tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150626942011-12-14T16:47:37.705-05:00In the pierced heart of the Crucified, God's own heart is opened up--here we see who God is and what he is like. Heaven is no longer locked up. God has stepped out of hiddenness. ~Pope Benedict XVIArgenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16730714395562280772noreply@blogger.comBlogger63971100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15062694.post-81649598425383560232010-11-12T12:58:00.002-05:002010-11-12T13:01:36.193-05:00

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One of the interesting things about teaching is that I encounter very, shall we say, creative names of students. It used to be true of the South, but I think this is true everywhere in the States now. There's a sustained trend of giving children the most unusual names, so much so that pronouncing the child's name can be a source of embarrassment for both teacher and student. Setting aside the

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~via The Catholic HeraldFive traditionalist Anglican bishops have officially resigned this morning with the intention of taking up an English Ordinariate when it is set up.This morning, the Rt Rev Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury accepted the resignation of three flying Church of England and two retired assistant bishops in what is a major development in the move towards establishing

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~A Miami woman and her boyfriend arrested for selling her grandson....at a Best Buy parking lot. Read the details. This after last week's news of a mother microwaving her infant to death. What a sorry world we live in. Pray for the salvation of souls. I spent some time being outraged, then my better angels whispered, "Pray instead of raging."It happened in the parking lot of a Best Buy, but there

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~from The Pew ForumTwo of the largest religious groups in the electorate followed the same basic voting patterns in the 2010 elections for the U.S. House of Representatives as they have in prior elections: white Protestants voted overwhelmingly Republican and religiously unaffiliated voters cast their ballots overwhelmingly for Democrats. But Catholic voters, who had favored Democratic over

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Happy Feast of All Saints!by Charles Villiers StanfordJustórum ánimæ in manu Dei sunt, et non taget illos torméntum malítiæ: visi sunt óculis insipiéntium mori: illi autem sunt in pace.The souls of the just are in the hands of God and the torment of malice shall not touch them: in the sight of the unwise they seemed to die, but they are in peace.

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I am fortunate since I've not had to deal with any bridezillas at my current parish. However, in the past, that's another story. One bride from the past at a consultation said, "We want 'Every Breath You Take' by The Police." Uh, no. Have you actually listened to the words?! Followed by the tirade of "My family has worshiped here for generations...blah, blah, blah...."I have had similar

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~from NBC ChicagoThe Rev. Andrew Greeley, a prolific priest, sociologist and author is releasing a study based on a 2007 poll of more than 500 Catholics in Cook and Lake counties which says their faith is still burning brightly, reports the Chicago Tribune.In “Chicago Catholics and the Struggles Within Their Church” Greely reports that 78 percent of respondents said Catholicism is either “

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The Pontifical Solemn High Mass was celebrated by Bishop Edward Slattery of Tulsa on April 24, 2010. The Mass was at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC in celebration of the 5th Anniversary of Pope Benedict's inauguration as Holy Father of the Pilgrim Church on Earth. My family and some close family friends made the pilgrimage. Imagine my delight

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Here is an inspirational video of the restoration of the parish church St. John Cantius in Chicago. On Assignment Episode 1 - Saint John Cantius: Restoring the Sacred from StoryTel Foundation on Vimeo.Fr. Philips here talks about how following the rubrics shows humility. By not imposing individual whims upon the liturgy, liturgy becomes transformative, transcendent.

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Over at Chris Johnson's Bad Vestments blog, there is this post that I missed. H/T to Fr. Finigan at the Hermeneutic blog for posting it.This is supposed to be a cope. One of the Eucharistic Prayers in the Episcopalian Liturgy goes like this:At your command all things came to be:the vast expanse of interstellar space,galaxies, suns, the planets in their courses,and this fragile earth, our island

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~via The Crescat on FacebookThis pro-life advert was previously banned by the Irish government who said it was too 'political' for the airwaves. Now Project Truth, first produced by Youth Defence in 1996, has been set to some amazing footage of the unborn child in the womb. It's challenging, thought-provoking, beautiful and sad. Show it to your friends. Spread the message.

