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Tag Archives: Martin Mosebach
Mosebach: “The vehemence of the motu proprio’s language suggests that this directive has come too late. “
The distinguished German author Martin Mosebach, whose amazing books I do not tire of recommending, has a piece at First Things about the Motu Proprio Traditionis custodes (TC). Mosebach begins from the premise that “papal authority is unraveling as never before” … Read More
Posted in Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Save The Liturgy - Save The World, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged hermeneutic of discontinuity and rupture, lived experience, lived reality, Martin Mosebach, Thomas Heinrich Stark, Traditionis custodes
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The next target: ROCKS MUST GO!
If you haven’t yet read Martin Mosebach’s The Heresy of Formlessness: The Roman Liturgy and Its Enemy (Revised and Expanded Edition) you are in for a treat. US HERE – UK HERE To give you a sense of his subtlety in explaining how changes to … Read More
Essential Reading about the Mass and about Priesthood
Here is some essential reading about the Traditional Mass. The Traditional Mass: History, Form, and Theology of the Classical Roman Rite by Michael Fiedrowicz. US HERE – UK HERE Nothing Superfluous: An Explanation of the Symbolism of the Rite of St. Gregory the Great by Fr. … Read More
NEW BOOK from Martin Mosebach – Subversive Catholicism: Papacy, Liturgy, Church
German-born Martin Mosebach in an award-winning author who has penned works in many genres, novels, poems, and even opera libretti. He is an eloquent defender of our Catholic traditions and patrimony. If you haven’t yet read his exquisite The Heresy of … Read More
Posted in Brick by Brick, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, The Drill, Vatican II
Tagged Martin Mosebach
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PODCAzT 168: Concerning the Sermon at Mass
Here is a quick PODCAzT partly to get me going again and partly because the topic really got my mind going. Today we hear from Martin Mosebach’s wondrous The Heresy of Formlessness: The Roman Liturgy and Its Enemy (Revised and … Read More
Why we Say The Black and Do The Red
Let us begin with an understatement. The revitalization of our Catholic identity will be an opus magnum et arduum. Most of us reading this will not see but the first fruits. We have to be smart and persistent, using all … Read More
Wherein Fr. Z assigns some worthwhile reading
At First Things there are two outstanding pieces to which I direct your attention. Firstly, run, don’t walk, to read Martin Mosebach’s beautiful essay about “eternal Rome”. The translator did a masterful job. I read it yesterday on the airplane and … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ACTION ITEM!, Just Too Cool, The Drill
Tagged Archbp. Chaput, Eternal Rome, Martin Mosebach
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BACK IN PRINT! The Heresy of Formlessness
I am delighted to report that The Heresy of Formlessness: The Roman Liturgy and Its Enemy (Revised and Expanded Edition) by the great Martin Mosebach is in print again… by the increasingly excellent Angelico Press. May I warmly urge everyone … Read More
BRILLIANT by Mosebach: RETURN TO FORM – A CALL FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE ROMAN RITE
I have often lauded the important book by Martin Mosebach The Heresy of Formlessness. I warmly recommend it. US HERE – UK HERE As a matter of fact, it was first on my suggestions for Lenten reading. HERE First Things has published a … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, "How To..." - Practical Notes, Benedict XVI, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liberals, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Si vis pacem para bellum!, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices
Tagged Martin Mosebach, Reform of the Reform, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
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QUAERITUR: Does the debate over liturgy overlook the plight of the Church and the world?
The Instruction Universae Ecclesiae 8, on the implementation of the provisions of Summorum Pontificum (the emancipation proclamation for the older form of the Roman Rite), states that the Extraordinary Form, the Usus Antiquior, is a treasure for all. With that … Read More
Where is Pope Benedict’s liturgical vision getting traction?
The gentlemanly Sandro Magister has an interesting piece on Chiesa today about how liturgical vitality is found somewhere other than in Eurocentric regions. Ratzinger’s Best Pupils Are in Sri Lanka and Kazakhstan They are the bishops Ranjith and Schneider. They … Read More
Robbie the Pict on ROME 25/4– Day 20: Tolling and rolling: “Where did they get a Tripple Crown for the Catafalque….???”
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