Musing Over Mass at MIT
Perhaps after a few more decades of research, MIT will be able to design an attractive chapel.
Extraordinary Form 1962 Missal
Review by Fr. Justin Nolan, FSSP
“Many parishioners have told me their children especially love following the Mass in this missal because the pictures are so delightful.”
“A Catholic Life” reviews the Campion Hymnal
“What separates this Missal from the others is its sheer beauty.” — A Catholic Life Blog
“Traditional Liturgy Flourishing in the Bible Belt”
“Father Christopher Smith is a former Baptist who converted to Catholicism as a teenager. He is a graduate of Christendom College in Front Royal, Virginia, and he holds both a licentiate and a doctorate in dogmatic theology. He recently spoke with CWR about parish life at Prince of Peace and the parish’s approach to the liturgy.” — Catholic World Report
Hans Memling’s Masterpiece: The Last Judgment
Christmas is coming! For Catholics, that means its time to think about the Apocalypse.
Liturgica Website Reprints “Rituale Romanum”
“All illustrations were painstakingly edited and partly redrawn.”
Peculiar Altar Decorations
Reimagining the Altar Steps
What Do We Think Of Cell Phones At Mass?
I have noticed a certain tendency at EF Masses which causes me concern. Please allow me to “think out loud” and let me know your thoughts, as well.
Concerning Proofreading And Capitalization
Some editors believe in their hearts there is only one “correct” way
Alfons Cardinal Stickler, Peritus during Vatican II
When a certain bishop stood up at Vatican II and expressed concern that “the entire Mass might be held in the language of the people,” the entire hall burst into uproarious laughter.
Bishop Carroll and Vernacular in the Liturgy c. 1787
“In this country either for want of books or inability to read, the great part of our congregations must be utterly ignorant of the meaning and sense of the publick offices of the Church.” — Archbishop of Baltimore (1787)
“It wasn’t supposed to happen this way.”
I took Latin in school, and one day someone asked me, “Did you know that in the Middle Ages the Mass used to be in Latin?” I thought, “I wish that still happened, somewhere on earth.”
The Extraordinary Form Is Centered On Christ
Those who oppose abortion point out that very few of the 50 million abortions since Roe v. Wade had to do with “rape and incest,” but this is the weaker argument.