem’
Recently Card. Sarah, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, encouraged priests to begin saying Holy Mass ad orientem. Of course we all knew that that would not be allowed to stand. I now see this in the UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic … Read More →
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, The Drill
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Tagged ad orientem, Card. Nichols, Card. Sarah
48 Comments
48 Comments
PODCAzT 148: Interview with Fr. Richard Heilman – Part 1
In this PODCAzT we hear the the first of two parts of an interview I did with Fr. Richard Heilman, pastor of St. Mary’s Church in Pine Bluff, WI a few minutes to the west of Madison. I’ve written about Fr. … Read More →
Card. Sarah’s words to priests and bishops about “turning toward the Lord”
Card. Sarah’s appeal to priests and bishops on 5 July in London: […] I want to make an appeal to all priests. You may have read my article in L’Osservatore Romano one year ago (12 June 2015) or my interview … Read More →
BeatifyStickler on ROME 24/4– Day 36 (-5): Sacristy secrets, music from nuns, and Fr. Z’s Kitchen (real “all’amatriciana”): “Dinner looks exceptional. Newfoundland has great history, you should go. Will be listening to the Sisters.”
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