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The Universalist "Church" just a few blocks from my parish where I work has had some interesting discussions and events in the last few weeks. I don't know much about Universalist beliefs or lack of beliefs. Perhaps reading the marquis tells me enough.A month ago, the marquis advertised "Water Ceremony" and Potluck. So, it's not baptism, but a ceremony. Are there words spoken whilst conducting

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This news article in The Telegraph is worth coming out of blog hibernation to which I have necessarily been obligated due to overwhelming work.A chef in Texas has created what he claims is the world's first recipe for deep-fried beer. The beer is placed inside a pocket of salty, pretzel-like dough and then dunked in oil at 375 degrees for about 20 seconds, a short enough time for the confection

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Is it must me or are church marquees getting stranger and stranger?The previous post was about "Ethical Eating" and I've highlighted some cute and funny ones in past postings. But this week must be particularly strange. Is it in the water in my town?The non-denominational church about four blocks from my house has declared this:JESUS IS MY PROZACHow about that for dragging Christ down to our

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There is a Universalist Unitarian building, square and squat--quite tiny that can't have more than two rooms at most--that I drive by on my way to church. It has a marquee on the front lawn advertising what is happening or what is the topic of discussion at the weekly service.For this coming weekend, the sign said: "Potluck and Ethical Eating". A couple of months ago, it was "Spirituality of

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A True StoryShe is old and frail. But her physical state has not diminished her devotion to spiritual works of mercy, especially comforting the sorrowful, and praying for the living and the dead. Here, she is powerful. What people of health may see as confinement, she uses to pray and when needed, to call and comfort whoever she knows is in distress.Praying with the aid of her rosary, she renders

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May your Friday meditation help you bear the crosses in your life. Láqueus contrítus est, et nos liberáti sumusThe snare is broken, and we are delivered.From Seville Cathedral, a detail from a rood screen

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Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his span of life? (Matthew 6:26-27, RSV-CE)A Carolina Wren has nested in the hanging pot of begonias. She perches on the flag pole looking this way and that, and when she deems it safe,

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From the Seville Cathedral, from the western wall

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Two bishops guarding the western door at the Seville Cathedral. Notice the magnificent details on the bishops' vestments.The Seville Cathedral is the largest Gothic cathedral in the world. It has the largest and richest altar in the entire world decorated by gold, the work of one single artist, Pierre Dancart. It is truly a splendid, splendid place of pilgrimage.

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The Assumption of Our Lady, from Seville Cathedral

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From Seville Cathedral: How many saints can you identify?

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Twelve words. That was all there were. Terse. Impersonal and veiling what must have been an intense life lived. Dying just weeks short of her 91st birthday, this obscenely short obituary seemed to mock her. In a world that glorifies self in the living, and oftentimes after death, the eulogizing/canonization that is part and parcel of funerals, this notice in the newspaper indeed was

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There are a couple of neighbors and, surprise, surprise, some in the parish parking lot that could use this!

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Played here by Leonid Kogan

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How depressing is it that this website says I write like Dan Brown...Though with two other different samples it said I wrote like David Foster Wallace, and then James Joyce.The bit that I've read of Dan Brown's is wretched stuff. Can I blame my writing professor in college? I suppose there's no money back for reparations. Sigh!

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From the Convent of St. Teresa, Avila, SpainHappy Commemoration of Our Lady of Mount Carmel!Introit for today's Mass:Gaudeámus ómnes in Dómino, diem festum celebrántes sub honóre beátæ Mariæ Vírginis Regínæ: de cujus solemnitáte gaudent Angeli, et collaudant Fílium Dei. (Ps. 44: 2) Effundit cor meum verbum bonum: dico ego carmen meum Regi. V. Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. Sicut erat

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From the Cathedral of SevilleThe Shrine of the AnnunciationHow can one not love Our Lady, sinless creature that she was, created to bear Our Lord by the will of the Father? Whenever I visit a place of pilgrimage, the images of her that are there never fail to help me apprehend more deeply just how beautiful she is, how much in need of redemption the human race needed, and how God in His Infinite

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From the Cathedral of SevilleThe Sorrow of Our Lady so beautifully etched on her face. Her vestments are strikingly beautiful.A Della Robbia, Our Lady holding a pomegranate The Seat of Wisdom

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From the Cathedral of Seville

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From the Cathedral of Seville officially known as Catedral de Santa Maria de la Sede, Cathedral of St. Mary of the SeeIf you click on the image for a larger resolution, you'll see the tabernacle is the Face of the Passion of Christ

