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Category Archives: Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Your Palm Sunday Sermon Notes (some photos)
I suppose that in some places it might not have been possible to preach for any length because of the extent of the rites. However, I also suppose that in some places Father (or His Excellency, His Grace, His Lordship, … Continue reading
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VIDEO: FSSP – Requiem recording project
For your Just Too Cool file. And now … available for PRE-ORDER at a reduced price. Release date: 12 May 2017 US HERE – UK HERE
ASK FATHER: Deacon told by priest to let a layman take his role
From a deacon Could you please address the all too common occurrence where Deacons are asked (or told by the priest) to relinquish their liturgical role to a lay person? Case in point: I was told to allow the music … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Priest combines Gospel and Sermon.
From a reader… At mass on Sunday, after the congregation stood for the Gospel, the pastor asked us all to sit because he was going to combine his sermon with the Gospel. The best way to describe it is to … Continue reading
ACTION ITEM! “Church Madness” Championship 2017 – FINAL!
Your attention is urgently needed. Last year, St. John Cantius in Chicago ascended the brackets to be Numero Uno in the Church Madness tourney. This year we see that the last surviving churches are the Institute of Christ the King’s … Continue reading
Attacks on the magisterium and liturgical translation – Wherein Fr. Z rants
The Magisterium is under attack. There are strong, highly placed forces in the Church today who are undermining, firstly, the magisterium of John Paul II. Of course it won’t stop there. It can’t. Each pontificate’s magisterial teachings ought to be … Continue reading
Fishwrap’s nutty over Card. Sarah’s address in Germany
Over at the Fishwrap (aka National Schismatic Reporter) the “Wile E. Coyote of contemporary liberal catholicism”, Michael Sean Winters, had a nutty about Card. Sarah’s message to the Summorum Pontificum colloquium in Germany. HERE He picked on the new ICEL translation a bit, blah … Continue reading
Question to readers: churchy hardware
Do any of you know of a source for a decorative cross with a threaded bolt, the sort that could be screwed onto the top of a procession banner? Let me know. I need something concrete, rather than “Have you tried…?” … Continue reading
ACTION ITEM! Woven Palm Crosses
Thinking ahead to Palm Sunday, which is upon us, I would like a contact who could execute and deliver in time, three substantial decoratively woven palm crosses for the procession on Palm Sunday. Anyone? Contact me. HERE Put PALM CROSSES … Continue reading
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Fr. Z’s prayers for before and after making confessions
A while back I posted prayers in Latin and English which a priest confessor might use before and after hearing sacramental confessions. These prayers are from an old prayerbook for priests which I’ve had since before my ordination. They are … Continue reading
