Young Father Ratzinger Offers Mass In Bavaria
Is it allowed to use an American Flag as an Altar Cloth at Mass? That is, an Altar Cloth decorated with the stars from the American flag?
Articles
Vatican II and the Reform of the Mass
For the Year of Faith in which we recall the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council, it behooves us to reflect on what the Council actually asked for, and why a return to Tradition will prove, in the long run, more faithful to the Council’s original inspiration and intentions.
Msgr. Wadsworth Praises Corpus Christi Watershed
The executive director of ICEL notes that “Corpus Christi Watershed has a wide variety of resources that could be immediately helpful in a parish context.”
How Do I Get Them to Sing? Part 1 of 2
The perennial problem of congregational singing.
Catholic Line Art, Black and White • Installment #08
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”
Useless To Sing “Our Hearts Are On Fire” When They Are Not?
“. . . in many instances one feels that the rhyme has shaped the thought rather than the other way around.”—Rev. Francis J. Guentner, S.J.
An Ordinary-Form Missa Cantata (almost)
Moving towards actually enacting what the Church asks in regard to the singing of the words of the Mass given the Year of Faith theme for our diocese. An example of how this can be pulled off with already-existing resources and a few dedicated individuals.
Flaming, Yet Unconsumed
On Fire for the Lord
“On this day O Beautiful Mother” … Blacklisted?
“Catholics in America have been the heirs of a sentimental and subjective hymn tradition that, for some reason or other, has taken a deep and fast hold on the fancy of the average person.” —Rev. Francis Brunner, C.Ss.R.
Errors in the Lectionary
Here’s a partial list of known errors in the USA Lectionary.
Endeavor That Playing The Organ Be Not Lascivious Or Obscene
While it is interesting to read about how the organ was used in earlier times, this can be quite shocking!
From Ashes to the Living Font
Sometimes we do our best work while in exile. Today, the Chair of Peter lies empty. This Lent, we will certainly end up in a different place than where we started. Hopefully, we will be transformed individually and as a Church.
Nothing That Requires Explanation?
Pope Benedict XVI’s Summorum Pontificum has inaugurated the liturgical renewal the Council attempted.
The Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI
“Say not only prayers of petition, for that is the way of the greedy. Let us pray always for resignation to the will of God. That is the prayers of the saints.” —Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
The Church Music Director: Job or Vocation?
Is music your whole life? Should it be?