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“I am desperately trying to understand how what I experienced yesterday is not a separate rite.” — Dr. Jerry Galipeau
St. Kateri grew up in very unlikely circumstances of ever becoming a saint. But she did.
Why must the music at Wedding receptions be blasted at such a deafening volume? What can be done?
All the vestments used in the Campion Missal were more than 200 years old.
Did you catch that last quotation? “Unless proper readings are given.” What does that passage mean?
Are We Past This Yet?
“There’s no doubt that Catholics are hearing a lot more of the Bible now than they used to. However, it’s difficult to say what has been the result of this.”
Book review: Forty Dreams Of St. John Bosco: From St. John Bosco’s Biographical Memoirs
If the ICEL chants (or another Gregorian setting) are used at all the masses in a parish, it develops unity. It also helps a parish refrain from being multiple communities under the same roof.
In some cases, the Introductory Rites are among the most misunderstood and mangled part of the mass.
The Pope Francis Hymn Book consists of all the hymns from the Vatican II Hymnal, plus an additional forty-five new hymns
“One of the most common canards now broadcast is that Pope Francis cares but little for the sacred liturgy…”
“The request freaked the Deacon out, and, through sweat, he answered that the Council had abolished Latin.”
The reason we have a choir in the church is for our entertainment at Mass, right?
Boy … what a difference a true leader makes!
