A Sober Assessment of Liturgical Reform
The official statements always sing the praises of reform, but the people in the pews know better. They are the ones who have suffered the most.
Archives for November 2013
Kevin Allen Concert — Tomorrow Night!
Friday, November 15 at 7:00pm (CST) Kevin Allen will present a concert at St. Josaphat Church in Chicago, Illinois.
13th Century Sacred Art Class
Thomas More College Artist-in-Residence, David Clayton, to teach a class on painting in the English gothic style.
More Thoughts On The 3-Year Lectionary …
“The Instruction pretends that we actually do have Propers for the Mass, whereas everyone knows that today the Mass Propers are sung perhaps at one Mass in ten thousand.” — Professor László Dobszay
Gratefulness
Being the first to post about Thanksgiving so now everyone else looks like they’re copying me.
Catholic Line Art, Black and White • Installment #41
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”
Cardinals Who Don’t Know Latin
This short video talks about Cardinals who didn’t understand the Pope’s resignation speech.
The Archer Loves The Arrow And The Bow
If you tend to cry a lot, don’t read this poem.
Funerals and Last Things
Having stable, familiar, unchanging plans in place can be very reassuring, rather than the pressure to be original and creative.
Two Upcoming Lectures on Sacred Art
The Beauty of the Liturgical Year: Advent
When Rome Gets It Wrong
“Many a pope has gone through his entire pontificate without making a single infallible statement.” — Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
Liturgica Website Reprints “Rituale Romanum”
“All illustrations were painstakingly edited and partly redrawn.”
The Fear of the Lord
Do we rightly fear the Lord?
Feast of St. Cecilia – November 22nd
One of the Most Venerated Martyrs from Christian Antiquity
Now Available! Online Latin Lectionary For Masses In The Ordinary Form
Sometimes “seeing is believing.”
Juggling Holy Days of Obligation
How the peculiarities of the calendar affect Immaculate Conception this year.
“For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours”
A mystery! The 1970s ICEL seems not to have included these words, even though they were in the official Latin …
Jesuit Martyrs of North America by John A. O’Brien
A free PDF download of this entire book is provided, courtesy of the St. Jean de Lalande Library of Rare Books.
What’s So Great About The Mass Propers?
“If the world is progressing intellectually, should not the existence of God have been defined in the 1st century and the nature of the Trinity in the 19th?” — Fulton J. Sheen
Black Vestments & Wisdom From Wives
Following the Second Vatican Council, black vestments aren’t usually worn because they’re considered too “spooky and scary.”
The Ordinariness of White
Perhaps we are de-sensitized to the symbol, but the color representing the liturgical feast we celebrate today is in fact one of great importance.
Peculiar Altar Decorations
Reimagining the Altar Steps
Tonight, pray Compline for the Holy Souls
After many years, I finally type up the psalms for Compline of All Souls’ Day in Latin and English.
Pope Francis Celebrates Mass “Ad Orientem”
Pope Francis celebrating in this manner was a bit of a surprise, since members of his generation aren’t usually accustomed to “turning their backs on the people.”
“In Medio Ecclesiae” Album Release
The Dominican House of Studies schola has just released its first album, In Medio Ecclesiae, under the aegis of the newly founded Dominicana Records. The album is available now for download at www.dominicanablog.com/records; CD purchase coming soon.