David Clayton Interviewed by Tammy Peterson
On Christianity, Art and Culture, and Saving the West with BeautyHere is an interview which I did with Tammy Peterson, recorded in September and published on her YouTube channel just a few days ago....
View ArticleThe Other Major Antiphons for the End of Advent
The best known feature of the Office in Advent is of course the O Antiphons, which begin this evening, and are said with the Magnificat from December 17-23. Their prominence has perhaps overshadowed...
View ArticleO Sapientia 2024
O Sapientia, quae ex ore Altissimi prodiisti, attingens a fine usque ad finem, fortiter suaviterque disponens omnia: veni ad docendum nos viam prudentiae. O Wisdom, that comest from the mouth of the...
View ArticleHistorical Falsehoods about Active Participation: A Response to Dr Brant...
Just over two weeks ago, on the anniversary of Sacrosanctum Concilium, the YouTube channel of Catholic Productions published a video by Dr Brant Pitre, who is the Distinguished Research Professor of...
View ArticleO Adonai 2024
O Adonai, et Dux domus Israel, qui Moysi in igne flammae rubi apparuisti, et ei in Sina legem dedisti: veni ad redimendum nos in brachio extento. O Adonai, and Ruler of the house of Israel, who...
View Article“Tuned to the Truth. The Catholic Triad of Faith, Life, and Liturgy” (Part 2)
We continue our translation of P. Bernward Deneke FSSP's lecture. See here for Part 1. - PAK3. The basis of the Christian creedIt is now time to examine the matter of truth within the sphere of the...
View ArticleO Radix Jesse 2024
O Radix Jesse, qui stas in signum populorum, super quem continebunt reges os suum, quem gentes deprecabuntur: veni ad liberandum nos, jam noli tardare. O Root of Jesse, which standest as a sign to the...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Advent Ember Days with the Help of the Golden Legend
HanukkahThe Ember Days have been part of the Roman liturgical tradition since time immemorial, and as such they have invited much reflection. Today, as we did in September, let us turn to the author of...
View ArticleO Clavis David 2024
O Clavis David, et sceptrum domus Israel; qui aperis, et nemo claudit; claudis, et nemo aperit: veni, et educ vinctum de domo carceris, sedentem in tenebris, et umbra mortis. O Key of David and...
View ArticleMass of the Ages Hosts a Debate on Organic Development: Kwasniewski & DiPippo
Three years ago (how time flies!) I wrote an article in two parts on the concept of “organic development”, and why I believe it is not a particularly useful way of describing change in the liturgy,...
View ArticleO Oriens 2024
O Oriens, splendor lucis aeternae, et sol justitiae: veni, et illumina sedentes in tenebris, et umbra mortis. O Morning Star, splendor of eternal light and sun of righteousness: Come and enlighten...
View ArticleDurandus on the Fourth Sunday of Advent
Of old, the Jews sounded trumpets to invite men to weddings, and to solemn feasts, and to move their camp; wherefore, now the Lord has commanded the prelates to sound trumpets, inviting the nations to...
View ArticleO Rex Gentium 2024
O Rex Gentium, et desideratus earum, lapisque angularis, qui facis utraque unum: veni, et salva hominem, quem de limo formasti. O King of the nations, and desire thereof, and cornerstone that makest...
View Article“Tuned to the Truth: The Catholic Triad of Faith, Life, and Liturgy” (Part 3:...
We conclude our translation of P. Bernward Deneke FSSP's Pro Missa Tridentina lecture. Part 1 | Part 2. - PAK (source)5. Separating the true from the goodWhere the altars are no longer inhabited by the...
View ArticleO Emmanuel 2024
O Emmanuel, Rex et legifer noster, exspectatio gentium, et Salvator earum: veni ad salvandum nos, Domine, Deus noster. O Emmanuel, our king and lawgiver, longing of the nations and Savior thereof:...
View ArticleMusings on the Origins of Christmas
The Gospels according to Matthew and Luke provide the only canonical accounts that we have of the birth of Jesus Christ. According to these narratives, the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph...
View ArticleThe Ambrosian Vesperal Mass of Christmas
The following post is largely based on notes written by our Ambrosian writer Nicola de’ Grandi.Christmas Eve is one of three occasions, along with Epiphany and Pentecost, on which the Ambrosian Mass is...
View ArticleMerry Christmas!
Beáta víscera Maríae Vírginis, quae portavérunt aeterni Patris Filium: et beáta úbera, quae lactavérunt Christum Dóminum: * Qui hodie pro salúte mundi de Vírgine nasci dignátus est. V. Dies...
View ArticleSt Ambrose’s Christmas Hymn Veni, Redemptor Gentium
The Roman Breviary traditionally has only two proper hymns for Christmas, Jesu Redemptor omnium, which is said at Vespers and Matins, and A solis ortus cardine at Lauds. The church of Rome took a long...
View ArticleThe Ambrosian Gospel of St Stephen
In the Roman Rite, the Gospel of the feast of St Stephen is St Matthew 23, 34-39, as attested in the very oldest surviving lectionaries. “Behold I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and...
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