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Wherein Fr. Z rants and recommends a must read entry at NLM
The Council Fathers of Vatican II voted overwhelmingly to approve some few mandates that would result in a reform of the Roman Rite. A body was assembled to implement that reform. It was operated by radical ideologues who had their … Read More
30 Nov 1969 – 50th Anniversary of imposition of the Novus Ordo – PODCAzTs Revisited
It has been 50 years. 50 long years. Some might say, “Only 50? It seems longer.” Note the bizzare photo of a Novus Ordo being celebrated in the Sistine Chapel. Today marks the 50th anniversary of the going-into-effect of Paul … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, PODCAzT
Tagged Novus Ordo, Paul VI, podcast, PODCAzT, Sacrosanctum Concilium
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Renaissance triumphalist crowing both in bad taste and divisive
I saw a mordantly amusing comment from Fr. Hunwicke over at his blog HERE. He mused about the recent 50th anniversary of Paul VI going to a Roman parish to say Mass in Italian. Perpend. My emphases and added … Read More
50 years ago today: BUGNINICARE!
Today is the 50th anniversary of the promulgation of Sacrosanctum Concilium. 50 years. FIFTY. YEARS. I went back into the archives of the blog to find my post about… Bugninicare! UNIVERSAL SPIRITUAL-CARE REFORM FOR THE CATHOLIC CHURCH (Socialized Worship) Taking … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Annibale Bugnini, BUGNINICARE, Sacrosanctum Concilium, Second Vatican Council, Vatican II
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Card.Cañizares: “It is normal to use the 1962 Missal.”
From Andrea Tornielli of Vatican Insider: Cardinal Cañizares explains why he agreed to preside over [not just “preside over”] Saturday’s mass for faithful from the “Una cum Papa nostro” pilgrimage, in St. Peter’s Basilica ANDREA TORNIELLI “I gladly accepted to … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Benedict XVI, Brick by Brick, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The future and our choices, Vatican II, Year of Faith
Tagged Benedict XVI, Card. Canizares, continuity, Sacrosanctum Concilium, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, Vatican II
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What does Sacrosanctum Concilium 116 really say?
I saw on Sandro Magister’s site today a piece about Gregorian chant making a come back, a come back promoted by Benedict XVI himself through the Congregation for Divine Worship – whose brief he modified – and through his own … Read More
Five wounds inflicted on Christ’s Mystical Body through our liturgy
Bishop Athanasius Schneider of Kazakhstan gave a speech on 15 January 2012 in which he listed “five wounds” of the liturgical mystical body of Christ. His whole address is on Paix Liturgique. His basic premise is that the rupture in our liturgical … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Mail from priests, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The future and our choices
Tagged Bp. Schneider, Communion in the hand, continuity, five wounds, Latin, lay ministry, liturgy, offertory prayers, rupture, Sacrosanctum Concilium, versus populum, worship
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QUAERITUR: No Stations observed on Fridays of Lent because that’s against Vatican II?
From a reader: I am searching for a Church near me to pray the Stations of the Cross this Lent. A few do not have the Stations during Lent until a week before Holy Week. Another stated that while the … Read More
The intent of the liturgical reform?
A reader sent this. Would that this Pope were heeded — and would that he heeded his own advice! Paul VI on Liturgical Reform The proper implementation of the Constitution on the Liturgy [Sacrosanctum Concilium] requires of you that the … Read More
MUST READ: Msgr. Pozzo’s comments on the Instruction “Universae Ecclesiae” in L’Osservatore Romano
The text of the Instruction Universae Ecclesiae appeared in the Saturday 14 May daily edition of L’Osservatore Romano. In the Sunday edition of 15 May, there is a summary of a talk for the conference in Rome on Summorum Pontificum … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Just Too Cool, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Pope of Christian Unity, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill, The future and our choices, Universae Ecclesiae
Tagged Archbp. Lefevbre, Benedict XVI, Ecclesia de Eucharistia, Ecclesia Dei, Msgr. Guido Pozzo, PCED, Sacrosanctum Concilium, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, Univerae Ecclesiae
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PRAYERCAzT: Sunday Vespers, with lots of frills (Liber Usualis) – 3rd Sunday after Epiphany – Fr. Z rants a little.
Lots of frills this time, for the tired brethren. However, I did something different time. I sang the whole thing from beginning to end using the Liber Usualis. NOTE: Most of the year people will sing the Salve Regina rather … Read More
A priest writes about his love of the Novus Ordo
Here is a counterpoint to the position many of the readers will have. You should also check out his blog. You will find that he is a fellow traveler. This fellow is no liberal. The Happy Priest: Why I Love … Read More
Posted in Our Catholic Identity, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill
Tagged Novus Ordo, Sacrosanctum Concilium, TLM
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Wholly Ours
In a conversation with a friend today it became clearer and clearer to me how the Second Vatican Council’s document on liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium, is entirely the property of … on the side of the traditional/conversative argument. The usual narrative … Read More
The Consilium revisited
In my recent reading, I happened again on a passage from the slim but interesting volume that came out a couple years back under the name of the former long-time papal master of ceremonies, Archp. Piero Marini. That’s Piero Marini, … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Annibale Bugnini, Card. Lercaro, Consilium, Guido Marini, Keith Pecklers, Mark Francis, Piero Marini, Sacrosanctum Concilium
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