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Should the Bishops of the USA have us return to obligatory meatless Fridays during the whole year and not just during Lent?
- Yes, and I think this is very important. (81%, 15,546 Votes)
- Yes, I guess so. (9%, 1,716 Votes)
- No, I hesitate about such a move. (5%, 900 Votes)
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Category Archives: WDTPRS
WDTPRS 2nd Sunday of Advent (200MR): vile sticky goo
Here is a glimpse into the Collect for this upcoming Sunday. Last week in the Collect we were rushing to meet the Lord who is coming. We merited our reward due to good works because they are made meritorious by … Read More
“Imagine our Lord himself as holding back, keeping you waiting for a little.”
Pat Archbold uses the opportunity of the implementation of the new translation to reflect on the three-fold “Domine non sum dignus” before Communion. […] I have for years attended the Traditional Latin Mass when my schedule would permit and will … Read More
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WDTPRS – 1st Sunday of Advent – SUPER OBLATA (2002MR): thresholds
Today’s Ordinary Form Super Oblata prayer, the prayer over the offerings during the Offertory, is found in the ancient Veronese Sacramentary amidst prayers for the month of July. SUPER OBLATA – (2002MR): Suscipe, quaesumus, Domine, munera quae de tuis offerimus … Read More
“Pro multis” in the the Misal Romano, Tercera Edición for the USA
From the September newsletter of the USCCB’s Committee on Divine Worship comes this blurb: Use of Ustedes and the Spanish Translation of Pro Multis In 2008, the USCCB petitioned the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments … Read More
WDTPRS – SECRET 13th Sunday after Pentecost: a fearful puzzle
This is a classic Roman prayer, terse, balanced. Note the elegant repetition of propitiare. These two petitions are followed by two more, set off by an et…et construction. On the page of your Missale Romanum you may not immediately see … Read More
WDTPRS 13th Sunday after Pentecost
COLLECT (1962MR): Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, da nobis fidei, spei et caritatis augmentum: et, ut mereamur assequi quod promittis, fac nos amare quod praecipis. This prayer, found in the Veronese and the Gelasian Sacramentary, survived the machetes of the Consilium, to … Read More
Reason #668948 for the new, corrected translation
For 9 September: Saint Peter Claver in the Ordinary Form. COLLECT (2002 MR): Deus, qui beatum Petrum servorum servum effecisti eumque mira in eis iuvandis caritate et patientia roborasti, eius nobis intercessione concede, ut, qua Iesu Christi sunt, quaerentes, proximos … Read More
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An exploration of two Collects, Extraordinary Form and Ordinary
This morning I used the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite for Holy Mass, as is my wont, and therefore celebrated the feast of St. John Eudes. But one of our long-time readers alerted me to the differences between the … Read More
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Tinker with prayers and you tinker with our Faith.
The excellent Fr. Kirby found some interesting which he posted on his excellent blog Vultus Christi. Because what he was looking at is in my bailiwick, I represent it here: The Modification of a Collect A few days ago, on … Read More
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