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Tag Archives: can. 249
@BoiseBishop goes to the liturgical zoo. Attempts to forbid “ad orientem” worship, kneeling for Communion, etc.
I am at a point where I can react now, in a measured way, to the astonishing chutzpah of Bp. Peter Christensen of the Diocese of Boise since 2014. Some time back he told priests of that diocese that they … Continue reading
Posted in Liberals, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Pò sì jiù
Tagged ad orientem, Bp. Christensen, can. 249, D. Boise, GIRM 299
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PODCAzT 177: Latin of the Last Rites in the Traditional Form
We’ll explore this time the Latin of the Last Rites in the Traditional form. There is enough evidence that Latin is more effective in our Rite than the vernacular, that the use of Latin, often, is warranted. It would be … Continue reading
Latin, can. 249, and our Catholic identity. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
How many times in these electronic pages have I lamented the blatant disobedience in regard to can. 249? I remind the readership, especially those readers who are diocesan bishops, that the Code of Canon Law, can. 249, requires – it doesn’t … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Can’t get “Liturgy of the Hours” in Latin – Wherein Fr. Z RANTS
From a seminarian… QUAERITUR: I am a seminarian for ___, and I have been looking for a 4 Vol. Latin Breviary [Liturgia Horarum] … I emailed the Libreria Editrice Vaticana and received this response: Dear Mr. __, I’m sorry to inform … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Can a priest with little Latin say Mass validly?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: My Latin is not great will an ordinary form mass I celebrate in Latin be valid? Sure, Father, it would be valid. Language is a tricky thing. There are almost always gaps in our comprehension of … Continue reading
Roman Concrete, the Roman Rite, and YOU
The ancient Romans really knew how to build. They built the Roman Rite, after all. The Roman Rite is a foundation of the West. The Roman Rite reflects the Roman “Thing”, its genius. The Roman genius is to be concrete, … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Hard-Identity Catholicism
Tagged can. 249, Latin language, Roman Rite
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Answers to “Dubia” from the Vatican! About the Traditional Mass and overly restrictive bishops.
If you are a priest who has been hassled by your bishop about saying the traditional Mass with the 1962 Missale Romanum, pay attention. Help has arrived. Recently a priest of my acquaintance sent two questions to my old haunts the … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, 1983 CIC can. 915, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Mail from priests, Si vis pacem para bellum!, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
Tagged can. 249, coetus, coetus fidelium, dubia, idoneus, PCED, Pontifical Commission "Ecclesia Dei", SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, Universae Ecclesiae
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Latin. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
Fr. John Hunwicke, priest, gentleman and Latinist, has a spiffing post at his blog Mutual Enrichment (which title is a reference to Summorum Pontificum). He writes about Latin. Here is a taste of the first part with my oft-imitated emphases and comments: Since … Continue reading
Solemn Mass in Extraordinary Form at a major American seminary
I received word via email… the Traditional Latin Mass has “returned” to St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia. This is an exceptionally good development. They should should have it every week, at least. Here are a few snaps from their … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Will the Extraordinary Form outlast the Novus Ordo? Wherein Fr. Z rants.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Since His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI has allowed the Latin mass to be celebrated by Priest without special per mission, many younger Priest and young Catholics have been celebrating the Latin mass more often. Do you … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged can. 249, Extraordinary Form, Latin, tertium quid, TLM, Veterum Sapientia
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“lingua latina bene calleant”
Many are the times that I have lamented the nearly complete disobedience to the Code of Canon Law and the expressed will of modern Roman Pontiffs about the Latin language. For example, the 1983 Code of Canon Law, can. 249, … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Cri de Coeur, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Mail from priests, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, Seminarians and Seminaries, Si vis pacem para bellum!, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill, The future and our choices, Universae Ecclesiae, Vatican II
Tagged can. 249, Fr. John Hunwicke, John XXIII, Latin, OT 13, SC 36
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ASK FATHER: Can bishop/rector forbid seminarians from attending Extraordinary Form?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Can a bishop in a diocese forbid seminarians from attending the extraordinary form of the Mass? This is happening in the ___ diocese. My friend who just entered this seminary informed me of this when I … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Our Catholic Identity, Seminarians and Seminaries, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices
Tagged can. 249, Extraordinary Form, formation, Ray Bradbury, seminarians, seminary, TLM
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At long last! Inspectis dierum nostrorum!
At the blog of The Chairman of the LMS there is great news. For a while I lamented that the Congregation for Catholic Education’s 1990 Instruction on the Study of the Fathers of the Church in the Formation of Priests … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Just Too Cool, Our Catholic Identity, Patristiblogging, Priests and Priesthood, Seminarians and Seminaries, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, Universae Ecclesiae
Tagged bene calleant, can. 249, Cong. Catholic Education, Latin, Latin Mass Society, LMS, Patristic theology, Patristics, St. Thomas Aquinas
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REVIEW: St. Thomas Aquinas – Commentaries on St. Paul in Latin and English (not to mention the Summa Theologiae)
The 1983 Code of Canon Law doesn’t mention many saints apart from their feast days. As you can imagine, the greats such as the Mary the Mother of God, Sts. Peter and Paul, St. Joseph, come up. Apart from them, … Continue reading
Pontifical Academy for Latin established by Benedict XVI
You will all be pleased to know that the Holy Father’s Motu Proprio establishing the Pontifical Academy for Latin. The name of the Motu Proprio is, amazingly enough, Latina lingua! No! Really! The new Academy will be under the aegis … Continue reading
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Tagged bene calleant, can. 249, Card. Ravasi, Lingua Latina, Pontifical Academy for Latin
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QUAERITUR: If a priest cannot say Mass in the Extraordinary Form, is he properly trained? Wherein Fr. Z rants.
From a reader: At ordination, the rector of the seminary is asked if the candidate is fully prepared for priestly duties. If a priest cannot say Mass in the E F, should that be considered not being prepared to assume … Continue reading
Posted in "But Father! But Father!", "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, Universae Ecclesiae, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged can. 249, Extraordinary Form, Latin, Latin language, OT 13, Roman Rite, SC 36
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QUAERITUR: Latin and languages in seminary
From a seminarian: I am a seminarian from the southern region of the US. Here at seminary, there are many guys, I myself included, who are more traditionally minded who enjoy Latin and orthodoxy. Others however, see that the hispanic … Continue reading
About Universae Ecclesiae and the Latin language
Over at Over at Fr Hunwicke’s Liturgical Notes I noted this from a few days ago. A good read and with my own emphases and comments: Universae ecclesiae, C S Lewis, and Bl John XXIII I referred not long ago … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Apostolic Constitution, Bl John XXIII, C.S. Lewis, can. 249, Screwtape, Veterum Sapientia
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Latin in the Ordinary Form, seminary. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
I am forever lamenting the sloppy, inaccurate term long used by many of the traditionalist camp, “the Latin Mass”, to describe older, pre-Conciliar form, Extraordinary Form, Usus Antiquior, “Tridentine” Mass, even Traditional Latin Mass or TLM. The Latin Mass… ought … Continue reading
