“Truly Bizarre!” • Easter Vigil on Easter Sunday?
Rather than allow the traditional times, the Vatican gave permission to allow the Easter Vigil to be celebrated on the morning of Easter Sunday!
“If we do not love those whom we see, how can we love God, Whom we do not see?” Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
Rather than allow the traditional times, the Vatican gave permission to allow the Easter Vigil to be celebrated on the morning of Easter Sunday!
If we feel compelled to condemn these changes, let’s at least spend time learning what they are!
“Custom preserves many things in liturgy after their first reason has ceased.” —Father Adrian Fortescue
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We are pleased to observe how this site included our liturgical PDF files.
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I love Venerable Pius XII very much, but this particular change was unconscionable.
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Five reasons keeping Holy Saturday in the morning is a good idea.
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Supremely rare Belgian book with Gregorian Chant!
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Five (5) differences between the ancient rites of Holy Week (“Pre-1955”) and the Pius XII version.
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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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