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The Feast of All Saints 2014 - the Angels
From the Breviary according to the use of the Roman Curia, 1529, the continuation of the sermon for the fifth day in the Octave of All Saints: To this day’s solemnity, dedicated to all the Saints, let...
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Pontifical Vesture: Putting on the Full Armor of God (Guest Post)
Courtesy of photographer and NLM reader Christopher Owens, we have a feature article on the traditional vesting prayers, as recently witnessed at the Pontifical Mass at St. Peter's celebrated by...
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The New Lumen Christi Hymnal - (A Great Catholic Hymn Book That Tells You Not...
The Lumen Christi Hymnal is the hymn book that those who chant the Office in English will have been waiting for. Here we have liturgical hymns appropriate for the Office, translated well into English...
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The Feast of All Saints 2014 - the Patriarchs and Prophets
From the Breviary according to the use of the Roman Curia, 1529, the continuation of the sermon for the fifth day in the Octave of All Saints: Dearest brethren, because we cannot commemorate each...
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An Interview with Peter Kwasniewski, On His New Book of Sacred Music
Among his many other talents, Dr Peter Kwasniewski, who has made so many valuable contributions to this site over the last year and half, also composes sacred music of many different kinds. Complete...
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Pontifical High Mass for the Feast of All Saints at Norwich Cathedral
These photographs were taken at Pontifical High Mass at Norwich Cathedral on Saturday. Bishop Alan Hopes was the celebrant, and made history by being the first bishop to celebrate Pontifical High Mass...
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The Feast of All Saints 2014 - The Apostles
From the Breviary according to the use of the Roman Curia, 1529, the continuation of the sermon for the fifth day in the Octave of All Saints: It is clear that the most-blessed Apostles of Christ are...
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Forty Hours at Holy Innocents NYC
This coming weekend, from Friday, November 7th, 2014 at 6pm through Sunday, November 9th, 2014 at 10:30am, the Church of the Holy Innocents, New York will have the 40 Hours Devotion. (It will also be...
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Even more beautiful photos from Populus Summorum Pontificum
A reader has sent in a link to a really stunning set of photos which were taken at the Populus Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage to Rome recently. The photos are by Emanuele Fiocchi and give a wonderful...
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Chant Workshop: Columbus, Ohio - November 14 and 15, 2014
For those in the Columbus, Ohio area, I'd encourage you to learn about the church's preferred form of liturgical music, gregorian chant! I sang under the skillful direction of David Hughes earlier this...
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The Feast of All Saints 2014 - The Martyrs
From the Breviary according to the use of the Roman Curia, 1529, the continuation of the sermon for the fifth day in the Octave of All Saints: The blessed Martyrs of Christ, armed with the shield of...
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Pontifical Requiem at the Throne - Madison, WI
This past Monday evening, Bishop Robert C. Morlino celebrated a Pontifical Requiem Mass at the Throne for the deceased priests and bishops of the Diocese of Madison, WI. A local group of singers sang...
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The Poverty of the Church and the Beauty of the Liturgy
Dino Marcantonio, the president of the Catholic Artists Society, has alerted me to the available audio of a recent talk given by Fr. John Saward (Oxford) that will be of interest to readers. "The...
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The Octave of All Saints 2014 - The Confessors
From the Breviary according to the use of the Roman Curia, 1529, the conclusion of the sermon for the fifth day in the Octave of All Saints: The blessed Confessors of Christ, having become the columns...
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An Ordination and First Mass - Silverstream Priory
When I see reports of ordinations such as the one I'm covering here, it always warms my heart to see more Masses celebrated with a spirit of continuity, along with beautiful vestments, and even...
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Dom Mark Kirby on Lex orandi, lex credendi, lex vivendi
Fr. Kirby (right) with a monk and a mascotDom Mark Kirby, the Prior of Our Lady of the Cenacle Monastery (a.k.a. Silverstream Priory), has written a brief but magnificent meditation on the unbroken and...
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Special Veterans' Day Requiem Mass in the Ordinariate Use, November 11
From our friends at St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church in Stoneham, Massachusetts:2014 marks the hundredth anniversary of the start of the conflict originally called the Great War or the War to End...
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Organic: Endangered
In conversations on the liturgy, people often freely use the word “organic” to describe the kind of change that is agreed to be legitimate, necessary, and good, and to distinguish it from the violence...
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Regular Dominican Rite Mass in Rome
This news for readers living in Rome or visiting there while traveling. Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, O.P., informs me that the traditional Dominican Rite Mass is now celebrated weekly at the Roman basilica of...
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Sacra Liturgia USA 2015 - June 1-4, 2015, New York - Save the Date!
Continuing the work of Sacra Liturgia 2013 (organized by Bishop Rey of Fréjus-Toulon and held in Rome), Sacra Liturgia USA 2015, an international conference on liturgical formation in light of the new...
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