Pope Saint Paul VI (3 April 1969): “Although the text of the Roman Gradual—at least that which concerns the singing—has not been changed, the Entrance antiphons and Communions antiphons have been revised for Masses without singing.”
“Pope Francis told the crowd that often when he heard confessions in Buenos Aires, he would ask penitents if they had given alms to those begging on the church steps. If they said yes, he would ask if they looked the person in the eye and if they touched the person or just threw coins at him or her.”
“Dumbing Down” Does No Service to Faith
Download: “Institutio Generalis Missalis Romani”
I have a hard time believing that nuns told young Catholics, “Whatever you do, don’t read the Bible!” Seriously?
A particular Greek manuscript may or may not be more ancient than, for instance, St. Jerome’s Latin Vulgate.
A section of the Gospel of John dating sometime around 120 A.D. (!!!)
Read my mistakes to save yourself the trouble.
USCCB Secretariat of Divine Worship: “The GIRM never speaks to every possible scenario that could take place.”
In the mystery of the Incarnation, God takes delight in responding to man’s sensible, bodily nature, and the resulting need for tasting and touching our God.
“There is nothing in the Council text about turning altars toward the people.” — Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
Named Bishop of Mantua, Sarto began in 1884 to teach dogma courses in the Seminary, giving each student a personal copy of the “Summa Theologiae.”
The importance of the priest singing the orations at Mass.
“And the practice of saying a Low Mass while the choir sings bits of things is too dreadful to be described.” — Fr. Adrian Fortescue, 1912
Whose Gift Is It?
I published this article in 2007. I am reproducing it here in case anyone finds it useful.