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Detail of the retablo of the Cathedral of SevilleNoli Me Tangere..."Stop Clinging to Me" said Our Resurrected Lord to Magadalene.Someone once said to me that the reason post-Vatican II churches had little embellishment was that the Baroque accoutrements were a distraction. Statuary and sacred art detracted from pure worship.This is a view tragically held by many, and dangerously so if taught by

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Detail from the retablo of the Cathedral of SevilleThe Deposition and Lamentation of Christ

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Detail from the retablo of the Cathedral of SevilleThe Last Supper

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Details of the retablo in the Cathedral of SevilleThe Betrayal of ChristThe Scourging of Christ at the Pillar and the Crowning of Thorns

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The work of Pierre Dancart depicting scenes from the Life of ChristClick on the image for a larger resolution. Pictures can't capture the magnificence of this masterpiece. But you can at least get some idea of its splendour.

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Fr. Dwight Longenecker suggested this:An AngloCatholic priest and his remnant congregation who want to come over should immediately be offered hospitality in a local Catholic parish. The Bishop should assign a priest (preferably an already established Catholic priest who is a convert Anglican priest) to train these men while their cause for Catholic ordination is processed. At the same time the

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Last night, a young couple visited our parish with a friend who is a newly-ordained transitional deacon. This couple were formerly Anglican now forging the life in communion with the Holy Father and Holy Mother Church. So we had a jolly time reminiscing about the "final days" and what tipped us over into crossing the Tiber. And! the not so easy time bringing our Anglican liturgical sensibilities

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...the loonies are overtaking.Godblock: “GodBlock is a web filter that blocks religious content,” states the company’s website. “It is targeted at parents and schools who wish to protect their kids from the often violent, sexual, and psychologically harmful material in many holy texts, and from being indoctrinated into any religion before they are of the age to make such decisions.”Yet it's okay

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The organ at the Cathedral of Seville.

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In the Cathedral of Seville. While I was there, the organist was practicing Bach's Toccata and Fugue in d minor.

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Rose Window from the Cathedral of Seville depicting the Gospel Writers: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John with their respective attributes. Matthew with the Winged Man, Mark with the Winged Lion, Luke with the Winged Ox, and John with the Eagle.

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From Sergei Rachmaninoff's Vespers.

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Today! Register to listen for free. There are some great speakers lined up. Right now, at 10 AM EDT, is Gianna Jessen, abortion survivor. What a great way to learn about the pro-life movement. Why it's worth doing everything you can to end this terrible scourge on society.What can be done? First, pray. Second, pray. Third, pray.

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While perusing the internet for a Sacred Heart statue for the garden, I landed on this site offering this:Create a Barack-buzz with your very own life-size president statue! Your home or business will be the talk of the town as family, friends and customers stop to pose for photos next to their new best friend a sculpture of President Barack Obama seated on an actual park bench of wood and metal!

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~A Catholic musician's take on the whole liturgy debate. Here Gary Penkala, of Cantica Nova Publications (bookmark the page and order stuff from them and get unplugged from the giants of OCP/GIA drek) outlines what he would like to see happen with music in liturgy.Catholics of the Roman Rite need to be less concerned with hymns and more concerned with propers. Hymns as such are almost entirely

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Thank you, Holy Father!

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Thou hast redeemed us, O Lord, in Thy Blood, out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, and hast made us to our God a kingdom. The mercies of the Lord I will sing for ever: I will show forth Thy truth with my mouth to generation to generation. ~Introit from the Mass for the Feast of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ

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Introit: COGITATIONES Cordis ejus in generatiónes et ge-neratiónem: ut éruat a morte ánimas eórum et alat eos in fame. Ps. 32. 1. Exsultáte, justi, in Dómino, rectos decet collaudátio. ℣. Glória Patri.THE thoughts of His Heart are from generation to generation: To delver their souls from death, and feed them in famine. Ps. Rejoice in the Lord, ye just: praise becometh the upright. ℣. Glory be to

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O Sacred Heart of Jesus, to Thee I consecrate and offer up my person and my life, my actions, trials, and sufferings, that my entire being may henceforth only be employed in loving, honoring and glorifying Thee. This is my irrevocable will, to belong entirely to Thee, and to do all for Thy love, renouncing with my whole heart all that can displease Thee. I take Thee, O Sacred Heart, for the sole

