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The Silence of the Canon Speaks More Loudly Than Words
Dum medium silentium tenerent omnia, et nox in suo cursu medium iter haberet, omnipotens Sermo tuus, Domine, de caelis a regalibus sedibus venit. “While all things were in quiet silence, and the night...
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An Icon of the Mother of God Newly Painted by Philippe Lefebvre
How the Study of this Simple Image Has Helped My Painting...and So Might Help Yours Too!This year I received this Christmas card, see below, from Philippe Lefebvre, whom I met first when I was living...
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Epiphany 2015
The Adoration of the Magi, by Gentile da Fabriano, 1423; originally displayed in the Church of the Holy Trinity in Florence, now in the Uffizi Gallery.Jesus was born in a humble stable and placed in a...
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An Ambrosian Chant for Epiphany : “Omnes Patriarchae”
Although the Ambrosian Office shares many features with that of the Roman Rite, its structure is different in almost every respect. Vespers begins not with psalmody, but with a Lucernarium, a...
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Books for Sale/1: Latin Ordinary Form
As Shawn Tribe used to do in the old days, I will be putting up for sale a number of books from my liturgical library. If you would like more details on any of the items or more photographs, please...
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A Maronite Ordination in Portland, Oregon
On Saturday, December 27, 2014, His Excellency A. Elias Zaidan, bishop of the Maronite Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles, ordained Abouna Anthony Joseph Alles to the priesthood at Holy...
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Books for Sale/2: Roman Breviaries
Today's batch includes a complete 1962 Breviarium Romanum and two single "Aestiva" volumes of the old breviary from earlier in the century. If interested in any of the books, please contact me at the...
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The Season of Revelation: The Feast of Theophany/Epiphany
Icon of TheophanyYesterday, for those of the Byzantine tradition on the Gregorian calendar, was the second day of the octave of Theophany, the Synaxis of St. John the Forerunner. That feast is worthy...
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Books for Sale/3: Solesmes Books [UPDATED]
Update as of 1/9/15: The old (pre-conciliar) books in this batch have been SOLD. The Psalterium Monasticum of 1981 is still available. (I will leave the rest of this post as it stands, because it is...
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Card. Burke to Celebrate Pontifical Mass in Rome, January 10
I have just received word that His Eminence Raymond Cardinal Burke, Patron of the Sovereign Military Order of the Knights of Malta, will celebrate a Pontifical Mass in the Extraordinary Form tomorrow,...
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Books for Sale/4: Cistercian Books
In the last batch, I am offering some exquisite old Cistercian books. These are my favorites, from the perspective of the art of the book. Here are a few, seen from the side. As before, contact me at...
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Some First Photographs From Cardinal Burke's Mass in Rome Today
Today, His Eminence Cardinal Raymond Burke celebrated a Pontifical Mass in the Basilica of San Nicola in Carcere in Rome, as the concluding event of a meeting of the Confraternity of Catholic Clergy...
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Saint Gregory Society of New Haven Marks 29th Anniversary of First...
It’s hard to believe. This past weekend marked the 29th anniversary of the first Traditional Mass celebrated in New Haven, CT under the auspices of the St. Gregory Society of New Haven. It was on Jan....
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Diocese of Lancaster Saves Historic Church With New Apostolate
We have previously reported how the Diocese of Lancaster in England was able to save one of its most important churches, the Shrine of St Walburge in Preston, by bringing the Institute of Christ the...
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“New Things and Old…”
The start of a new calendar year seems a good time to meditate on a famous verse from the Gospel of Matthew: “Therefore every scribe instructed in the kingdom of heaven is like a man, the head of a...
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Scientific Evidence that Going to Mass Makes You Happier?
I recently came across this article on Breitbart.com which describes how recent studies have shown that those who attend religious services regularly are happier than those who don’t. Interestingly,...
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Epiphany 2015 Photopost
As always, many thanks to all those who sent their photographs for this post. Evangelize through beauty! The next photopost will be for the feast of the Purification/Presentation on February 2nd.St...
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More from Cardinal Burke's Recent Mass in Rome
Our good friends the Lassus Scholars have posted a number of videos from their recent visit to Rome on Gloria.tv. Here they are singing the Ave Maria at the Offertory. You can see more of their superb...
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NLM Quiz no. 16: What is This?
It has been some time since we had a quiz, so as a reminder of the procedure: Please give your answer in the combox, along with any and all details you think pertinent to it. To keep it more...
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Episode 3 of Extraordinary Faith - VIDEO
Extraordinary Faith, a show which features traditional liturgy and sacred arts on EWTN, has just released the video of the entire third episode on their website. The episode was filmed at an October...
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