PDF Download • Chant Notation—Nuptial Blessing (EF)
With permission from the CDF, the nuptial blessing at a sung EF Mass may be chanted according to this melody.
“If we do not love those whom we see, how can we love God, Whom we do not see?” Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
With permission from the CDF, the nuptial blessing at a sung EF Mass may be chanted according to this melody.
Liturgical Evidence from Marriage Rituals throughout History
Fr. Gaspar eloquently emphasis key words and phrases, underscoring the beauty of the sacrament.
The release date has been set. What will be new in the new Rite of Marriage?
Finally getting through the Introductory Rites of the Nuptial Mass.
Some thoughts on the Introductory Rites for the Nuptial Mass.
A curmudgeonly introduction to a series on wedding advice.
“Southie” is a section of Boston better known from the films “Good Will Hunting” and “The Departed.” It is also infamous for the convicted murderer and gangster, James “Whitey” Bulger. But, yes, glorious Gregorian Propers, polyphony, and hymnody at a Nuptial Mass in “Southie.”
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We’re under tremendous pressure to transfer our website to a “subscription model.”
We don’t want to do this. We believe our website should remain free to all.
It’s annoying to have to search for login credentials (e.g. if you’re away from your desk).
Our president has written the following letter:
* Thirteen Men & Coins (Holy Thursday Appeal)
Traditionally on Holy Thursday, the priest washed the feet of thirteen men. Theologians held various opinions regarding whom the “13th man” represented. Before the liturgical changes of Pope Pius XII (which changed the number from thirteen to twelve), the priest washed each man’s feet, kissed his foot, and gave him a coin.
This “coin” business seems providential—inasmuch as our appeal begins on Holy Thursday this year.
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