“Seventy-Three (73) Changes” • Which Pope Pius XII Made to Holy Week
If we feel compelled to condemn these changes, let’s at least spend time learning what they are!
His Holiness Pope Pius XII
(Screenshots) • Proving Holy Saturday Took Place In The Morning
Five reasons keeping Holy Saturday in the morning is a good idea.
3 September 1958 • Issued by Pius XII
The Sacred Congregation for Rites issued De musica sacra et sacra liturgia (“Instruction on Sacred Music and Sacred Liturgy”) on 3 September 1958. An excerpt: Finally, perfect active participation is achieved when there is also sacramental participation, by which “the faithful who are present communicate not only with spiritual affection, but also in reception of […]
An Essential & Unique Thing For Holy Thursday
…and a look at Holy Thursday from the 1965 Missal.
Pope Francis Allows A Flock Of Children To Dance Around Him
Is it appropriate for a pope to let kids dance around him in such a crazy fashion?
Pope Pius XII speaks about the Liturgy (1956)
“Where it can be done away with without too much difficulty on the part of the faithful, it should be abrogated.” — Pope Pius XI on “orchestral Masses” (private letter)
PDF Download • Instruction on Sacred Music (“De Musica Sacra”) • Issued by Pope Pius XII in 1958
Don’t you hate it when you think you know the answer to something . . . and then you find out you were dead wrong? This happened to me regarding the congregation reciting Mass Propers in the Extraordinary Form.