Showing posts with label liturgy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label liturgy. Show all posts
Sunday, January 17, 2010

An heretical thought

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...passed through Melancholicus’ mind this morning, him having been dragged from his bed to attend 8am Mass on a cold and rainy morning, and...
Sunday, November 29, 2009

The Heritage Missal

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Melancholicus satisfied his first Sunday obligation of the new liturgical year at the parish of St. Charles Borromeo in Tacoma, Washington....
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Sodality of Our Lady retreat

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As he remarked in this post last December, Melancholicus feels the need for a retreat in order to clear away the cobwebs and let some sunli...
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Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Breviarium Romanum

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Even after baptism, the soul of man is afflicted with three obnoxious evils, namely the concupiscence of the flesh, the concupiscence of the...
Monday, November 03, 2008

A liturgical curiosity

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In those years in which November 2 falls on a Sunday, the Mass and office of the Sunday are celebrated, and the commemoration of All Souls i...
Wednesday, September 10, 2008

The splendour of the new rite?

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Last Sunday, XVIIth after Pentecost or in the Novus Ordo calendar the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Melancholicus resumed the practice of f...
Monday, July 28, 2008

Some further thoughts on liturgical revision

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The attempts by the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship to arrive at an English rendering of the Novus Ordo that is actually an accurate...

A new translation for the New Mass

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From Catholic World News : Vatican approves new English translation for Mass Vatican, Jul. 25, 2008 (CWNews.com) - The Vatican has given for...
Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Pauline year to be inaugurated at vespers on June 28th

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From Catholic World News : Ecumenical Vespers service to open Pauline year Rome, Jun. 24, 2008 (CWNews.com) - A special year dedicated to St...
Friday, May 30, 2008

The Sacred Heart of Jesus

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Today, Friday after the Second Sunday after Pentecost, is the feast of the Sacred Heart , and Melancholicus is abashed to admit that he forg...
Friday, May 09, 2008

If, gentle reader, you are a priest...

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... and you have an interest in learning to celebrate the holy sacrifice of the Mass according to the traditional rite, you need to order th...
Thursday, May 01, 2008

The Ascension of the Lord

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THE INTROIT O men of Galilee, why gaze ye in astonishment at the sky? Alleluia. Just as ye have seen him ascend into heaven, so, in like man...
Thursday, January 17, 2008

Ad orientem: the single most important reform

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Melancholicus shares the view of Phil Lawler that turning the priest around again so that he celebrates Mass facing the direction he ought ...
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Friday, December 21, 2007

The feast of St. Thomas

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Today, December 21st, is the feast of the Apostle Thomas , also known as “Doubting Thomas” because he refused to believe that the Lord Jesus...
Thursday, December 20, 2007

A memoir of Gaudete Sunday

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Melancholicus went to hear Mass at his local parish last Sunday morning for the first time in yonks, since he wishes in the coming year to i...
Saturday, December 08, 2007

In Conceptione Immaculata Beatae Mariae Virginis

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Today is the feast of the Immaculate Conception of Our Blessed Lady, a solemnity of the first class and a holy day of obligation throughout ...
Friday, December 07, 2007

"I know of no bishop worthy of the name, except Ambrose"

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...such at least was the opinion of Theodoret , and Melancholicus would not disagree. Today, December 7th, is the feast of St. Ambrose , c. ...
Friday, November 30, 2007

The feast of St. Andrew

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Andrew son of Jonah , apostle and martyr, and brother of Simon Peter, was among the first of the twelve apostles to be called by the Lord Je...
Thursday, November 08, 2007

Solemn High Mass broadcast by EWTN

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Another motu proprio related post. Melancholicus is delighted to have stumbled at long last upon this great treasure, namely the video of t...

Archbishop Ranjith: bishops who defy Summorum Pontificum are instruments of the devil

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A word to the wise from the good archbishop secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship: “The motu proprio Summorum Pontificum on the L...