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- on ASK FATHER: How do priests who dislike Communion on the hand cope with the obligation to do it? Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “As an acolyte at a Novus Ordo parish, when I help distribute Holy Communion I slowly and very carefully/softly place…”
- on ASK FATHER: How do priests who dislike Communion on the hand cope with the obligation to do it? Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “As a catechist (for adults) I have to thread a line between one “right” and the other “right” on this.…”
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Tag Archives: Latin
HEY LATIN STUDENTS! Conventiculum Viomingense (very cool)
The other day I shared a photo of the Wyoming Catholic College display at the Legatus Summit. This was one of the t-shirts. Is that cool, or what? And now comes this! CONVENTICULUM VIOMINGENSE We are happy to … Read More
Hopeful vibrant continuity v. the grim liberal watchmen
Over at Views From The Choir Loft there is a good post about music, and Latin, and our heritage in the Latin Church. The writer is Dr. Peter Kwasniewski who teaches at Wyoming Catholic College. Vatican II says that “care should … Read More
REVIEW: Rituale Romanum from Nova et Vetera
The nice people at Nova et Vetera sent me an edition of their reprint of the Rituale Romanum. Their site says: This is the first edition of the Rituale Romanum since 1957. It is based upon the last Editio typica … Read More
REVIEW: Laudamus Te – The Magazine of the Extraordinary Form of the Latin Liturgy of the Roman Rite
Many of you subscribe to or know the small booklet Magnificat, an aid for the post-Conciliar form of Holy Mass. It is pocket-size and it is sent to you each, I believe, month. There is now a similar aid for the Usus Antiquior, … Read More
“Whatever they don’t like, whatever they don’t understand, is a heresy.”
Via the Laudator: Erasmus, letter to Albert of Brandenburg (November 1, 1519), tr. Robert Blackley Drummond: Nunc alia res est haereseos crimen, et tamen ob quamlibet levem causam, hoc statim habent in ore, ‘Haeresis est, haeresis est.’ Olim haereticus habebatur … Read More
Posted in Our Catholic Identity, The Drill
Tagged Erasmus, heresy, Latin, Praise of Folly, Stultitiae Laus
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7 Comments
QUAERITUR: Bilingual TLM hand missals in Latin and Spanish
From a reader: I have a friend (she is learning to speak English) that attends our Tridentine Mass and needs a Complete Latin/Spanish Missal of the 1962 Mass. I want to buy one for her and I have been looking … Read More
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 … Read More
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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36 Comments
QUAERITUR: Is absolution in Latin encouraged?
From a reader: I went to Confession the other day before a Tridentine Mass, and the confessor said the prayers of absolution in Latin. I know this is permitted, but is it encouraged in the same way as Latin in … Read More
Catholic Herald: The Church should make life harder for Catholics
Here is something for us all to think about as we approach the Year of Faith. From the UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald, comes this good reflection. It is on their regular site, but can be found in … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Brick by Brick, GO TO CONFESSION, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill, The future and our choices, Year of Faith
Tagged confession, Eucharistic fast, Holy Days of Obligation, Latin, liturgy, Michael Jennings, sacrament of penance, standing, vernacular
63 Comments
63 Comments
JabbaPapa on ASK FATHER: How do priests who dislike Communion on the hand cope with the obligation to do it? Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “Our old PP, who also gives or gave the TLM (not sure in this current era of Traditores restrictions), got…”