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As many of you know, Philip Gerard Johnson, a seminarian for the Diocese of Raleigh has been battling brain cancer for the last two years since it was discovered. This summer, he is in residence at Sacred Heart Church in Dunn, NC.Tomorrow, Thursday, June 10, the parish will begin a 40 Hours Devotion beginning with Holy Eucharist at 12:15 PM and ending on Saturday, June 12 at 8 AM. Friday is the

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My Flesh is food indeed, and My Blood is drink indeed. He who eats My Flesh, and drinks My Blood, abides in Me and I in him. As the living Father has sent Me, and as I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also shall live because of Me. This is the Bread that has come down from heaven; not as your fathers ate the manna, and died. He who eats this Bread shall live forever.~John 6:55-58

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Ecce panis Angelórum, Factus cibus viatórum: Vere panis fíliórum, Non mittendus cánibus.Lo! bread of the Angels broken, For us pilgrims food, and token Of the promise by Christ spoken, Children’s meat, to dogs denied.

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Holy Father, guide me, for I am lost!~Image by Getty Images via Daylife

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Image by Getty Images via Daylife~from Vatican Information Service.What joy to read that today's catechesis by Pope Benedict XVI was on St. Thomas Aquinas! On the Eve of the Feast of Corpus Christi (transferred observation to Sunday in a lot of dioceses...too many in my opinion...how are we ever to nurture a sense of kairos time when the bishops are forever pushing solemn feasts to the weekend

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One of the things I love about reading difficult books is their ability to slow me down. Reading and digesting the words and internalizing them is antithetical to our drive-through, fast-food world. It's soothing and already I am feeling the energy returning just by savoring page by page. Word by word my exhausted mind is being watered, as it were, by the sun of ideas. Thank goodness for

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....May was a fierce month at work and I operated on three to four hours of sleep per night all month long. Needless to say, I'm exhausted. School's out, so my break from teaching has begun. However, RCIA begins anew in a couple of weeks. So, bear with the silence for now. Silence allows for regeneration. I'll be tackling my reading pile and enjoying the reduced stress.Take care. Have a lovely

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~from today's address by the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI in Portugal:Dear friends, the Church considers that her most important mission in today’s culture is to keep alive the search for truth, and consequently for God; to bring people to look beyond penultimate realities and to seek those that are ultimate. I invite you to deepen your knowledge of God as he has revealed himself in Jesus

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...from the archives. Zadok gave us this three years ago.

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Tomorrow is the Feast of the Ascension. Really. Some dioceses haven't followed the crowd. Alas, here we get to celebrate Ascension Thursday Sunday, as Fr. Z calls it. His rant is way better than anything I can come up with, so click here to read it.At our parish, we'll get to celebrate Ascension tomorrow, in the classical rite, and then on Sunday in the Novus Ordo.

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...Leo XIII from 1896. The audio of the Pope chanting Ave Maria is from 1903. Thanks to uCatholic for the post. Love the tagline, "Catholic Traditions in the Modern World."

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....for the new Mass translations. I couldn't resist a bit of editing. Click on image for larger res.I would rather use the chants ICEL provided on their website. At least those are based on Gregorian settings. But, we don't have to settle for just this one setting. The wonderful people at Musica Sacra have adapted several Mass settings from Gregorian Ordinary Mass settings. Click here. The links

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~from the Preface to the Liber Brevior.Holy Mother the Church has received from God the charge of training the souls of the faithful in all holiness, and for this noble end has ever made a happy use of the help of the sacred Liturgy. Wherein - in order that men's minds may not be sundered by differences, but that, on the contrary, the unity which gives vigour and beauty to the mystical body of

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Check out the new video website Pro-Lifetube.com. You can upload your pro-life videos, just like YouTube but without fear of being expunged.Source: Jill Stanek.I think I'll upload videos of our First Saturday Rosary Processions.

