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“Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silent” - A Byzantine Hymn for Holy Saturday
If I had discovered this particular recording of this hymn on time, I would have it posted on Holy Saturday, the one day of the year on which it is used in the Byzantine Rite. As it is, I just stumbled...
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A Mozarabic Liturgy to be Celebrated in St Peter's Basilica
On May 16th, the Archbishop of Toledo, Braulio Rodríguez Plaza, will celebrate Mass in the Mozarabic Rite at the High Altar of St Peter’s Basilica, starting at 3 p.m., as part of the diocesan...
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Tenebrae 2015 - Photopost
Today, we are publishing pictures from Tenebrae liturgies celebrated during Holy Week. Tenebrae is one of the most beautiful liturgies of the year, but also odd, as the darkness gradually increases as...
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Requiem Aeternam: Francis Cardinal George
Requiem aeternam dona ei, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat ei. Requiescat in pace.Francis Cardinal George, Eighth Archbishop of Chicago1937 - 2015
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Easter Vigil 2015 - Photopost
At the end of the Triduum is the Easter Vigil, the greatest liturgy of the liturgical year. Thank you to all the readers who send in their pictures.Mater Dei (FSSP), Irving TXHoly Family Parish,...
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A New Show of Precious Sculptures at the Vatican
The Basilica of St Peter is hosting an especially interesting show of sacred sculptures in gold, silver and bronze, from now until June 30; the objects displayed include reliquaries of various kinds,...
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The Restoration of the Sacred - the legacy of Cardinal George
Readers of New Liturgical Movement will be very familiar with St John Cantius in Chicago. The amazing story of this church, its community and liturgy is documented in an inspiring video which you can...
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Sacra Liturgia USA Scholarships
Thanks to the generosity of donors, we've been able to provide almost 20 full-tuition scholarships to seminarians and religious. Thank you!! If you'd like to make a donation to students, seminarians,...
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Liturgy as the Primary Embodiment of Tradition
Walter Cardinal Brandmüller kisses the Gospel during Solemn MassIn the Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation Dei Verbum, the Second Vatican Council teaches us about the relationship between...
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Bishop Conley on Beauty, Culture, and the New Evangelization - AUDIO
The March lecture of the Catholic Artists Society was given by Bishop James D. Conley of Lincoln, Nebraska. The bishop made an eloquent and stirring case for giving attention to aesthetic matters in...
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Latest Issue of Sacred Music in Mailboxes
The Spring 2015 issue of Sacred Music has just shipped and features a number of articles of more general liturgical interest, and some very fine work on the notions of the simultaneous and the...
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Liturgical Curiosities from Medieval Spain
In the course of researching my articles on the Theology of the Offertory, and specifically the offertories of the medieval Spanish uses of the Roman Rite, I came across an interesting custom in the...
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Opening Sessions at Sacra Liturgia - Dolan, Burke, Caggiano, Reid, Cipolla,...
www.sacraliturgiausa.org Sacra Liturgia USA 2015 will open in New York on Monday, June 1st, at 4:00pm at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College. We are honored that His Eminence the Archbishop of New...
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Easter Sunday 2015 - Photopost
Last, but not least, we finish our series of Holy Week 2015 photoposts with photos from Easter Sunday. The rest of the photoposts can be found here, if you would like to see them. Thanks to all those...
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More Sacred Sculptures from the Vatican
Some more from the show of reliquaries and other liturgical objects currently going on at St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican.Three 15th-century processional crosses in silver and copper, partially...
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Reforming the Canon of the Mass: Some Considerations from Fr Hunwicke
I have had several occasions to recommend the writings of Fr John Hunwicke on his blog “Fr Hunwicke’s Mutual Enrichment”, formerly known as “Liturgical Notes”. Last month, he published a series of six...
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The Monteverdi Vespers of 1610
Arriving in the San Polo district of Venice, I stand in front of one of the city’s largest churches: Santa Maria Gloriosi, better known as the Frari, named for the Franciscans who constructed it. It is...
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In Much Wisdom Is Much Vexation
Sacred Scripture says: “In much wisdom is much vexation, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow” (Ecclesiastes 1:18). The more a devout Catholic studies the history, theology, and spirituality...
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The Paschal Troparion in French
Here is a nice arrangement by Iliya Galadza of the Paschal Troparion, translated into French.“Le Christ est resuscité des morts; par la mort Il a vaincu la mort. À ceux qui sont dans les tombeau Il a...
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Announcement: A Votive Mass for Persecuted Christians
This announcement has come in recently from The Latin Mass Society of Winnipeg:On Wednesday, May 6th, at 7:30 pm, a Votive Mass on behalf of persecuted Christians will be celebrated at St. Ann's...
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