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“for the grace of dying well”

Lately to my Masses I’ve been adding orations from the Votive Mass “pro infirmo proximo morti… for a sick person close to death”. The prayers are staggeringly beautiful.     Like to them are the prayers from the Votive “ad postulandam gratiam … Read More

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More commentary on The Roche Report

At Crisis Magazine my good friend Msgr. Hans Feichtinger, who was a theologian for the CDF during the Ratzinger years, examined The Roche Report. Liturgical Terrorism At its core, liturgical tensions point to deeper issues in theology, the transmission of tradition, … Read More

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“Let us run with this thought experiment for a moment.”

Peter Kwasniewski invites a mind experiment. Let us run with this thought experiment for a moment. Imagine the Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom as our starting point. Now, take away most of the litanies; substitute a newly-composed anaphora (with … Read More

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The Roche Report, ‘Traditionis custodes’, and Permanent Revolution

Do you remember all the way back to the dark year of 2023?    Newly minted Cardinal Fernandez of the DDF vowed in an interview that he was not a “Soros spy infiltrated in the Church.” Hamlet 3.2.245 According to … Read More

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The text Card. Roche gave the other Cardinals about the TLM, ‘Traditionis custodes’ and “unity” during the recent consistory: an examination of “The Roche Report”

When Leo called the consistory, there were several proposed agenda items.  Fr. McTeigue aptly describes what happened. [T[hey were going to talk about lots of things and then they talked about not as many things as the things they were … Read More

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NCReg: Minnesota Diocese Gives ‘Ad Orientem’ Worship a Shot

I’m a bit pressed for time today, but you should at least see this if you haven’t yet. At NCReg Minnesota Diocese Gives ‘Ad Orientem’ Worship a Shot THERE’s a headline to make you put down your coffee and sit … Read More

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We are our rites… “In some way or another”, I guess.

From Ed Pentin at the National Catholic Register: Liturgy Sidestepped at Pope Leo XIV’s First Consistory? [With my emphases and comments.] Cardinals choose evangelization and synodality as key topics, disappointing those who expected the liturgy to be a central theme … Read More

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WDTPRS – Epiphany Collect: transformed by the beauty of Your sublime glory

In the ancient Western Church and in the East, Epiphany was more important than the relative latecomer Christmas.  Epiphany is from the Greek word for a divine “manifestation” or “revelation”.  There are many “epiphanies” of God in the Scripture.  Think, … Read More

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Special Blessing of Epiphany Water on the Vigil of Epiphany (5 January)

Wonderful customs come with the Feast of the Epiphany.  Real Epiphany is 6 January, by the way.  Happily, this year it doesn’t get transferred to a Sunday because it falls on a Sunday. On Epiphany we find in the Roman … Read More

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FATHERS! ACTION ITEM! Plenary Indulgences available on 31 December (Te Deum) and 1 January (Veni Creator Spiritus)

Holy Mother Church offers the possibility to gain two plenary indulgences, one on 31 December to thank God for the graces received during the year and one on 1 January to invoke the Holy Spirit at the beginning of the … Read More

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