The Ambrosian Mass of Holy Thursday
The mandatum ceremony according to the Ambrosian rite One of the most beautiful features of the traditional Ambrosian Rite is its unique manner of celebrating the Mass of Holy Thursday, which includes...
View ArticleA Common Heritage of East and West on Maundy Thursday
As Gregory di Pippo told in his post upon the Ambrosian Mass of Holy Thursday, the Byzantine Rite and the Ambrosian one share the same organisation for the memorial of the Lord's Last Supper: both...
View ArticleHistoric Photos from Rome for Good Friday -- and Revisiting the History of...
Since it is Good Friday, I thought there no better day to show the following two photos which appear to show some Good Friday ceremonies taking place outside of basilica of Santa Croce -- today's...
View ArticleBrief Snippets from Wednesday and Thursday of Holy Week
We have received a number of "Holy-Week-so-far" photos in the past day or so, but in an effort to stay reasonably "in sync" with the ebb and flow of the Triduum itself, I hope to share most of them...
View ArticleGood Friday - The Pontifical Russian College in Rome
For how shall we be able to know, I and thy people, that we have found grace in thy sight, unless thou walk with us, that we may be glorified by all people that dwell upon the earth? And the Lord said...
View ArticleBaroque Naturalism and Baroque Classicism Compared
For Holy Week and the Easter Octave here are two different scenes that, I hope, might allow us to contemplate the season and our move from Lent into Easter. The first is of the Palm Sunday scene -...
View ArticleThe Triduum in the Anglican Use and Anglican Ordinariate (USA)
I wished to share a few photos from one already established "Anglican use" community, and one newly established ordinariate community, both within the United States. Our Lady of Walsingham in Houston,...
View ArticleTriduum: Monastère Saint-Benoît, France
The Monastère Saint-Benoît in France have some images up from their recent Triduum celebrations. Here is a selection:
View ArticleChristus Resurrexit a Mortuis - A Latin Version of the Byzantine Easter Hymn
For many years now, the choir of the Pontifical Russian College in Rome (the “Russicum”) has been joined for the services of Holy Week and Easter Sunday by the “Romanos der Melode Chor”, whose members...
View ArticleOlive Sunday in the Ambrosian Rite
As I had noted just prior to the Triduum, my intent was to provide no further coverage of Palm Sunday's ceremonies, barring something rather unique and I think the following photos which show Olive...
View ArticleHong Kong EF Community Marks Tenth Anniversary
Aside from celebrating the joys of Easter this Sunday past, the usus antiquior community in Hong Kong were also celebrating their 10th year as a community, marked by a Solemn Pontifical Mass at St....
View ArticleOn Liturgical Art and Its Quality and Beauty
Here on NLM we discuss the liturgical arts fairly frequently. One simple reason for this is because of our belief, a belief affirmed by the Church herself and testified to by her own guidance and...
View ArticleHoly Week Varia: Paris, Rio de Janeiro
St-Eugene, Paris (Maundy Thursday) Rio de Janeiro (Easter Vigil) (Courtesy Salvem a Liturgia)
View ArticleHoly Week Varia: Rome, Austria, Connecticut
Rome, SS. Trinita (Easter Sunday) Austria: Cistercian Abbey of Stift Heilgenkreuz (Easter Vigil) Connecticut, St. Mary's, Norwalk
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