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Tag Archives: ad orientem
Wherein Fr. Z rants: Our worship, therefore our identity, needs orthotics.
I receive this from a reader… I thought you might be interested in this; it at least is new to me. In Waterbury, Connecticut this morning, I came across this version of “Now Thank We All Our God” in WLP’s … Read More →
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Be The Maquis, Cri de Coeur, Four Last Things, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Si vis pacem para bellum!, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices, Turn Towards The Lord, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
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Tagged ad orientem, Benedict XVI, Bp. Robert Morlino, Card. Sarah, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
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23 Comments
Benedict XVI commented again on turning toward the ‘East’ for liturgical worship
In the recent number of the UK’s best Catholic weekly, the Catholic Herald, there is a blurb which informs us that Benedict XVI contributed some text for a book on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the election of … Read More →
Bp. Morlino on marriage, sex craziness, the election, and “eschatological awareness”
His Excellency Most Rev. Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison and Extraordinary Ordinary, has a column in the recent number of the diocesan newspaper which connect three topics that you might not be immediately inclined to connect. Eschatology (theology of … Read More →
Card. Sarah: Reform the liturgy! “The future of the Church is at stake”
At Sandro Magister’s place there are some English translations of selected paragraphs – fantastic paragraphs – from Robert Card. Sarah’s new book, with Nicholas Diat, out only in French for the moment, La force du silence. Contre la dictature du bruit (Fayard, Paris, … Read More →
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 →
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Tagged ad orientem, B. Morlino, D. Madison
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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 →
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