Category Archives: Liturgy

On Correcting Deviant Liturgical Customs

Posted on May 1, 2013 by

from: http://www.ccwatershed.org/blog/ by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski N MY LAST BLOG, I talked about the phenomenon, quite common today, of those who would delay or oppose the correction of liturgical abuses or imperfections because they feel that people’s feelings will be hurt or that they will … Continue reading →

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Good Friday service led by Pope Francis

Posted on March 29, 2013 by

Here are some photographs of today’s Good Friday service in St Peter’s Basilica, which my son Philip took. Pope Francis presided over the liturgy, and many Cardinals and Bishops were present. A few more photos will be uploaded tomorrow at … Continue reading →

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On Going to Our Own House. Some important teachings from a brief sentence in John’s Gospel

Posted on March 18, 2013 by

By: Msgr. Charles Pope The Gospel for Mass this past Saturday contains one line that deserves some attention from us. At one level it seems like a mere scene-ender, a line that merely ends a section and has the dramatis personae (cast of … Continue reading →

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The Dome of Home

Posted on February 21, 2013 by

The following short film explores the Shrine church of Ss Peter, Paul and Philomena, on the Wirral. In it Canon Montjean, the rector of the Shrine, discusses aspects of the Extrordinary Form of the liturgy, as well as showing the … Continue reading →

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A VATICAN MANUAL TO HELP PRIESTS CELEBRATE MASS

Posted on January 23, 2013 by

Prefect Warns Against Making Liturgy Into a ‘Show’ (and not a moment too soon!) H. Sergio Mora ROME, January 16, 2013 (Zenit.org). The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments is preparing a booklet to help priests celebrate the Mass … Continue reading →

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Nativity of Virgin Mary

Posted on September 8, 2012 by

Today is the Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The following is a concise account of the liturgical tradition of today’s Feast (from sacredspace.ie): Clearly there is no historical record of the birth of Mary. The Church does believe, however, … Continue reading →

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Biblical Reflection for the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time: E.F: 7th Sunday after Pentecost.

Posted on July 15, 2012 by

Jesus sends us to teach and heal By Fr. Thomas Rosica Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – July 15, 2012 The readings for this Sunday are: Amos 7:12-15; Ephesians 1:3-14 or Ephesians 1:3-10; Mark 6:7-13 E.F:  Romans 6, 19-23; Matthew 7, … Continue reading →

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Interview with Cardinal Burke

Posted on July 9, 2012 by

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Bishop Schneider: Communion in the Hand is a Great Wound in the Church

Posted on June 6, 2012 by

From the Eponymous Flower blog: A reform of the Church is advanced by an end to Communion in the hand and supper tables.  Proceedings and Old Liberal committees will play a completely subordinate role. This is what Auxiliary Bishop Athanasius … Continue reading →

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Liturgical Diversity in the Third Millennium

Posted on May 23, 2012 by

The liturgy in the West, today, is far richer than that set forth in the liturgical books promulgated by Pope Paul VI. BY CHARLES G. MILLS In the 1970s, it was generally assumed that the liturgical reform, called for by Vatican … Continue reading →

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Of Bees, the Exsultet, a Paschal Candle (and Pius XII)

Posted on March 30, 2012 by

Another wonderful article from Shawn Tribe at http://newliturgicalmovement.org by Shawn Tribe Recently one of our priests sent in some photos with a brief note about a Paschal candle that he, himself, undertook to design for his parish. He commented to … Continue reading →

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Bishop Schneider on the Traditional Mass and the New Evangelisation

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

From: The Latin Mass Society http://lms.org.uk Bishop lists and condemns ‘Five Wounds to the Liturgical Mystical Body of Christ’, including Offertory Prayers of Novus Ordo and use of female readers and acolytes ‘At present and in various places on earth … Continue reading →

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Bishop Davies’s homily in New Brighton: the full text

Posted on March 25, 2012 by

“Today we receive the personal blessing of our Holy Father, Pope Benedict, as we begin a new venture in faith: celebrating the opening of a new Shrine Church and the beginning of a new foundation in this Shrewsbury Diocese. Catholic … Continue reading →

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Cardinal Koch on the Pope’s intentions regarding the liturgy

Posted on February 2, 2012 by

Rorate Caeli provides quick translation of a Vatican Radio report and emphasises that Cardinal Koch’s words are given a special edge by the fact that he was speaking at the theological faculty of the University of Freiburg, a stronghold of “progressive” theology: Allowing … Continue reading →

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A Biblical Reflection for the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B

Posted on January 15, 2012 by

The cost of our discipleship The readings for this Sunday are: 1 Samuel 3:3b-10, 19; 1 Corinthians 6:13c-15a, 17-20; John 1:35-42 Reflecting on today’s readings, especially the call of Samuel and of Andrew and his brother, I remembered something that … Continue reading →

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