A Chart That Says It All …
What a stark contrast between the (discredited) translation from the 1970s and the 2011 translation!
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A Simple Plan To Improve Music At Mass
Are all musical styles acceptable for Mass? Movie directors realize such a notion is bogus.
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Rory Cooney Needs “Healing” From Pope Benedict’s Liturgical Reforms
Consider these lines from GIA’s newest hymnal (Worship IV): “Who is this who eats with sinners, calling luckless losers winners?” Did they really just use the phrase “luckless losers” in a Catholic hymn book?
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“Look Beyond The Bread You Eat” (Part 1)
Even after so many years, recalling this statement makes my brain explode with rage.
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“Look Beyond The Bread You Eat” (Part 2)
It dawned on me that nothing I’d been saying had made the slightest impact. I had literally been wasting my breath.
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A Dream Come True: 1965 Missal Online!
“The Conference of Bishops has given permission that, when a qualified man is not
available, a woman may proclaim the readings prior to the gospel, while standing outside the sanctuary.” — 1970 Statement
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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
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When Rome Gets It Wrong
“Many a pope has gone through his entire pontificate without making a single infallible statement.” — Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
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The Archer Loves The Arrow And The Bow
If you tend to cry a lot, don’t read this poem.
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“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 …
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Black Vestments & Wisdom From Wives
Following the Second Vatican Council, black vestments aren’t usually worn because they’re considered too “spooky and scary.”
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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
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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.”
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Definition Of Liturgical “Piccoluomini” ?
Human beings are “geared” toward annual events. Our minds, emotions, and memories simply aren’t programmed to work in 3-year cycles.
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What Do We Think Of Cell Phones At Mass?
I have noticed a certain tendency at EF Masses which causes me concern. Please allow me to “think out loud” and let me know your thoughts, as well.
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