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Tag Archives: Latin
GUEST RANT: Many languages for Mass and fake “unity”
From a priest: In my diocese we are often asked (read, expected, pressured) to participate in or to celebrate Masses in more than one language in the name of multi-culturalism. I am not talking Latin here. The result is that … Read More
Wherein it is not possible but that Fr. Z rants.
At the blog of the Latin Mass Society‘s chairman, Joseph Shaw, there is the exposition of an important Latin text of Pius X in 1905 about frequent reception of Holy Communion. The Latin is presented and compared to an English … Read More
Is your parish struggling? Here is an idea that may help.
Far and wide in the USA we hear about dioceses that are – allegedly – “forced” to close parishes. Perhaps another approach to those moribund parishes could be tried before closing them. Here is an interesting “brick by brick” story … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Brick by Brick, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged FSSP, Latin, Ottawa, parish closures
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Benedict XVI explains to German bishops what the “pro multis” really says.
The Holy Father has explained to the bishops of German-speaking countries what the prayer really says. Just as the document Liturgiam authenticam required a revision the English liturgical texts, all the different languages need revision, including German. You may recall that the … Read More
WDTPRS Easter Thursday – diversity and wholeness
The Collect for the Ordinary Form and the Extraordinary Form caught my eye: Deus, qui diversitatem gentium in confessione tui nominis adunasti, da, ut renatis fonte baptismatis una sit fides mentium et pietas actionum. This is a modern tinkering with … Read More
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Tagged EASTER, Latin, liturgy, Octave, pelican, pelican in her piety, pietas, piety, prayer, sacrifice, St. Thomas Aquinas, worship
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QUAERITUR: English translation of Breviary to fulfill duty of saying the Office
From a seminarian: Just wondering if the new Latin / English Breviaries put out by Baronius Press fulfill the canonical objection of priests? Particularly, can a priest say the English translation and fulfill his obligation? I am currently a seminarian … Read More
WDTPRS Wednesday 5th Week of Lent: “a gracious hearing when they cry out to you”
Please use the sharing buttons!Fr. Bugnini’s cutters and pasters, the experts of the Consilium, drew today’s Collect out of a prayer in the ancient Gelasian Sacramentary for the Saturday (Feria VII, yes, 7th – unusual to our eyes ) of the Fifth Week … Read More
WDTPRS Tuesday 5th Week of Lent: bittersweet
In the Tridentinum and in the 1962 Roman Missal this prayer is listed for Tuesday after Passion Sunday as the Oratio super populum. It also has roots in the Gelasian. COLLECT Da nobis, quaesumus, Domine, perseverantem in tua voluntate famulatum, ut in diebus nostris et merito … Read More
QUAERITUR: Latin Liturgy of the Hours – Vatican Press or Midwest Theological Forum?
From a clerical reader: I was wondering about different editions of the same Liturgia Horarum; I want to get the most recent editio tipico (2000 not 1962) but which is the best edition? I found two editions online but I … Read More
QUAERITUR: Tenebrae hearse
Please use the sharing buttons! Thanks! From a reader: Praised by Jesus Christ! Thank you for your blog. Our small parish needs to find a tennabrae hearse. I am searching on ebay and various church supply websites, but I need … Read More
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Tagged Gregorian chant, Latin, lauds, liturgy, Matins, nocturnes, Office, prayer, psalms, Tenebrae, Triduum
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