“A Plea to the Bishops” • By Monsignor Charles Pope
“As a pastor of souls, I wince at this sort of language directed at good Catholics…” —Monsignor Charles Pope
“If we do not love those whom we see, how can we love God, Whom we do not see?” Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
“As a pastor of souls, I wince at this sort of language directed at good Catholics…” —Monsignor Charles Pope
“We beg for a humane, personal, trusting dialogue, far from ideologies or the coldness of administrative decrees.”
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We are pleased to observe how this site included our liturgical PDF files.
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Useful links as a “follow-up” to Mæstro Clark’s article about Fr. Weber’s plainsong settings.
We should also examine ourselves on the subject of generosity and jealousy. When we see other people prosper in some way, receive some advantage or recognition, how do we respond?
Blessed Alfredo Ildefonso Cardinal Schuster was a Benedictine monk who became the Archbishop of Milan.
He died on the Feast of the Most Precious Blood (at least according to the EF calendar) at age 96.
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“The grandeur of the liturgy rests upon…rendering tangible the Totally Other, whom we are not capable of summoning.”
Someone took a YouTube recording, and the singing is quite good.
You can hear the individual tracks if you visit the source website.
A beautiful English translation of “En Clara Vox Redarguit” by Fr. Fitzpatrick.
“If you set the bar low, a boy will crawl underneath it—but if you set the bar high, he will leap over it.” —Charles Cole
…including a live recording of the Kyrie by Palestrina!
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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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