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Monthly Archives: January 2008
Cardinal Arinze speaks about Latin, music, and translation
His Eminence Francis Card. Arinze, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments, address a liturgical conference in St. Louis in November. His talk has been published on ZENIT in three parts. Cardinal Arinze on Language … Read More
Scream
Damien, over at The Telegraph, has used Munch’s famous The Scream for his look at the reaction to the Holy Father celebrating ad orientem. Do any of you WDTPRSer long-timers remember this from the time before Summorum Pontificum? I believe … Read More
Thanks “ad infinitum”
On my return to The Sabine Farm I found a very nice gift from PF in the UK, the book Ad Infinitum: a biography of Latin by Nicholas Ostler. Thanks! Also, I received an incredible linen alb from a long-time … Read More
Laymen acting as “subdeacon” at Mass in both the TLM and Novus Ordo
I think you readers can help flesh out a discussion of this interesting topic. Can a layman substitute for a "subdeacon" at celebrations of the TLM and also in the Novus Ordo. Keep in mind that Paul VI’s Ministeria quaedam … Read More
Greensboro, NC: Summorum Pontificum applied
Here is a piece from the News Record about the application of Summorum Pontificum in Greensboro, North Carolina. My emphases and comments. Latin Mass fills pewsBy Nancy McLaughlinStaff WriterMonday, Jan. 14, 2008 3:00 am GREENSBORO — The pews quickly filled … Read More
The Benedictines of Clear Creek
This is in from the Tulsa World. The great monastery of Fontgombault in France, near Tours, has a foundation in the USA. This is an article about that foundation. Tulsa World A vision appearing by: BILL SHERMAN World Religion Writer … Read More
IHT on the Pope with his “back to the people”
UPDATE: At the blog Finding Pasture there is a very funny reaction to the howler in the statement in the AP article (which I treat below) about the Pope’s celebration ad orientem as being a "break with tradition" The breathless … Read More
At last
At long last we see the Holy Father celebrating Mass ad orientem versus. Here he is kissing the altar at the beginning of the Mass for the Baptism of the Lord in the Sistine Chapel.
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Benedict XVI for Baptism of the Lord: Mass ad orientem in the Sistine Chapel
Big news. Step by step we have seen the Holy Father and his new MC, Msgr. Guido Marini, reintroducing elements of a more traditional liturgical style. For the Sunday of the Baptism of the Lord, 13 January, the Holy Father … Read More
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