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St. John the Baptist: notes and oldie PODCAzT

Today is the Feast of the one whom the Lord called the greatest man ever born of woman. Here is his entry in the 2005 Martyrologium Romanum: Sollemnitas Nativitatis sancti Ioannis Baptistae, Praecursoris Domini, qui iam in utero matris, Spiritu … Read More

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WDTPRS: Collect for Bl. John Henry Newman and “Lead, Kindly Light”

On the Italian site Oratoriani I found that the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments on 15 June approved the liturgical texts for the Memorial of (soon-to-be) Blessed John Henry Newman. Here is the COLLECT for the … Read More

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WDTPRS: 4th Sunday after Pentecost – COLLECT (1962MR)

Today’s prayer is found in ancient sacramentaries, such as the Veronese and the “Hadrian” version of the Gregorian, and the so-called Gelasian.  It is unchanged in the “Tridentine” form of the Missale Romanum as my trusty copy of the 1570MR … Read More

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WDTPRS: Corpus Christi – Post Communion (2002MR 1962MR)

The Solemnity of the Body and Blood of the Lord, or Corpus Christi, Corpus Domini in some places, actually falls on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday.   In the 1975 Missale Romanum, after the texts for the Mass, there is a … Read More

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WDTPRS: Corpus Christi – Super Oblata (2002MR)

Most of the world’s parishes are observing Corpus Christi today.  In another place I drilled into the Collect.   Let’s look at the Super Oblata, or "Prayer over the gifts". SUPER OBLATA (2002MR):Ecclesiae tuae, quaesumus, Domine,unitatis et pacis propitius dona concede,quae … Read More

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Wherein Fr. Z drills into “And with your spirit” and makes a proposal

I have seen some posts on various blogs about a particular controversial – and major – change to the English translation of Holy Mass in the Ordinary Form: "And with your spirit … et cum spiritu tuo" as the response … Read More

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WDTPRS: Trinity Sunday

At the end of Holy Mass this morning I noted the simple but weighty rubric: Post Missam expirat tempus paschale. We have come back around to the Tempus per annum. But we don’t go green quite yet.  Sunday is Trinity … Read More

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WDTPRS: Whit Tuesday

According to the older, traditional Roman calendar, today is Tuesday in the Octave of Pentecost. The octave of Pentecost was lamentably killed off by the cutters and snippers of the Consilium in the post-Conciliar reform of the Roman liturgy.  Here … Read More

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PODCAzT 102: Exploring the new English translation of the Roman Canon; voicemail

UPDATE: 25 May 2306 GMT: I have received word from a couple people via email that in my reading of the new translation of the Roman Canon I omitted the name of St. Anastasia, which surprises me.  This was an … Read More

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Bp. Tobin (D. Providence) on the new translation of the Roman Missal

We are readying ourselves in the Church in the English speaking world for the reception and implementation of the new translation of the Roman Missal. This new translation will, in my opinion, be an effective tool in the arduous process … Read More

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