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Tag Archives: traditional Latin Mass
Missae pro Missa Update: News release for traditional Catholic media
In my Daily Rome Shot today, I had photos of billboard that have appeared in Rome, quoting popes, in favor of the Traditional Latin Mass. I subsequently received a request from the people behind a different initiative along with a … Read More
The Traditional Latin Mass is going to be a key to any positive future for Catholicism in these USA.
The plural of anecdote is “data”. COVID-1984 has accelerated a force operating on the Church as inexorably as The Biological Solution works on us all: a huge demographic sinkhole is opening under the Church. Shortly, everything is going to look … Read More
ASK FATHER: Purify a ciborium using a cloth purificator?
From a Jesuit priest… QUAERITUR: I have a question regarding purification: In the Vetus Ordo, it is customary to purify the paten with the thumb and index finger. What is the correct way to purify a ciborium? In the Novus … Read More
ASK FATHER: What’s so difficult about learning to say the Traditional Latin Mass?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Maybe this question is too broad, but here goes: What is so difficult about saying/learning the EF? My pastor recently mentioned that he simply does not have time to learn the EF well enough to say it himself (he … Read More
READER REQUEST: Help to start attending the Traditional Latin Mass
From a reader… QUAERITUR: My wife and I are interested in learning the Latin Mass so we can attend one here in Nashville. Is there a video or a book we could purchase that starts from scratch? Great blog – … Read More
CRISIS: A reflection on differences of the Novus Ordo and Traditional Roman Rite
From the useful Crisis with my emphases and comments: Worship Worthy of God MICHAEL J. ORTIZ July 7 is [already!] the tenth anniversary of Pope Benedict XVI’s Summorum Pontificum, a decree that allows priests to celebrate the form of the … Read More
Benedict XVI empowered a movement that will bring beauty back to the sanctuary and to the whole world.
I saw this in The Week. My emphases and comments: In defense of Pope Benedict and the Latin Mass Twelve summers ago I entered a dusty little church in a Polish neighborhood in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., that Poles had abandoned long … Read More
ASK FATHER: Resources about Traditional Mass for newbies
From a reader… Quaeritur: Can you provide or refer me to a resource that explains the beauty of the Traditional Mass for those who have never experienced it – in a simple and easy-to-understand way? A soft-of Traditional Mass for … Read More
Question for Readers: Again about Spanish resources for the Traditional Roman Rite
I posted HERE a question about Spanish language resources for the older forms of the Roman Rite. A priest reader has written to ask if there is a Latin/Spanish version of a condensed Roman Ritual along the lines of the old … Read More
Reason #5 for Summorum Pontificum: vocations to the priesthood
Yet another reason to thank Pope Benedict for Summorum Pontificum: A long-time reader and participant (and donor) sent an alert about the following, with this comment: Interesting that CNS included a segment on Tradition starting at 2:15, featuring one Michael … Read More
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