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One of my most favorite Marian hymns. I use the tune for improvisations on the organ for preludes and communion.Ave maris stella, Dei Mater alma, atque semper Virgo, felix caeli porta.Sumens illud Ave Gabrielis ore, funda nos in pace, mutans Hevae nomen.Solve vincula reis, profer lumen caecis mala nostra pelle, bona cuncta posce.Monstra te esse matrem: sumat per te preces, qui pro nobis natus,

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Tota pulchra es Maria setting by Anton BrucknerTóta púlchra es, María, et mácula originális non est in te. Vestiméntum túum cándidum quasi nix, et fácies túa sicut sol. Tóta púlchra es, María, et mácula originális non est in te. Tu glória Jerúsalem, tu laetítia Israel, tu honorificéntia pópuli nóstri. Tóta púlchra es,María.

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...in the Traditional Calendar.O God, Who when Thou wast pleased to break the teeth of them that hate thy Church, and to restore again the solemn worship of thyself, didst choose the blessed Pope Pius to work for thee in that matter, grant that he may still be a tower of strength for us grant that we also may be more than conquerors over all that make war upon our souls, and in the end may enter

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~by Fr. Frank Pavone. The effects of abortion aren't confined to the parents but to subsequent children, too. Children are haunted by mystery children. Please read. There are scores and scores of abortion survivors and this article differentiates the types of abortion survivors. "A woman reported telling her nine year old son about her abortion, which had taken place years before he was born. He

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....at work. Working stiff woes. Putting in 15-hour days, 7 days a week. Friends who returned from Italy brought me a bottle of limoncello. My friends call it "liquid gold". Ahh, little pleasures of life. Anyway, the taste transported me to Sorrento and the Amalfi coast.

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OUR LADY OF THE MAYO Flower of flowers, Our Lady of the May!Thou gavest us the World's one Light of Light:Under the stars, amid the snows, He lay;While Angels, through the Galilean nightSang glory and sang peace:Nor doth their singing cease,For thou their Queen and He their King sit crownedAbove the stars, above the bitter snows;They chant to thee, the Lily, to Him the Rose,With white Saints

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Found this lovely little book which explains the different items proper to the dignity of prelates in the Catholic Church.I think perhaps that one of the reasons we so dislike ceremony is that we must recollect ourselves. To remember the dignity of others, including ourselves, in solemn events. It's so much easier to dare others to despise our slouchiness, "Despise me, if you dare" than to take

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There's a discussion going on at WDTPRS sparked by a question buried within a not-very-good criticism of last Saturday's Solemn Pontifical High Mass.The question is "how did Saturday’s "solemn high pontifical Mass in the extraordinary form" bear witness to the kingdom of God Jesus announced"?How sad that the Psalmist statement has been forgotten, "I have loved, O Lord, the beauty of Thy house,

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See this baby? It's a 6.5 meter doll that blinks. It is Spain's entry in Shanghai's World Expo opening tomorrow.Its creator explained the reason for her theme "because of the passion China and Spain share, for children, and as a way of showing that our actions have consequences on our children."Seriously? Spain and China passionate about babies?? Spain has the one of the lowest birth rates in

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If you want to read the side-by-side comparison of the new Mass text translations against those currently for the people's parts, click here. The priest's parts are here.

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This blog has been nominated in The Annual Cannonball Catholic Blog Awards in the category of "More Catholic than the Pope." Why, thank you very much, Cathy (who has been nominated in the Snarkiest category)! I take that as a compliment.*It must come from living in the choir loft*

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~excerpt from Pope Benedict's address to Vox Clara:The change will need to be introduced with due sensitivity, and the opportunity for catechesis that it presents will need to be firmly grasped. I pray that in this way any risk of confusion or bewilderment will be averted, and the change will serve instead as a springboard for a renewal and a deepening of Eucharistic devotion all over the

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~lunch with Papa. Source Radio VaticanaDear Brother Bishops and Priests,Members and Consultors of the Vox Clara Committee,I thank you for the work that Vox Clara has done over the last eight years, assisting and advising the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in fulfilling its responsibilities with regard to the English translations of liturgical texts. This has

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~from my parish after Father turned off all the lights save for the Crucifix after a long day of Masses.

