“When You See Rome, You Will Lose Your Faith.”
Only the blind can avoid facing this reality: the biggest liturgical crisis is in Rome.
“If we do not love those whom we see, how can we love God, Whom we do not see?” Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
Only the blind can avoid facing this reality: the biggest liturgical crisis is in Rome.
“We strongly resent the implication that we and our children are not sufficiently intelligent to understand the simple Latin of the Mass…” —Manifesto of the Catholic Laity (1943)
“Women forced to sell their bodies in desperation and fear” —From a 2013 GIA hymnal
The thing that stands out is the enormous breadth of the Church Universal. Through all times, all places, all languages this Mystical Body of Christ is alive and drawing men to God. What other religious tradition can even come close?
Amazing! Verdelot’s cadence here sounds quite modern!
A collection of English Eucharistic motets published by Heath Morber and Ben Yanke
The organist will play softly at the Offertory.
You can sleep soundly at night, knowing how to correctly pronounce “hagióque pnéumate.”
“To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears.”
People should not be coming to Mass for the emotional high
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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.
Time's up