Tag Archives: Liturgy

Holy Week 2013

I would be extremely surprised if any of you readers would be coming to my chapel hundreds or thousands of miles from your homes. My services will be of an extreme simplicity, and you are welcome to be with us … Continue reading

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Passion Veiling

Some Anglican and Latin rite churches veil the crucifixes and statues from Passion Sunday in violet cloth. Of course it is a non-issue since we in the English tradition have the Lenten Array from the beginning of Lent. Also, for Passiontide, we … Continue reading

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“The traditional Latin Mass brigade is finished.”

First Impressions of Francis This is an interesting point of view. A Vatican diplomat assured me yesterday, “The traditional Latin Mass brigade is finished.” Do I detect a note of triumphalism and schadenfreude? This, if truly said by someone in … Continue reading

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Pope Francis and the Liturgy

I found a word from the Chairman of the Latin Mass Society in England who has this to say: There’s little indication that he has a great interest in the liturgy. Surprising as that might seem, I’m quite happy with … Continue reading

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Another Reflection about Sarum Culture

I thought I would briefly return to the theme of so-called Sarum patrimony and culture and the discussion on What role should Sarum play in the Ordinariate liturgy?. Another interesting comment appeared: Sarum is already arguably permitted to Roman Rite priests, … Continue reading

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Sarum and the Ordinariate Liturgy

There is a posting in Deborah Gyapong’s blog: What role should Sarum play in the Ordinariate liturgy? In a discussion with a friend about Msgr. Stephen Lopes’ excellent talk on developing an agreed upon liturgy for the Anglican Use Ordinariates, my … Continue reading

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A New Sarum Primer

Derek Olsen’s blog tells us in Modern Day Sarum Prymer about a new initiative, a book of Offices and prayers in traditional English. It is the Sarum Prymer compiled and published by Fr Michael Shirk, a priest of the Independent Catholic … Continue reading

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Septuagesima

It seems hardly any time since we were in Advent, and already we “bury” the Alleluia and the Gloria in excelsis (at least in the Use of Sarum). The Roman rite uses violet for the liturgical colour. Sarum tended to … Continue reading

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Nutty Archaeology, this Time in Church

In a half-asleep stupor, I could imagine the Vatican Congregation of Rites in the mid 1960’s, Monsignor Annabile Bugnini in his office answering the phone and hearing knocks at the door as scholars and leprechauns brought their ideas in. Like … Continue reading

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The Affirmation of Saint Louis as a Hermeneutic Key

Sorry, hermeneutic key simply means something that enables us to interpret data, without which interpretation might be ambiguous or simply wrong. It’s a fancy term I only ever heard about in university, but it has become quite popular when it … Continue reading

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