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~Sponsored by Institute of Christ the King. Thanks to The Recovering Choir Director at Musica Sacra Forum for the heads up.The Institute is pleased to offer a unique opportunity to children age 9-15: a completely immersive experience in Catholic choral music and musicianship. The splendid campus of the Ursuline Motherhouse of Mount Saint Joseph in Kentucky will provide the ideal setting for the

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~via Fr. Finigan at the Hermeneutic of ContinuityEdward Pentin, who reports for the National Catholic Register and for the Catholic Herald, reports this morning that the Congregation for Divine Worship will approve the new ICEL translation of the Missal later today. Wooooo! I shall raise a glass to Cardinal Pell and think fondly of Bishop Trautman, er Fishperson. Fr. Finigan wondered, however, at

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Intervention by His Excellency, Msgr. Rev. M. Aillet, Bishop of Bayonne, France from the Theological Convention in Rome earlier in March of this year. The theme was "Faithfulness of Christ, Faithfulness of the Priest".Here's an excerpt by New Liturgical Movement posted in March.The opening to the world called for by Vatican II has often been interpreted, in the years after the Council, as a sort

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One more point....beauty so little surrounds us. We are pressed in on all sides by coarseness, by ugliness that wearies, by mediocrity that is held up as beautiful, mocking that which is True and Good. We become inured to the Beauty that beckons and mesmerizes us out of our inward-ness, that navel-gazing which is glorified in our media. It is a navel-gazing that condemns yet provides no way out

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People, no doubt, wonder why such fuss is made over extravagant vestments and claim that it's all pomp and circumstance feeding the ego of the ministers. Then there's the usual rant about the poor, how the excessive show of triumphalism is contrary to the heart of Jesus who loved the poor and dispossessed. This is all true, that Jesus has particular care of the poor and the dispossesed. But

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Well, my husband was able to take a few pictures of Bishop Slattery in the cappa magna.

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Bishop Edward Slattery wearing the cappa magna. It's grand!Oh, and did I mention that His Excellency had returned from Rome (after the volcano delay) on Wednesday, initially declined the invitation, then at the urging of Abp. Wuerl, accepted. He was on the plane Friday morning to DC, celebrated the Pontifical Solemn High Mass on Saturday. He had no voice by Sunday. I shall be praying a spiritual

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...at the Pontifical Solemn High Mass. Christ’s Sacred Heart is the image of the obedience which Christ showed by his sacrificial love on Calvary. The Sacrifice of Calvary is also for us the means by which we are made obedient and this is a point which you must never forget: at Mass, we offer ourselves to the Father in union with Christ, who offers Himself in perfect obedience to the Father. We

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The Pontifical Solemn High Mass was simply beautiful. I brought along my DSLR camera, but then decided to live each moment and savor them. So I don't have any pictures to show. I'm grateful that Bishop Slattery stepped up to the plate and celebrated this Mass. The overwhelming reverence and sense of mystery was what I took away from it, that the momentous moment of the return of the solemn

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Thanks be to God. Bishop Slattery of Tulsa will be celebrating the Pontifical Solemn High Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in a couple of days.Bishop Slattery is known for his support of the traditional rite. His diocese is home of the Clear Creek Benedictine Monastery and the nascent diocesan Benedictine Monastery of Our Lady of the Cenacle.

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via Fr. Z, the Paulus Institute made this announcement:In consultation with His Eminence, Dario Cardinal Castrillon Hoyos, The Paulus Institute has agreed to seek another celebrant for the Pontifical Solemn High Mass taking place on April 24th. This action will help maintain the solemnity, reverence and beauty of the Mass.The Paulus Institute was formed for the propagation of sacred liturgy. The

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Two-part interview with Martin Mosbach on the Reform of the Liturgy and the Catholic Church. Part I here. Part II here.Mosbach says of Pope Benedict XVI's program:"Benedict XVI views as one of his main tasks making the essence of the Church more clearly visible – for Catholics and then also for non-Catholics. The Pope knows that the Church is indissolubly bound to her Tradition. Church and

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Here's an excerpt from Pope Benedict XVI's impromptu homily which he gave to the Pontifical Biblical Commission last Thursday, April 15th. Obedience to God has the primacy.Here it is important to emphasize that this is a matter of obedience, and that it is precisely obedience that gives freedom. The modern age has spoken of the liberation of man, of his full autonomy, and therefore also of

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A little serenity to help you start your day. Time lapse photography:Timescapes: "Death is the Road to Awe" from Tom Lowe @ Timescapes on Vimeo.

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Where I will be this weekend:

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