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Tag Archives: processions
ACTION ITEM! PROCESSIONS! They’re happening!
I’ve been calling for processions using the traditional Rituale Romanum against the present contagion. Let’s get out there! Take it to the streets! “Meno chiacchiere… più processioni!… Less chattering … more processions!” I received notice from Birmingham, Alabama’s Cathedral of … Read More
ACTION ITEM! Eucharistic Processions in time of disease!
In the past I recounted how, outside the hideous Paul VI Audience Hall, during a meeting of the Italian Bishops Conference, an old bishop who had escaped the nonsense within growled something I’ve shared here many times: “Meno chiacchiere… più … Read More
“Meno chiacchiere… più processioni! … Less chattering … more processions!”
I received a video which has some good grist for our Catholic identity mills. First, note that people are happy. Joy is a mark of the working of the Holy Spirit. Even in adversity it is possible to have Christian … Read More
Takin’ Him To The Streets
‘Tis the season for processions. We Catholics love to process with the Blessed Sacrament and in honor of the Most Sacred Heart of the Lord and also to venerate Our Lady and many patronal saints. Some time ago I posted … Read More
ASK FATHER: “Beer?” “No. Beir!” “Beer?” “BIER! BIER!”
Every one please mark your calendars: 9 September is International Buy A Priest A Beer Day. Okay? Got it? From a reader… QUAERITUR: Bier Plans Not beer plans, although completing this project may take a certain amount of beer … Read More
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ASK FATHER: Anointing in the Time of Ebola
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I´m writing from Spain where sadly, a nurse is extremely ill with Ebola virus. She was infected while treating a Spanish missionary who was brought back from Africa to get treated. My question is this: imagine … Read More
ASK FATHER: Use of Eastern censer by Romans
From a reader: Would it be an abuse to use an eastern thurible in the Roman Rite even if the bells are removed? Sometimes it seems more efficient to use especially in Eucharistic processions. I don’t know that it would … Read More
Drought in California? ¡Vaya lío! Revive the Oratio Imperata, traditional public Processions
At Catholic Vote I saw an entry about how the bishops of California are praying for rain. It’s pretty dry out out there on the Left Coast. SACRAMENTO Catholic bishops called for divine intervention Tuesday as California endures what appears … Read More
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Peregrinus Gasolinus: the rubrical adventure continueth
Some of you who pay attention to matters liturgical – in detail – might get an edifying kick out of Peregrinus Gasolinus. The nice folks from Romanitas Press have been reproducing it. Here is a note I received: Dear Father, … Read More
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Your Corpus Christi Processions Reports
Did you participate in any processions? Any newly revived processions? Give us a report of what you saw and heard.
Eye-candy from the annual Chartres Pilgrimage
The liturgical eye-candy specialists at NLM have posted some great photos of the annual pilgrimage to Chartres Cathedral (for those of you in Fridley, that’s a big, pretty church in France). Sample. We need more processions. Anecdote: One … Read More
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QUAERITUR: Rogation Days (reason #746 for Summorum Pontificum)
I didn’t get to this yesterday or “Feria Secunda in Rogationibus“. Rogation Days were on the traditional Roman calendar for 25 April (Major Rogation Day) and the three days before Ascension THURSDAY (Minor). “Rogation” comes from rogo “to ask”. For … Read More
QUAERITUR: Getting a blessing at Communion time. Fr. Z rants.
From a reader: We hope to bring 2 children (extended family) to Mass on Christmas Eve. They have not been baptized. QUAERITUR: Are unbaptized children allowed to go up to Communion with their arms crossed and receive a blessing? What … Read More
