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Reading the O Antiphons Forward
It is a well-known fact that the first letters of the seven titles with which the O antiphons begin, when read in reverse order, form an anagram, ERO CRAS, Latin for “tomorrow I shall be.” The order in...
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Gaudete and Rorate Photopost 2016 (Part 3)
Our third and final post of your photos of Gaudete Sunday liturgies and Rorate Masses, and once again, our thanks to all those who sent them in. Our next set of photoposts will be for Christmas and its...
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Join a Benedictine Pilgrimage from France to Scotland, Summer 2017
Here is a chance to join monks from the US and UK on a pilgrimage from Burgundy to Elgin in Scotland.I just received an email from Fr Dunstan who is one of the monks at St Mary’s Monastery, Petersham,...
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The Collects of Advent: Who is Being Addressed, and What Difference Does It...
Probably this has been discussed at length by others elsewhere and I’m just a bit slow on the uptake, but I noticed this Advent as if for the first time — attending the EF and the OF every Sunday...
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Wonderful New Icons by Maxim Sheshukov
Thanks to the Orthodox Arts Journal for bringing to my notice the icons of contemporary Russian icon painter, Maxim Sheshukov.Here is a modern style that works within the icongraphic prototype. I...
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Midnight Mass in the Dominican Rite in NYC
On December 25 at Midnight, a Missa Cantata in the Dominican rite will be offered at the Church of St. Catherine of Siena, located 411 E 68th St in New York City. The schola will sing the following...
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Ember Saturday Ordinations in France
This past Saturday, His Excellency Dominique Rey, bishop of Fréjus-Toulon, conferred the minor orders on four seminarians of the diocese, and one of the Fraternity of St Joseph the Guardian, and...
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The Consecration of St Mark’s Cathedral in Cairo, 1968
A friend brought to my attention this fascinating footage of the consecration of St Mark’s Cathedral in Cairo, the seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope. The church was built in the reign of Cyril VI...
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St Thomas the Apostle
The mercy of God brought it to pass in wondrous manner that this doubting disciple, as he touched the bodily Wounds of his Master, should heal in us the wounds of unbelief. For the unbelief of Thomas...
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Dom Benedict Andersen's Lecture on Benedictine Liturgical Ideals and the New...
Dom Benedict Andersen, Sub-Prior of Silverstream Monastery in Ireland, gave a lecture at the last Society for Catholic Liturgy conference and has asked NLM to make available a link to the audio...
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Photopost Request: Christmas 2016
Our next major photopost will be for the liturgies of Christmas, whether in the OF or the EF, or any of the Eastern Rites, Ordinariate Use, etc.; as always, we will also be very glad to include other...
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The 800th Anniversary of the Founding of the Dominicans
Many older editions of the Missal and Breviary contain in the supplement “for certain places” a feast called “The Patronage of the Virgin Mary”, usually assigned to the second Sunday of November....
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St Ann Choir Christmas Events in Palo Alto, California.
The St Ann Choir will sing the following Christmas services at the church of St Thomas Aquinas in Palo Alto, California. Please note, however, that Vespers on New Year’s Eve will be held at St Ann...
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A New Regular TLM in Belgium
Beginning on Sunday, January 1st, the feast of the Circumcision, a traditional Latin Mass will be held every first Sunday of the month in the Basilica of Our Lady of Dadizele, Belgium. The Mass will be...
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The Royal Hours of Christmas Eve
The Royal Hours are a special service which is held three times a year in the Byzantine Rite, on Christmas Eve, Epiphany Eve, and Good Friday. It consists of the Hours of Prime, Terce, Sext and None,...
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Liturgical Notes on the Vigil of Christmas
A Vigil is traditionally a full liturgical day, penitential in nature, in preparation for a major feast, including the whole day’s Office from Matins to None. The Mass of a Vigil is not an anticipation...
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Midnight Mass at the London Oratory 2016
Some photographs taken tonight at Midnight Mass at the London Oratory. Merry Christmas!
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Merry Christmas!
Hodie nobis caelorum Rex de Virgine nasci dignatus est, ut hominem perditum ad caelestia regna revocaret: * Gaudet exercitus Angelorum: quia salus aeterna humano generi apparuit. V. Gloria in excelsis...
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A Blast from the Past: The 1926 Eucharistic Congress in Chicago
People who read NLM and therefore take a keen interest in the use and abuse of the sacred liturgy are probably aware that the concept of the Eucharistic Congress, while noble and excellent in itself,...
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The Painted Word! No, We Don’t Write Holy Icons
Here’s a quiz: I am holding a paint brush. I am dipping it in paint. I am applying the paint to the surface so as to manifest a two dimensional picture of an image that is held as an ideal in my...
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