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Liturgical Insights in The Gentle Traditionalist
Back in December, I posted a short review of a new book from Angelico Press, Roger Buck’s The Gentle Traditionalist. (Have a look at that review if you are interested in a more general description of...
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Documentary About the Original Divine Mercy Image - Is This Really What...
One of the most familiar images in Catholic churches today is the Divine Mercy image.Most will be aware of the story of the vision of Sr Faustina and how she instructed an artist in Lithuania to paint...
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How Well Did the OF Actually Implement Sacrosanctum Concilium - Scripture in...
In Sacrosanctum Concilium, the Second Vatican Council decreed the reform of the liturgical books. But how well did that reform actually follow the mandates of the council? As someone who attends the...
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A Miscellany of Architectural and Church Furnishing Details in Barcelona
A few selected images from my visit in 2014 that may be of interest.St. Francis Borja holding a skull on the exterior of a church near Las RamblasAltars in Santa Maria del PiChurch plate in the...
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The January Edition of the Adoremus Bulletin is Now Out.
The latest Adoremus Bulletin is now out and can be read online immediately. This is a particularly varied and strong issue. Even the presentation of simple news events is made through the prism of the...
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Ukrainian Christmas Customs: A Documentary From 1942
For those who follow the Julian Calendar, today is the Leave-taking of the Theophany in the Byzantine Rite. “Leave-taking” (ἀπόδοσις in Greek, ѿданїє in Old Church Slavonic) is broadly the equivalent...
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Signs of the Holy One: Part I
A sign posted at the historic Black Hills Free Methodist Church Camp, Grafton, West VirginiaIn today’s world, we’re always losing things. Products like “Tile” and “find my iPhone” and GPS help us...
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Candlemas in Palo Alto, California
For the feast of the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple and the Purification of Mary, Tuesday, February 2, the St. Ann Choir will sing medieval English Mass music as well as the Gregorian chants...
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The Second Feast of St Agnes: A Liturgical Oddity
January 28th is traditionally the day of the “Second Feast of St Agnes”, although this very ancient observance was reduced to a commemoration in 1931, and abolished in the post-Conciliar reform. It is...
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What Did Christ Really Look Like?
Why I think that those who criticize the Christian artistic tradition for always presenting Christ as a northern European are wrong.I have read a number of articles over the years that criticize the...
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A Visigothic Hermitage in the Province of Burgos
There is something oddly fascinating about the shadowy Visigothic Kingdom that ruled Spain before the Muslim conquest. The Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella were lauded in courtly song as the...
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No Parish Left Behind
An early manuscript of Jubilate Deo or "Rejoice in the Lord," the Introit for the 3rd Sunday of EasterThis past Tuesday, Bishop John Doerfler of the Diocese of Marquette, Michigan, issued a pastoral...
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Candlemas Events: Philadelphia, Jersey City and Grand Rapids
Once again, it is very heartening to hear from churches which are making a real effort to celebrate the liturgy of a great feast day with high-quality sacred music from the great Catholic tradition....
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A New Essay by Shawn Tribe
Some of our readers will have no doubt heard of The Dorchester Review here on NLM and elsewhere. For those who haven’t, it is a bi-annual, small-c conservative journal coming from Canada which focuses...
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The Book of Genesis in Stone
Since the Church traditionally begins to read the book of Genesis in the Divine Office on Septuagesima Sunday, I thought I would take the opportunity to end the week with some pictures of one of my...
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Photopost Request: Candlemas 2016
Our next major photopost will be for the feast of Candlemas; please send your photos of the Blessing of Candles, the Procession and the Mass to photopost@newliturgicalmovement.org for inclusion. We are...
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Saint Geminianus of Modena
Today is the feast day of Saint Geminianus, the patron Saint of the small but lovely city of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Not very much is known about Geminianus, who died in the year...
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Books That Cry Out the Unique Richness and Holiness of God’s Word
A Romanesque Gospel bookWhy are we afraid to buy, commission, make, or build beautiful things for our churches?Why are we content with plainness and mediocrity?Why do we have no aspirations to do the...
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The Meeting of Christ and Simeon in the Temple
Thy virtue covered the heavens, O Christ, for coming forth from the Ark of Thy sanctification, Thy undefiled Mother, Thou didst appeared in the temple of Thy glory as an infant borne in her arms, and...
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Book Announcement: T&T Clark Companion to Liturgy, Edited by Dom Alcuin Reid
Ever since my copy arrived, it has been my devout intention to prepare a worthy review of this momentous and authoritative new book, the T&T Clark Companion to Liturgy, edited by Dom Alcuin Reid....
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