What Happened To Chapel Veils At Mass?
“While it is not obligatory for women to wear mantillas, I personally think they’re a beautiful and elegant way to show reverence for Christ.” — Matt Fradd
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Catholic Line Art, Black and White • Installment #21
I will be releasing hundreds of these B/W religious line art drawings for free and instant download. These beautiful Catholic “woodcuts” were done with magnificent skill. “Download Free Traditional Catholic Clipart”
Pope Welcomes Benedict XVI To The Vatican
“To this day, the Papal living quarters remain empty, in spite of the fact that two popes live nearby.” — Rome Reports
(Live Interview) Cardinal Burke on the New Translation
“We had in the Church when I was growing up . . . there was a kind of special language we used in Church, and I was sorry to see it go . . . There wasn’t anything wrong with that. It was a language we used in talking to God.” — Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke
Benedict Wanted a “Poor” Church, Too
On 13 June, Pope Francis announced the imminent release of an encyclical written “with four hands.” (No, this is not a Schubert Sonata for four hands!)
Music Delivered A Young Boy From Dispair
“My father had no job and a daily passion for beer. The situation was hopeless for both him and his seven children. When I was 11 years old, Catholic Charities intervened. They split us up, and sent five of us kids to foster homes, and my older brother Mike and I to Boys Town.”
Singing Scripture throughout Mass: Why We Must and How We Might
For a long while I’ve been ruminating on the nature of the Liturgy, Scripture as found in the Mass Propers, the Golden Calf narrative (thanks to Ratzinger’s Spirit of the Liturgy), Good Friday tradition, and episcopal authority. Here are some semi-organized thoughts on the matter.
Nobody Can Answer My Question?
I have an important question, but nobody seems to care. It has to do with the famous: “When it falls on a Saturday or a Monday, the obligation to attend Mass is abrogated.”
Try Illuminare Score Editor
Yet another training video, this time simpler than ever.
Putting Our Worst Foot Forward
“The Problem Is Not That We Are Sinners”
1965 English Mass Demonstration “Sign Of Peace”
“During the boy-scout hand-shake (Sign of Peace), the lady with whom I shook hands accused me of trying to steal her bracelet.” — Msgr. Francis P. Schmitt, writing in 1965
Restoring Catholic Music in the Home
… one week at a time. Some families are keen to teach their children good hymns, but don’t know where to start.
Fr. Pierre Paul And Pope Francis
Fr. Pierre Paul is well-known to Church musicians everywhere due to the amazing progress he has personally overseen with the Vatican choirs.
Stravinsky on Tradition
“A real tradition is not the relic of a past that is irretrievably gone; it is a living force that animates and informs the present” –Igor Stravinsky
What Vatican II Said (and Didn’t Say) about the Liturgy
Vatican II presents a mystical, contemplative, symbolic vision of liturgy, the celebration of which John Paul II said “must be characterized by a profound sense of the sacred.” Is it what you experience at your local parish?