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WDTPRS – 15th Ordinary Sunday (N.O.): Too far right or too far left, we wind up in the ditch in the dark

This week, the 15th Ordinary Sunday in the Novus Ordo calendar, we have a good example of the dramatic difference between the old, Obsolete ICEL version we suffered with for decade...

Questions about liturgy: The Doxology, Penitential Rite and More

Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy and sacramental theology at the Pontifical Regina Apostolorum university. The post Questions about litu...

OLDIE PODCAzT: Tuesday in the Octave of Pentecost

For Monday’s, and an explanation of what has happened to links on the blog, HERE These are from 2008. ORIGINAL NOTES: Today is Tuesday in the Octave of Pentecost, or at least it ou...

Reflections by Leo XIV on certain elements that constitute the sacred liturgy, such as rite, sign, and symbol

The Pope’s General Audience, June 3, 2026, on certain elements that constitute the sacred liturgy, such as rites, signs, and symbols The post Reflections by Leo XIV on certain elem...

ROME 26/5– Day 61: initial notes on the encyclical

Liturgically busy day, just as it was in life.  I’m getting behind.  By the end of the day, I’m…. ugh. The Roman sun rose at 5:39. The Roman sun set at 20: 36. In the Curia the Ave...

I am not making this up. Could it explain about clerics from a certain country?

Here’s the caption (I was sent this via Instagram): This Sunday, at the Children’s Pentecost Mass, we all received the fruits of the Holy Spirit together. We discovered what the Sp...

WDTPRS – 6th Sunday after Pentecost: Collect – FIND THE CHIASM!

Please flip open your own trusty copy of the Liber Sacramentorum Romanae Aeclesiae edited by Leo Cunibert Mohlberg, OSB (in other words the Gelasian Sacramentary and yes, it is “Ae...

A study in contrasts

Yesterday there was an episcopal consecration… in Laredo, Texas. Today there was also an episcopal consecration in Ecône, Switzerland. They were alike in some ways.  There were qui...

Pentecost Thursday: No Joy in Mudville

Pentecost Thursday. The Roman Station is St. Lawrence outside the walls, which is where it was in the Easter Octave on Wednesday. In the Gospel from Luke 9, Jesus sends the Apostle...

WDTPRS – 14th Ordinary Sunday (Novus Ordo): from dust to freedom

On the weekend in the wake of our 250th celebration of Independence Day, our Collect for the 14th Ordinary Sunday offers the image of material creation as an enervated body, weaken...

WDTPRS – Pentecost Sunday – Novus Ordo: Weaving the warp and the weft

The Fiftieth Day Feast, Hebrew Shavuot or Greek Pentekosté, for the Jews commemorated the descent of God’s Law to Moses on Mount Sinai, wreathed in fire, fifty days after the Exodu...

A Modern Sacred Artist's Take on Church's Ancient Prayer

J. Snarski, Aleteia Did you know that the Liturgy of the Hours is older than the New Testament? That even more than the Rosary or the Angelus, it's the "official prayer" of...

OLDIE PODCAzT: Wednesday in the Octave of Pentecost

For an explanation of what has happened to links on the blog, HERE Original Notes: This is the third PODCAzT for the Pentecost Octave. Today we learn about what Ember Day’s are, th...

Faith: Theology in Jesus Christ Superstar

NOT long after the extensive reordering of All Saints’, Loughborough (where I was Rector), I was approached by someone who had sung in an ad hoc choir at a friend’s wedding there....

Literal clown liturgy takes place at ‘Catholics Day’ in Germany

A Liturgy of the Word featuring 18 clowns took place at the Stift Haug Collegiate Church on May 14.

OLDIE PODCAzT: Monday in the Octave of Pentecost

A long time ago, I made some podcasts for the Octave of Pentecost… some 18 years ago. They are listed on my old PODCAzT Page. However, since the last migration of the blog, all the...

Feed My Lambs

Griffin Oleynick, Commonweal Among the several traditional liturgical celebrations restored over the past year by Pope Leo XIV, there's one obscure rite you've probably never hear...

ROME 26/5– Day 67: zzzzzzeeeeeeeeeiop

Ready or not, up came the sun at 5:36. Down went the sun at 20:41. Ave Maria? For the Curia – hah- at 21. It was the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin. It was the patro...

The Hour Has Come: Sunday Reflection

ROME 26/5– Day 65 & 66: better late than the other thing

Up went the sun at 05:36. Down it’ll go at 20:40. The Ave Maria Bell, you ask? For the Curia 21:00. However, the real schedule is pegged to sunset. It is the Feast of St. Ferdinand...

Friday's Catch: 'The Normal Church Song' And More

The Normal Church Song: Thomas Austin Sings About Why You Shouldn’t Try to be a Megachurch (Ep 131) “It was a normal church, trying its best to be a megachurch, but all that seemed...

ROME 26/6 – Day 71: Real Corpus Christi (Novena Day 2)

It was 26 minutes to 0600 when the sun rose in Rome. It was 16 minutes to 2100 when the sun set. The Curia is still in the 21:oo cycle for the Ave Maria Bell. Today is the real Fea...

Pope Leo XIV: We Must Rediscover Signs and Symbols of the Sacred Liturgy

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Questions about liturgy: “My Sacrifice and Yours”

Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy and sacramental theology at the Pontifical Regina Apostolorum university. The post Questions about litu...