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Tuesday, November 29th, 2011Matthew Archbold at Creative Minorty Report has a tongue-in-cheek blog post on the possibility of “Nuevo Trad Catholics” now that the 3rd edition of the Roman Missal has been implemented. Have a laugh here.
Your Moment in the Mass: The Bride and the Bridegroom at the Supper of the Lamb
Friday, November 18th, 2011This is the fifth article in our weekly series by Dr. Edward Sri on the new translation of the Roman Missal. A few beautiful changes have been made to the translation of the prayer at Mass that comes shortly before Holy Communion is distributed. The priest has been saying, “Happy are those who are called [...]
Your Moment in the Mass: For All or For Many?
Friday, November 11th, 2011This is the fourth article in our weekly series by Dr. Edward Sri on the new translation of the Roman Missal. Of all the changes in the new Mass translation, two words which will be used by the priest at the consecration have evoked the most questions. Those two words are “for many.” Currently, the [...]
Your Moment in the Mass: The Nicene Creed
Friday, November 4th, 2011Can a one-letter word really make a great difference? In the case of the new Mass translation of the Nicene Creed, the answer is emphatically, “Yes!” Instead of starting the Creed at Mass by saying, “We believe in one God . . . ” we will begin to say, “I believe in one God.” The use of [...]
Is modern man capable of the liturgical act?
Friday, June 25th, 2010That’s the question Archbishop Charles Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., asked (and answered) at the Liturgical Institute of the University of St. Mary of the Lake in Illinois, where he delivered the Hildebrand Distinguished Lecture. His talk was entitled “Glorify God by your life: evangelization and the renewal of the liturgy.” A couple excerpts… From early in [...]
Baptism Practices…from Fr. Z
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009Over at WDTPRS?, Fr. Z answers a question about the validity of a baptism. He offers a number of considerations as to why priests might do “wacky” things with the sacraments (including the pressure they sometimes receive from the parishioners requesting the sacrament) and also recognizes the distress that such uncertainty about validity can cause [...]
Holy Thursday’s Coming…
Monday, April 6th, 2009and with that, we tend to get a lot of questions on the foot-washing rite at Mass. Here are a couple pertinent links: The Washing of Feet on Holy Thursday (CUF Faith Fact) Choosing the Twelve, Again (CUF Blog) And a few other items for your Holy Week consideration: Christ the Obedient Son: Lessons from [...]
Are Children’s Masses Appropriate?
Friday, October 3rd, 2008According to a recent Catholic World News story, the “Vatican intends to remove the Eucharistic Prayers for Children from the authorized prayers of the Roman Missal.” The article continues: Bishop Arthur Serratelli of Paterson, New Jersey, the chairman of the US bishops’ liturgy committee, has disclosed the Vatican plans in a letter to the American bishops. [...]
Taking a “Vested” Interest in the Mass
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008Last Sunday my family had a most spiritually uplifting experience at a parish church we were visiting. As we discussed our experience we came up with many things that we liked, including the beautiful church building, traditional music, solid homily, and overall sense of reverence. My children noticed one additional factor that made a difference [...]
Confirmation Time
Thursday, May 1st, 2008Easter season is traditionally the time when most Catholics receive the Sacrament of Confirmation. Fittingly, then, last Sunday’s first reading came from chapter 8 of the Acts of the Apostles. The deacon Philip was preaching in Samaria. Many came to believe and were baptized. When the apostles learned about this, the apostles Peter and John [...]
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