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Tag Archives: vesting prayers
What Does The Prayer (Hymn) Really Say? Aeterna caeli gloria (Lauds on Fridays after Pentecost)
I did it yesterday, I’ve done it again today. Let’s have a look at the hymn for Lauds today, which id a “dies non” Friday in the “green” time after Pentecost. This is the Urban VIII tinkered version from the … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged Aeterna caeli gloria, hymn, vesting prayers
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What a difference a bishop can make.
From Chess.com today, the Daily Puzzle is from one of the 18th c. “Modenese Masters”, Domenico Ercole del Rio (+1802). There is an elegant forced mate here in 3 but it requires a bold sacrifice. White to move. What a … Read More
Posted in Hard-Identity Catholicism
Tagged Card. von Galen, chess, St. John Fisher, vesting prayers
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ASK FATHER: Face mask vesting prayer in Latin?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Dear Father, do you know a good vesting prayer in Latin, or could you compose one, for putting on a facemask? The questioner seeks to tickle the funny bone, of course. As you know there are … Read More
The priest’s traditional Vesting Prayers – Wherein Fr. Z rants
A while ago I ranted about wanting the “salt” back in the Holy Water. Of course I bless Holy Water every Sunday, and I use exorcised and blessed salt. What I mean by “salt” in this context, are the other … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Decorum, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, PRAYERCAzT: What Does The (Latin) Prayer Really Sound L, Priests and Priesthood, Save The Liturgy - Save The World, Semper Paratus, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged Thanksgiving, vesting prayers
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Your Sunday Sermon Notes – Holy Family/Baptism – 2020 – Fr. Z rants about word accents and microphones
Was there a good point made in the sermon you heard at the Mass that fulfilled your Sunday Obligation? What was it? There are a lot of people who don’t get many good points in the sermons they must endure. … Read More
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Tagged vesting prayers
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ASK FATHER: Firearms at Mass, laity and priests – UPDATED
In the wake of the recent horrible Texas church massacre, I now have several email conversations going on – with laity and clergy – about having a concealed firearm in church. This is an issue which needs sober assessment by … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes
Was there a good point made in the sermon you heard during your Mass for your Sunday obligation? Let us know. For my part – on this 19th Sunday after Pentecost -taking my cue from the Epistle and from the Lord’s parable … Read More
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Tagged cassock, surplice, vesting prayers
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Vestment Prayers – A Modern Update
Tonight in Madison, the Extraordinary Ordinary, His Excellency Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of the same Madison, will celebrated a Pontifical Mass at the Throne in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. The Mass will begin at 7 … Read More
ASK FATHER: Prayers for putting on cassock, surplice
From a reader… QUAERITUR: While vesting for Mass, a member of the clergy (at least in the EF; the priests I know do it for OF too) will say a set of prayers as he is putting the different vestments … Read More
New cards with “vesting prayers”
I will subtitle this entry: Buy Some Cards – Help A Monastery. I recently received some spiffy cards with vesting prayers for bishops, priests, deacons and subdeacons. They were produced by the… Monastère Saint-Benoît 2, rue de la Croix 83680 … Read More
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