Tag Archives: Liturgy

Dripping…

Posted on Friday, 28 November, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I linked to Fr Hunwicke’s article When did the “Vatican II” liturgical ‘reforms’ really begin? yesterday whilst discussing the Ordo done by Rubricarius in Worcestershire. There are some comments thereto appended. This one by Anselm in particular draw my attention: … Continue reading →

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Ordo and Calendar

Posted on Wednesday, 26 November, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Advent is the time when we need the new calendar and ordo for our respective rites. Most begin with the first Sunday of Advent, though some begin on 1st January and Advent is in the current year. Anglican Catholic Church … Continue reading →

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Liturgical Minutiae

Posted on Monday, 17 November, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

If my memory serves me well, Fr Adrian Fortescue said: You have to incense an altar somehow. It doesn’t hurt to be told how. It is the theory according to which the rule of the arbitrary is worse than the … Continue reading →

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Ite Missa Est

Posted on Thursday, 6 November, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

In the Roman rite and most related local uses, there are three forms of dismissal to be sung or said by the deacon after the postcommunion and final Dominus vobiscum. They are Ite missa est, Benedicamus Domino like in the … Continue reading →

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Benedictine and Ignatian Views of the Liturgy

Posted on Tuesday, 28 October, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have just received some links to two interesting articles on fundamental attitudes regarding the liturgy – The Ironic Outcome of the Benedictine-Jesuit Controversy and Sacramental or devotional. . . The latter article was written by a Lutheran. This was … Continue reading →

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Anglican Missals

Posted on Sunday, 5 October, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I was answering a comment today about the so-called Cowley missal and what I thought of it. Its design seems to form a compromise between the various national Prayer Books, the Roman missal of the early twentieth century and Sarum. … Continue reading →

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The Liturgical Wilderness

Posted on Saturday, 27 September, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

There have been some interesting comments on Gathering a Sense of the Lay of the Liturgical Land : Traditional Catholicism. One comment in particular struck me, sent in by someone who comments here too. From a practical point of view, … Continue reading →

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The Minority of the Minority

Posted on Friday, 26 September, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The Real Live One blog, to my delight, has truly come alive with thought-provoking reflections. The two I most have in mind are the most recent. Gathering a Sense of the Lay of the Liturgical Land : Traditional Catholicism From … Continue reading →

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Of Terrorists and Liturgists

Posted on Tuesday, 23 September, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

There is the old quip about being able to negotiate with terrorists more easily than with liturgists. The steer looks wistfully at the slaughterhouse door as discussions are held about who will be responsible for the liturgy in the Vatican. … Continue reading →

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Another Hanging Pyx

Posted on Friday, 19 September, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Here is another hanging pyx, in Dennington (Suffolk), courtesy of Fr Allan Barton in a Facebook article. The church is beautiful. I find it quite similar to mine (see Hanging Pyx Revisited), but with a more complex hoisting system involving … Continue reading →

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