Monthly Archives: November 2006

There is discussion of Mass ad orientem in another entry.  I remember some time ago I wrote a response on one of my columns to a writer asking about rubrics and ad orientem celebrations.  Here is the relevant part (some … Read More →

Sandro Magister has a very good article this week about the French Conference’s meeting, the issue of the possible "indult" and other related things.  Here is one of best snips: Benedict XVI wants to heal this schism – which is, … Read More →

I need some help with something. People often claim that St. Teresa of Avila said that in a vision she saw soul falling like snowfalkes into hell. When I search around the web, I find the claim, but never a concrete citation from her works. Does anyone out there have it? Read More →

His Eminence Francis Card. Arinze spoke in St. Louis recently and said something (but little) about the timing of the "indult" to free up the older form of Mass. The cardinal was coy about the timing of the indult, which … Read More →

The CDW document entitled Redemptionis Sacramentum has the following serious paragraph (my emphasis): [92.] Although each of the faithful always has the right to receive Holy Communion on the tongue, at his choice, if any communicant should wish to receive … Read More →

The always vigilant Rorate posted a fascinating statement issued by the French bishops’ conference at the end of their plenary. Read this and think about it. Is there anything about this that seems a little weird to you? (My emphasis) … Read More →

EXCERPT:
It is not a surprise to find the word sinceritatis in a Post communion prayer because it instantly calls to mind the Biblical phrase azymis sinceritatis, referring to the unleavened bread of the Jews and the admonition to live a moral life in keeping with one’s Christian character. At the time of Holy Communion we partake of what was the unleavened bread of the host, now transformed by the consecration of the priest into the Body and Blood of Christ. Sinceritas, echoing the words of St. Paul to the Corinthians, will now have a powerful moral content for us. In today’s prayer the priest begs God the Father through the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and the interior quickening of the Real Presence in our souls and bodies pleads on behalf of all present for the grace to avoid immorality and cling to what it beautiful, proper and true (sinceritatis et veritatis) in word and action, both within the anointed walls of the church and without its doors in our daily lives. Read More →