As we prepare for the beginning of Lent, please let me draw the readers’ attention to some relevant offerings on our web site: Suggested Lenten Penances, Guilt Transformed, Some Lenten Thoughts, Let us Do Penance, and Lenten Transfiguration. Also, for those beginning the … Continue reading
Category: Mass and the Liturgy
Traditional Mass Offered in Philippines for 44 Slain Police Officers
UCANews: To highlight the importance of ‘weeping’, a church group in Quezon City is set to offer a Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) for the repose of the souls of 44 police officers killed recently in an encounter with Mindanao rebels … Continue reading
Cardinal Burke is Right about Altar Girls
The New Emangelization blog recently defended the words of Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke on the detrimental effects of “altar girls” on priestly vocations. His Eminence’s words came in a much discussed interview published on that same blog. To defend the Cardinal, … Continue reading
Votive Mass for Peace on Sanguinary ‘Roe’ Anniversary
The Mass propers we prayed here at Saint Benedict Center this morning were not those for the martyr saint of today, Saint Vincent; nor were they for that other Saint Vincent whose feast falls today: Saint Vincent Pallotti. They instead … Continue reading
Institute of Christ the King Abounds in Vocations
Regina Magazine: The Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest had its origins in France in 1990, and was officially founded in Africa. The Institute continues to grow steadily throughout its native France, as well as in apostolates in Africa, Europe … Continue reading
Saint Abel, January 2, and Other Old Testament ‘Saints’
Forty-Two Old Testament Saints Today is the feast day of Abel the Just, son of Adam and Eve, and the first man to die. He was killed by his brother Cain out of a jealous rage, a jealousy all the … Continue reading
Detroit Priest Denies Communion to Woman for Kneeling
Les Femmes, the Truth: It was still happening in my own diocese up until the public exposure of the bully priests and their correction. The last episode I’m aware of was in 2002 when a former pastor of mine refused … Continue reading
Theological Reasons Why Women Should Wear Veils in Church
Joseph Shaw, Rorate Caeli: Today I am publishing the 22nd Position Paper from the Foederatio Internationalis Una Voce, on the subject of head coverings in church. I have timed this to coincide with the build-up to the ‘Wear the Veil … Continue reading
Why Does (Did) the Roman Catholic Church Make Latin Her Language?
Chris Jackson of The Remnant has provided another excellent article on the reasons why the Church adopted the Latin language in her liturgy, decrees, and official communications. The article was written in 1919 by Father John Francis Sullivan and it … Continue reading
Mexico: Traditional High Mass Offered in World’s Largest Seminary
Offerimus Tibi Domine website: The world’s largest seminary is in Mexico. I’m not aware that Mexico is a particular hotbed of the Usus Antiquior but the seminary at least seems to be able to allow its seminarians to experience and learn … Continue reading
Liturgy: Facing East and Other Disciplines at Mass in Early Church
Msgr. Charles Pope, Washington Archdiocesan Website: As you may know, the Catholic Faith was illegal in the Roman Empire prior to 313 AD, when the Emperor Constantine issued the Edict of Milan permitting the Christian Faith to flourish publicly. Prior … Continue reading
Transfiguration and Theosis
The Ad Rem just posted today was intended to be up in time for yesterday’s feast of the Transiguration. Circumstances forbad that. I’m posting here something of a “coda” to it. For your consideration of the great mysteries of Our Lord’s … Continue reading
In Gratitude for Venerable Dom Prosper Guéranger
R. Jared Staudt has written an excellent tribute to the great liturgical reformer, restorer of Gregorian Chant, and defender of the Faith, Dom Prosper Guéranger. I did not know that that the prolific abbot was first a diocesan priest before becoming Benedictine and … Continue reading
Corpus Christi at Saint Benedict Center
This morning, we had a beautiful High Mass and Eucharistic Procession. The new Monstrance our benefactors made possible held the Sacred Host in procession as Father Phillipson carried our Eucharistic Lord to the two outdoor altars set up just for … Continue reading