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View Articlenew calendar vs. old calendar
A lot of us here are opposed to a lot of the things that happened in the wake of Vatican II. however, I'm just starting to realize that I don't like something V2 actually did... changing the calendar...
View ArticlePractices from Traditional Mass not allowed in Novus Ordo : what are they?
Well, I'm not a liturgist, but I love both Traditional Mass and Novus Ordo. Our Holy Father emphasizes 'continuity of tradition' in Novus Ordo. Latin, Goregorian chant, even facing East for the...
View ArticleThe Weekday Homily is a Recent Invention
Up until Vatican II daily Mass, be it a Low Mass or High Mass, was never anything but the priest offering Mass with a congregation. At no time did he step to the pulpit and preach.Facing away from the...
View ArticleWhich Psalm at Mass?
Hi,I know just enough to be dangerous, so I would like to know more so I don't hurt anybody.My daughter is singing in the girls choir for the first Sunday of Advent. I noticed that the selection for...
View ArticleMaestro Domenico CARDINAL Bartolucci
OK, we'll have to wait until November for that title to be made official.In the meantime, here's an interview with (soon to be) Cardinal Bartolucci from last year, which we discussed here.
View ArticleRevised Grail Psalter
The following was forwarded to me by a friend:Dear Mr. ______,Thank you for your question to the Committee on Divine Worship.As you are aware, the Holy See confirmed the Revised Grail Psalter on March...
View ArticleThe Christ Has Died
Unlike the other translations and unlike the Mortem Tuam, the Christ Has Died addresses no one. The consecration has just occurred. The Lord is present anew, newly present, has been here all along but...
View ArticleVigil Mass *on* Saturday, January 1?
We have a rather interesting situation coming up this year, with Christmas and MMOG being on Saturdays. Most likely, most churches won't try and have their normal Sunday vigil Masses on Christmas Day...
View ArticleThe old people...
In Pittsburgh I found a flyer from a Catholic organization assisting the aged and those with Alzheimers - and it said that traditional Catholic Mass, music and choirs are often very comforting to the...
View ArticleTranslation Brouhaha for Dummies
I have a favor to ask, I have had very limited access to the internet since early August, (on the rare occasions I can access it, it is slow dial-up, making searches fruitless,) I have NO access to any...
View ArticleTraction
We live in interesting liturgical times, for better or worse. So what are some workable strategies for gaining a certain distance from the controversies--enough distance to work and pray? Knowing that...
View ArticleA Question about Christmas
The Feast of St. Anastasia was originally December 25.Is she still commemorated in the 1962 Missal during the 2nd Mass of Christmas ("Mass at Dawn") ??
View ArticleWelcome to ‘choir and chant’ camp!
"Actually, I think this insistence is nothing more than a caricature that has come from the ‘choir and chant’ camp — another of those pieces of ‘information’ that are trumpeted on various blogs but...
View Articlefull and active participation
I (the only orthodox one) serve on the diocesan liturgical committee. The priest/leaader is adamant about all music at liturgy should be for the "people" or assembly as he prefers. That is, in his...
View Article"Morenita, welcome home." Rocco's Whisper en Espanol
And so, church, here we go -- at long last, American Catholicism's Biggest Party of the year is again upon us.To kick it off, lest anyone needed further proof of the Guadalupanos' stealth inroad into...
View ArticleLessons from Microbrewing
I've had some deep thoughts stemming from this, but I figured I'd just make some general comments and let the conversation go where it will (as I feel it has diverse applications)A West Michigan...
View ArticlePope on Post
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View ArticleEnd of year • New Year's Eve • Te Deum
http://www.vatican.vaEnglishRoman CuriaTribunalsApostolic PenitentiaryEnchiridion indulgentiarum quarto editur (July...
View ArticleUSCCB petitioning for GIRM change • MISSING DOCUMENT
http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2007/12/usccb-petitioning-for-girm-change.htmlPaul Ford, writing in the MusicaSacra forum, links this document, which is completely new to me. The USCCB is...
View ArticleThe Vatican Library - and what a pope cannot do
This is of general Catholic interest and purely ancillary to church music matters. There is a very interesting article in the current issue of The Atlantic Monthly about the Vat (informal reference to...
View ArticleMad Libs--Extraordinary Form
As someone raised and more or less "at home" in the OF, I'm also impressed by the EF, particularly on the level of feeling. These are some of the adjectives I would use to describe my experience of the...
View ArticleTheology of the Baptism of the Lord
So, I know this is a question that has been debated and pondered for 2000 years, but, still....I sat down to write a hymn text for the Baptism of the Lord (you know, like I do).And I'm having some...
View ArticleNew translation study texts for sale
Pray Tell has a webblog post about the publication of book of study texts of the new translation.
View ArticleLexus vs. Toyota
The difference between a Lexus and a Toyota is the degree of acceptable variance from specifications. The EF is a Lexus; the OF is a Toyota.I drive a Toyota, but I think there is a way in which a Lexus...
View ArticleWhy it's okay to obsess over liturgy....
I wrote what you find below a while ago (early last year), and recently had cause to post it as a comment at PrayTell.It's excerpted from a post about Quality in Catholic Music, which I wrote in...
View ArticleUsing YouTube to change music in the Catholic Church
As we improve the Music at Mass we need to start a focused campaign of posting videos of Introit processions...everything that we can to support others in the need to make change.
View ArticleReviews of New Mass Settings from Major Publishers
Following Charles' apparently widely misunderstood commentary on the Chant Cafe this morning, I have posted the beginning of my series of posts reviewing the new Mass settings from the major...
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