Message From A “Traditional” Priest
“Believe me we had some long offices back in those days.”
Musical Resources • 2nd Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form)
Some EF communities will celebrate the “External Solemnity” of Corpus Christi today.
On This Day . . . In 1944
Soldiers attending Mass during World War II.
Eerie Silence After Cardinal Sarah’s Testimony
Cardinal Sarah has committed an “unforgivable sin” in the opinion of progressive liturgists.
Order of Worship • “Mass VIII” — High Resolution Images
It seems many wish to include Mass VIII in their program booklets.
Finding A Liturgical Context
A very important article recently appeared in the Adoremus Bulletin.
“Lauda Sion” • Rehearsal Video With Translation By Saint Robert Southwell, Jesuit Martyr
Many of the big publishing companies skip the Corpus Christi Sequence—they literally leave it blank.
GIA Publications: “Painful Blessing Of A New Sensitivity”
I really don’t “get” the lyrics in Catholic hymnals by the major publishers.
Musical Resources • Trinity Sunday (1962 Missal)
The last time we sing “Vidi Aquam” is Pentecost Sunday; now we go back to “Asperges Me.”
Polyphony (3 voices) by Morales with Hymn (2 voices) for the Holy Trinity
Including rehearsal videos and special 13th-century hymn to the Most Holy Trinity.
Coolest Liturgical Image Of All Time?
Fantastic photograph taken by our organist during Mass on Sunday…
You Will Want To Print This Liturgical Article
“Once familiar features of the preconciliar rite are now as remote to us as some obscure aboriginal ritual.” —Msgr. McManus (1980)
The Movie “I Confess” Shows A Liturgical Sensibility
Throughout the movie, Hitchcock seems to imitate the liturgy.
Flashback • Pope Benedict XVI (Pentecost 2008)
For reasons I don’t fully understand, this chasuble was only worn once.
Resources • Pentecost Sunday (1962 Missal)
On Pentecost Sunday, the FSSP Superior General will visit our parish.