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- on WDTPRS: 2nd Sunday after Epiphany (N.O.: 2nd Ordinary): a “liturgical unicorn”: “Anthony Esolen’s translation is great, but I highly encourage anyone interested in Dante’s Divine Comedy to read Jason Baxter’s new…”
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Tag Archives: altar
Not an April Fool’s joke from the Fishwrap
I was alerted to a manipulative piece at Fishwrap (aka National Schismatic Reporter) with a massively ironic headline and intro. The Institute of Christ the King took over a parish in Cleveland that has Hungarian roots. Of course they started … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Pò sì jiù, Turn Towards The Lord, Vatican II
Tagged altar, D. Cleveland
33 Comments
33 Comments
Meanwhile, in Kansas
This is from 1 March but I just found it today. The SSPX is building an amazing church in Kansas. The altar was installed.
ASK FATHER: Bring pebbles to church so we can make a new altar
The other day at lunch with a friend who was driving through the zone, after hearing a few of the things he had lately encountered in the Church I opined that we are moving from our phase of naive ecclesiastical … Read More
Aftermath: the modernist star-trek altar from Notre-Dame de Paris
You might recall that the fire in the roof of Notre-Dame de Paris brought down part of the roof precisely over the modernist star-trek altar set up in the crossing of the nave and transepts. A massive rubble smashed down … Read More
ASK FATHER: Bishop forces priest to use table altar instead of high altar for Extraordinary Form
From priest… QUAERITUR: Recently my bishop refused to let me celebrate a Solemn High Mass at the high altar of the Church, insisting altar that is used in the Ordinary Form should be used. So I celebrated the Solemn High … Read More
ASK FATHER: Standing on altar to change sanctuary lamp.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: What is the consequence of standing on the alter table to change a hanging sanctuary lamp? (I just saw this after mass today) Consequences can be dire, especially for the ladies of the altar guild who … Read More
ASK FATHER: Altar girls also Communion ministrices
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I went to Mass today in the diocese of [removed] as a visitor. The priest had 4 teen age alter girls and I actually received communion from one of them. This brought tears of sorrow to … Read More
ROME: Sacra Liturgia Conference – Day 2
Day 2 of the Sacred Liturgy conference in Rome is underway. The first talk this morning was by Gabriel Steinschulte on sacred liturgical music. He is the nephew of the late, great Msgr. Johannes Overath (a friend and colleague of … Read More
QUAERITUR: Can Father require all servers to stand to receive Communion?
From a reader: My 10-year-old son, who daily receives Holy Communion on his tongue while kneeling (and in fact has never received standing) just completed altar server instruction. He was told that when he serves, he must receive standing!!! (for … Read More
QUAERITUR: Bare altars (no cloths)
From a reader: Some churches in my diocese have recently begun the practice of having no altar cloth. I.e., only when Mass is said is there a small cloth unfolded on the altar beneath the paten and chalice — otherwise … Read More
Brick by brick in Madison: an Altar-ation!
Brick by brick in Madison, WI, one of the wackiest liberal locales in the US of A. The great Bishop of Madison, Most Rev. Robert Morlino, about whom I have written quite a few times (his tag), has made a … Read More
QUAERITUR: Bowing to the altar instead of genuflecting during Mass. Fr. Z rants.
From a reader: Our new and much more traditional pastor joined us a few years ago, and within the first year he had the tabernacle moved behind the altar. (Which made me and many others very happy)I have observed the … Read More
QUAERITUR: The number of altar steps and validity of Mass.
From a reader: A few years ago some modifications were made at our church including raising the floor level of the sanctuary. As a consequence the three steps that used to lead up to the high altar are now just … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box
Tagged altar, altar steps, footpace, predella, Roman altar
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19 Comments
Papal visit to Scotland: rumors about defiance of “Benedictine arrangment”
Damian Thompson posted this over at his place. My emphases and comments. The Pope’s Mass in Glasgow: are Benedict XVI’s liturgical wishes being ignored? Pope Benedict XVI likes to celebrate Mass on an altar bearing six candles, or seven if … Read More
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on Daily Rome Shot 1225: “Black to move and mate in 4. [NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t…”
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