Pope Francis Says Mass “Ad Orientem” … Again!
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“A much greater source of anxiety to Us is the style of action of those who maintain that liturgical worship should shed its sacred character, who foolishly say we should substitute for sacred items & furnishings ordinary common things in daily use.” —Pope Saint Paul VI (14 Oct 1968)
These images come to us from Msgr. Guido Marini’s Facebook page, which has more than 100,000 followers.
A close friend, a priest once told me years ago something I’ve never forgotten. “The people don’t need to know what it is to understand it.” They will understand the prayer interiorly if not in words. Since hearing that, I have always thought it important to play and pray music related to a relevant text.
I was given Crestor to lower cholesterol. I took a pill each night for 2.5 weeks.
The traditional Western Mass is intent on reminding the worshiper of the death of Christ and the believer’s own sinfulness and unworthiness, while the Eastern Divine Liturgy accents the victory of Christ and the Christian’s triumph with Him in glory.
I never thought I’d say this … but I agree with Paul Inwood.
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Practically speaking, how might a Catholic be edified by artwork?
What? You never heard of the “horse barn” mentality?
Most books place Latin and English in parallel columns or on facing pages. Let’s look at the less common approach of interverse translations.
But blessings come and go. Crosses are plentiful. Uncertainty makes life scary. But, no matter who you are, rich or poor, lowly sinner or saint, these words are prayed (hopefully sung) in the funeral mass: “In Paradisum…”
The prejudice against the ancient (or, in many respects, medieval) Roman Rite is quite similar to the long-fashionable prejudice against scholastic philosophy.
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