Addams Family Theme Song … At Mass?
Is it really true that any style of music can be lawfully used at Mass?
“If we do not love those whom we see, how can we love God, Whom we do not see?” Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
Is it really true that any style of music can be lawfully used at Mass?
It is often said that the earthly liturgy is a participation in the heavenly liturgy. Alas, in many cases this doesn’t fit in with our actual experiences, but there are exceptions. This past summer, heaven visited me in that way.
A Catholic bishop once said to me: “One of the greatest proofs of the truth of Christianity is the fact that the Church is still here in spite of the incompetence and villainy of her frail priests and all-too-human bishops.”
Most Reverend Bishop Dominique Rey recently held a special conference about the Sacred Liturgy called “Sacra Liturgia 2013.”
I took Latin in school, and one day someone asked me, “Did you know that in the Middle Ages the Mass used to be in Latin?” I thought, “I wish that still happened, somewhere on earth.”
I will be releasing hundreds of these B/W religious line art drawings for free and instant download. These beautiful Catholic “woodcuts” were done with magnificent skill. “Download Free Traditional Catholic Clipart”
It is simply incorrect to say that a “black hole” existed from 600AD until 1965 (when the vernacular was introduced) during which Catholics were not truly adoring God at Mass.
While psalm tones are comparatively simple, understanding and singing them is still a learned skill. Here are some psalm toned settings of two upcoming Sundays.
“That finger of Jesus, pointing at Matthew. That’s me. I feel like him. Like Matthew…It is the gesture of Matthew that strikes me: he holds on to his money as if to say, ‘No, not me! No, this money is mine.’
Modern people can tolerate almost anything except a person’s being, or becoming, a Catholic.
“I was a late vocation. There were twelve men ordained in my class. All of them were twenty-six years old at ordination. I was thirty-six … ten years late.” — Bishop René H. Gracida (2010)
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We’re under tremendous pressure to transfer our website to a “subscription model.”
We don’t want to do this. We believe our website should remain free to all. It’s annoying to have to search for login credentials (e.g. if you’re away from your desk).
Our president has written the following letter:
* Thirteen Men & Coins (Holy Thursday Appeal)
Traditionally on Holy Thursday, the priest washed the feet of thirteen men. Theologians held various opinions regarding whom the “13th man” represented. Before the liturgical changes of Pope Pius XII (which changed the number from thirteen to twelve), the priest washed each man’s feet, kissed his foot, and gave him a coin.
This “coin” business seems providential—inasmuch as our appeal begins on Holy Thursday this year.
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