“Veni Creator Spiritus” • With An English Translation By Fr. Adrian Fortescue
A plenary indulgence can be gained by singing the “Veni Creator Spiritus” publicly on Pentecost.
Jesus said to them: “I have come into this world so that a sentence may fall upon it, that those who are blind should see, and those who see should become blind. If you were blind, you would not be guilty. It is because you protest, ‘We can see clearly,’ that you cannot be rid of your guilt.”
A plenary indulgence can be gained by singing the “Veni Creator Spiritus” publicly on Pentecost.
Two free resources for the Pentecost Sequence, “Veni Sancte Spiritus”
On Pentecost Sunday, the FSSP Superior General will visit our parish.
Receiving in the hand or on the tongue? Standing or kneeling?
“Hymns that are directed to the Trinity should not be used, no matter how familiar they may be.”
If you couldn’t sing, you wouldn’t be able to talk.
If they were set upon avoiding the word “men,” I wish ICEL would have done something like “peace on earth to *those* of good will.”
Joseph Ratzinger, an expert at the Council, was also the private secretary of Cardinal Frings, Archbishop of Cologne.
The hymn most frequently appearing in the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary has finally made it to youtube!
Including an (optional) organ accompaniment you won’t want to miss!
We are getting close to Pentecost, when the FSSP Superior General will visit our parish.
The more knowledgeable a musician is about the Roman Rite, the Vatican II documents, and the GIRM, the more likely that musician is to be labeled “conservative” in their views. This is nonsense.
The Novus Ordo Mass can be done well—St. Josemaria and his successor did it!
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