The Miraculous Rise Of The Traditional Latin Mass
A puzzling article appeared in the National Catholic Register by Msgr. Charles Pope.
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Extraordinary Form 1962 Missal
Assumption Mass 1
A Solemn High Mass in the Extraordinary Form next Friday evening in Philadelphia.
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Sacra Liturgia 2015 — Update IV
“To refer to the priest as ‘presider’ surely does damage to his priestly identity.” — Rev. Richard Cipolla
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A Mini History of the Sequences
At the height of their usage, there were proper sequences for nearly every Sunday and feast day.
Taking the easy way out, relatively speaking
Starting a collection of easier propers for the Extraordinary Form. A pair of Alleluias and two Offertory antiphons to start the ball rolling.
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Is This The World’s Greatest Cry Room?
An usher approached me, tapping on my shoulder. This was the last straw.
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Musical Resources • Holy Thursday (1962)
Bells are rung and the organ played at the “Gloria”—but then stay silent until the Easter Vigil “Gloria.”
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“The Gloves Are Off” — Jonathan Gruber & The Traditional Mass
“The faith of many was quite infantile, I would say.” —Paul Inwood, talking about preconciliar Catholics
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“Ordo Missae” • In Latin & English (1957)
Including the rubrics for Sung Masses and a special English translation.
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“As you might imagine, it was a disaster.”
“While most worshipers were stumbling through the Introit or Collect, a few fluent in Latin would be loudly racing through the prayers.”
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The Most Disturbing Change To The 1962 Missal
We’re not as smart as we’d thought … and our forefathers weren’t as dumb as we’d assumed.
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The Secret Way The Latin Mass Has Won
A recent blog by Liturgical Press is titled “Growing Up Racist and Misogynist and Catholic.”
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Assumption Mass
Msgr. Andrew Wadsworth will celebrate a Solemn High Mass in the Extraordinary Form this Friday evening in Philadelphia.
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Modernity Impact
For me tradition is not going to the past, but going to the origins.
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Pope Benedict XVI Reveals Why He Issued Summorum Pontificum on 7 July 2007
“A community is calling into question its very being when it suddenly declares its holiest and highest possession to be strictly forbidden … Can it be trusted any more about anything else?”
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