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The Blessing of Wine on the Feast of St John the Evangelist
The Roman Ritual contains two different forms for the blessing of wine on the feast of St John the Evangelist. The first consists simply of three prayers; the second is slightly more elaborate, with...
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Why Aren’t All Other Dioceses Looking to Lincoln?
This is the title of a blogpost from Liturgy Guy about Lincoln, Nebraska. The facts and figures seem to back up the argument that orthodoxy in liturgy and catechesis keeps the faithful in the Church...
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TLM Events in Chicago Tomorrow and Friday
Chicago’s Our Lady of Sorrows Basilica will host its first Traditional Latin Mass in over 40 years at 3:00 pm on Friday, December 30. The Mass will be part of the annual Christmas week bus tour of...
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Christmas 2016 Photopost - Part 1
As has been the case for the last couple of years, we have received a very large number of photographs of Christmas liturgies, and so we will be doing at least one other photopost of them, possibly...
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Some Rubrical Notes on the Octave of Christmas
The most ancient sacramentaries and lectionaries of the Roman Rite attest to an order for the Octave of Christmas which is essentially the same as that in the Missal and Breviary of St Pius V, with a...
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Four Bloggers Submit Dubium to Eye of the Tiber Concerning Its Status as Satire
Four prominent members of the Catholic blogosphere – Fr John Zuhsldorf of Fr Z’s Blog (formerly called “What Does the Prayer Really Say?”), canonist Dr Edward Peters, author of the blog In the Light of...
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Christmas 2016 Photopost - Part 2
We continue with your photos of Christmas liturgies; this special international edition includes photos from Lithuania, France, Chile and Singapore. We have received enough submissions to make a third,...
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St Ambrose’s Christmas Hymn Veni, Redemptor Gentium
The Roman Breviary traditionally has only two proper hymns for Christmas, Jesu Redemptor omnium, which is said at Vespers and Matins, and A solis ortus cardine at Lauds. The church of Rome took a long...
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Te Deum on New Year’s Eve
It has long been a custom in Catholic churches to sing the Te Deum, the hymn of thanksgiving par excellence, on New Year’s Eve, to thank God for all of the blessings received over the course of the...
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The Feast of the Circumcision 2017
He that was ineffably born of the Father as the Word without division or separation, and as God from God, abideth in unchangeable divinity, beareth the circumcision in the flesh. Wherefore, according...
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Christmas 2016 Photopost - Part 3
We begin the new year by finishing up some business from the old one, our final set of photos of your Christmas liturgies. We will also be doing one or more for Epiphany; a reminder will be posted...
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Six Years Ago, Prospects for the ROTR Looked Bright: A Letter from January 2011
Back when men were men and mitres were mitresI was going through some papers recently and discovered a copy of a letter I had written to His Eminence Antonio Cañizares Llovera on January 3, 2011 -- so,...
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Book Review: Roman Catholic Ceremonial: Vol. I by Jeffrey Collins
This post is actually a few years late. Full disclosure: Roman Catholic Ceremonial: Volume I by Jeffrey Collins is a book I've had dealings with since its inception, throughout its writing and five...
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Beta Testing Holy Icons on Facebook: Creating the New Epiphany of Beauty with...
When St John Paul II wrote his famous letter to artists in 1999, he called (in an oft quoted passage) for a “new epiphany of beauty.” It is not surprising that this phrase caught the imagination. It...
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Special Chants for Epiphany
Our good friends of the Schola Sainte Cécile have posted two items of interest for the upcoming feast of the Epiphany: a special tone for the chanting for the Gospel, and the proclamation of the date...
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May You Have a Happy New Year, As It Were
This year, Lord, I would like a fatter bank account and a slimmer body. Please don’t mix them up like this past year! New Year’s Day is the one time in secular society when we reflect on our...
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Photopost Request for Epiphany 2017
Our next major photopost will be for liturgies celebrated on the Epiphany, whether in the OF (Sunday, Jan. 8 in the United States) or the EF, or any of the Eastern Rites, Ordinariate Use, etc.; and as...
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Liturgical Notes for the Vigil of Epiphany: Guest Article by Mr John Rotondi
Our thanks to Mr John Rotondi, who serves as an instituted acolyte at the Mater Ecclesiae Mission in Berlin, New Jersey, for sending us this article.The Epiphany of Our Lord is the central feast of the...
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EF Mass for Epiphany in Philadelphia
The Cathedral Basilica of Ss Peter and Paul in Philadelphia will host a Solemn Mass for the feast of the Epiphany on the traditional date, January 6th, together with the blessing of gold, frankincense...
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