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Tag Archives: ad orientem
TRAD LIVES MATTER! US Bishop attacks “ad orientem” worship, overrides Summorum Pontificum
UPDATE: COMMENTS CLOSED. ___ Originally Published on: Jan 19, 2017 @ 14:25 ___ I received a copy of a letter sent by the Bishop of Rockford, Most Rev. David J. Malloy, to the priests of that diocese. In this letter, a follow … Read More →
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TURN TOWARDS THE LORD AGAIN! Shrine of O.L. of Guadalupe
I am delighted to post that henceforth all Masses celebrated at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe near La Crosse, WI will be celebrated ad orientem. HERE […] In his homilies for both the Third Sunday of Advent and the … Read More →
“People, Look East (except the priest)!”
Our Official Parodohymnodist, Fr. Tim Ferguson, has come through with a veritable scitament, a new version of an Advent hymn which most of you will recognize. To the hymn: People Look East 1. People, look east except the priest, The reform has … Read More →
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Ad orientem: “his perspective on the priesthood and the Mass has changed”
From a priest… QUAERITUR: Fr Z, After my entry into the Catholic Church from Anglicanism and ordination as a Catholic priest, I approached the Archbishop about offering the Mass ad orientem. His guidance to me was to “catechize the people” … Read More →
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BRICK BY BRICK: more ‘ad orientem’ news
I am getting notes from people about changes at parishes to ad orientem worship. For example, from reader: The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Big River, WI began ad orientem worship on Sunday. Our pastor, Fr. Kevin Louis, has been … Read More →
AD ORIENTEM WATCH! – ACTION ITEM!
I hope you readers out there will post about the changes effected in parishes concerning ad orientem worship for Holy Mass. Did you see priests “turning towards the Lord”? I’ve been hearing about some places in email. ¡Hagan lío! Report! For my … Read More →
BRICK BY BRICK! Parishes are “Turning Towards The Lord”, going “ad orientem”
During a conference in London last summer, Robert Card. Sarah famously made a prayerful and earnest personal suggestion that priests begin to say Holy Mass ad orientem beginning with Advent. Advent begins on Sunday. Of course the Cardinal was speaking as … Read More →
A parish TURNS TOWARD THE LORD for Advent
I had a note from a priest that St. Joseph the Worker in Berkeley, CA is going ad orientem as of Advent. What I found most interesting, is something that the pastor wrote to the people before he gets into explanations of the … Read More →
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A Bishop in Africa urges ‘ad orientem’ worship. A lib has a spittle-flecked nutty.
You might remember Robert Mickens. He used to be a correspondent for an ultra-liberal UK weekly The Pill (aka The Tablet). He lost his position when, channeling his inner Icarus, he engaged in seriously nasty comments about Pope Benedict in … Read More →
Pope Francis celebrating Holy Mass ‘ad orientem’
Three years ago today, I posted about Pope Francis celebrating Holy Mass ad orientem versus at a side altar of St. Peter’s Basilica, where John Paul II is. HERE I wrote then: His Holiness of our Lord, Pope Francis, recently celebrated … Read More →
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