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Category Archives: Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Burying the “Alleluia”
There is a lovely custom attached to Septuagesima Sunday and Pre-Lent: burying the Alleluia. At Septuagesima we stop, in the traditional rites, singing an Alleluia after the Gradual and, instead, sing a Tract. The Alleluia isn’t heard in Masses of … Continue reading
Posted in Just Too Cool, Lighter fare, Save The Liturgy - Save The World
Tagged Alleluia, Septuagesima
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ASK FATHER: Hosts and wine for when we have to shelter an underground priest – UPDATE
UPDATE: 27 January 2021: A post by Peter Kwasniewski over at NLM dovetails well with this post. He writes about the building of home altars, that is, altars useful for the celebration of Mass in your home. This might be … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Communion in the hand at the Traditional Latin Mass
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Father, is allowing Communion in the Hand at the TLM/EF Mass something that is at the discretion of the local ordinary? I don’t know if some of our parish’s “extra” priests are confused, but even though … Continue reading
ACTION ITEM: Good article at Crisis. Then Fr. Z rants.
There is a good article at Crisis today, which all of you should both send by email and print out and hand to or send by mail to both your local priests and your bishops. This is time sensitive. As … Continue reading
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, "How To..." - Practical Notes, ACTION ITEM!, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Save The Liturgy - Save The World, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged Benedict XVI, Marshall Plan, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, We Are Our Rites
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WDTPRS: 3rd Ordinary Sunday – Which is it? “unity and peace” or “abound with good works”?
The Novus Ordo calendar has people in “Ordered” (better than “Ordinary”) Time. The Collect, or first major oration, for the 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time in the Ordinary Form” Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, dirige actus nostros in beneplacito tuo, ut in … Continue reading
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
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“Here is a link to a Newsreel from 1949 that seems as if it is from another planet.”
A friend sent this, with the comment, “Here is a link to a Newsreel from 1949 that seems as if it is from another planet.” A world that’s gone? I wonder… what sort of, what magnitude of cataclysm would … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Coming late to Mass and reception of Holy Communion
From a reader…. QUAERITUR: If one is late for Mass because of an unexpected occurrence (line for confession was longer than expected, traffic, etc.), is he permitted to receive Communion? Is there a point in the Mass at which a … Continue reading
From a reader – “Idea: Spiritual battle/Catholic Church fullness of faith.” Wherein Fr. Z rants.
From a reader…. Idea: Spiritual battle/Catholic Church fullness of faith. Sure the Rosary but at the same time Holy Bishops and priestly exorcists casting out the Devil from our land, the Church. My priest asked an expert and he said … Continue reading
20 Jan: St. Sebastian, invoked against the pandemic
Today, 20 January, is the feast of early martyrs, St. Fabian, who became Pope and St. Sebastian, a soldier who had risen through the ranks at the time of Diocletian. When the Emperor learned that Sebastian was a Christian, the … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Prayers “for the Pope”
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Prayers are said for the Pope every Mass, but I can only find prayers ABOUT the Pope and his role in the collect for the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter. Are there any others … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
Tagged Oremus Pro Pontifice
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