A Cardinal’s Liturgical Ordo from 1681
Of the three books I examined in Milwaukee, in many ways this was the most fascinating: a liturgical ordo for the year 1681 (MDCLXXXI), owned by a cardinal, as the beautifully gold-stamped white...
View ArticleThe Charterhouse of Pavia
For the feast of Saint Bruno, the founder of the Carthusian Order, here are some pictures from Nicola of one of the most beautiful of the order’s monasteries, that of Pavia in Lombardy, about 8...
View ArticleOn Gothic Art, Part 1
The art of pilgrimageIn this and another post next week, I want to look at the Gothic style of Christian art: where it came from, what makes it theologically and artistically distinctive, and how to...
View ArticleWhy Translation Matters
In the post-Conciliar Rite, yesterday was the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, and in the current year of the three-year cycle of Sunday readings (A), the Gospel was Matthew 21, 33-43, the parable of the...
View ArticleA Proper Hymn of St Francis of Assisi
This year the Church marks the 8th centenary of the death of St Francis of Assisi, which took place later on the evening of October 3rd, 1226. Following the ancient (and indeed pre-Christian) principle...
View ArticleThe Book of Hours of Marguerite of Orléans (Part 2)
This is the second set of images from one of the finest Books of Hours in the vast collection of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Département des Manuscrits, Latin 1156B), made around 1430 for a...
View ArticleThe Vespers Hymn for the Feast of the Guardian Angels
A very nice alternation of chant and polyphony, by the Ensemble Venance Fortunat. The English translation is that of Alan Gordon McDougall (1896-1965). 1. Custodes hominum psallimus angelos, Naturae...
View ArticleThe Priest’s Second Prayer for Holy Communion
Lost in Translation #170 After praying the Domine Jesu Christe, the priest prays: Perceptio Corporis tui, Domine Jesu Christe, quod ego indignus sumere praesumo, non mihi proveniat in judicium et...
View ArticleThe Book of Hours of Marguerite of Orléans (Part 1)
A good way to start the Marian month of October is by enjoying this particularly glorious Book of Hours, since the principal text in any such book is always the Little Office of the Virgin Mary. This...
View Article“The Mystery of the Orthodox Liturgy”: A New Video about the Byzantine Rite
In February, we shared news of the publication of a handbook for the Byzantine Rite, entitled “The Divine Services of the Orthodox Church with Commentary”, from St Symeon of Thessalonica Press, a...
View ArticleSt Jerome’s Lion
There are very few episodes of what we might call a legendary character attached to the figure of St Jerome, at least in part because we have so much authentic information about his life from his own...
View ArticlePhotos of a Missale Romanum Printed in Antwerp, 1616
As mentioned last week, my visit to Milwaukee gave me the opportunity to view several rare books in a friend's collection. Today I will share some photos of a Missale Romanum printed in Antwerp in...
View ArticleSt Michael in the Apocrypha
The Archangel Michael is mentioned three times in the book of Daniel, once in the Apocalypse, and once in the Epistle of St Jude, and these are all of his Biblical appearances. Both New Testament...
View ArticleMusica Domestica, by Andrew Goldstein & David Clayton, Available for Pre-order
A two-volume songbook for Catholic families, with a pointed psalter, sacred songs and chants, and folk songs following the liturgical year, published by Word on Fire PublicationsTwo years ago I gave a...
View ArticleMusic for Vespers of St Michael
When Pope Urban VIII had the hymns of the Roman Breviary revised in a more classicizing style, few were altered as completely as the hymn for Vespers of St Michael. The original version, traditionally...
View ArticleThe Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Give peace, o Lord, to those who wait for Thee, that Thy prophets may be found true: hear the prayers of Thy servant, and of Thy people Israel. Ps. 121 I rejoiced in what was said to me, ‘We will go...
View ArticleOur Lady’s Saturday
Since today we celebrate the Saturday Office of Our Lady, here is a polyptych representing Her coronation as the Queen of Heaven, painted in the 1390s by the Florentine artist Cenni di Francesco di Ser...
View ArticleRelics of St Padre Pio (Part 2)
Following up on a post from two days ago, here are pictures of some more relics of St Padre Pio, this time from the town where he was born, Pietrelcina. After his priestly ordination in 1910, due to...
View ArticleBlessed Joaquín de Albocácer
Because the Church has such a glorious history of early martyrs (think of St. Stephen being stoned or St. Lawrence being roasted alive on a gridiron), it is easy to forget that the twentieth century...
View ArticleThe Feast of St Thecla, First-Martyr Among Women
In the Byzantine and Ambrosian Rites, today is the feast of the virgin and martyr St Thecla; in the Roman Rite, she is kept as a commemoration on the preceding day.Image from Wikimedia Commons by...
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