Tag Archives: Liturgy

Liturgy and Maturity

I reproduce this text with some reservation as it comes from the Australian Catholica forum, situated in the radical progressive perspective. Yes, they are for the ordination of women and LGBT people, yes, just like ECUSA. I’m not endorsing or … Continue reading

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Monsignor Léon Gromier and Liturgical Reform

When I was in seminary in Italy, our liturgical expert Fr Franck Quoex handed some of us a photocopied sheet of an essay by a distinguished French prelate and MC of Pope Pius XII. About ten years ago, I published … Continue reading

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Halloween

Of course the old Saxon word means Hallow Even, the Eve of All Hallows, the Vigil of All Saints. The Germans still say Heilig for holy or saint. But we must not forget that All Hallows and All Souls have … Continue reading

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Who is Rubricarius?

This is an interesting question that came into my search engine. He is a good friend of mine, but he will need to answer for himself (he is free to send a comment) lest I should break any confidences. Just … Continue reading

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Sarum at Modern Medievalism

Keep an eye on Modern Medievalism. James Griffin, who runs this blog, has put up some fine posts on the Use of Sarum this month. I celebrate Mass according to this rite each day, and have done so for the … Continue reading

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Medieval Liturgy

It is a while since I wrote anything on this blog’s primary subject, the liturgy and the Norman-English tradition. Lee on the BCP has this to say in regard to those who exclude the possibility of using medieval liturgical forms. The … Continue reading

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Anglican Liturgy and Monastic Spirituality

Deborah Gyapong has published an excellent article quoting some private correspondence she was allowed to reproduce if the author’s identity was kept confidential. On the Anglican tradition’s monastic approach to spirituality. What is distinctive about monastic liturgy as opposed to what … Continue reading

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Sarum Use in the Ordinariates

On a Rorate Caeli post, NLM: “The Potentialities of the English Missal for the Ordinariate and the Roman Rite” there appeared an interesting comment: Actually the only thing that can give the Anglican Ordinariate any long-term prospects is the Sarum … Continue reading

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The Mass of the Five Wounds

The Roman Rite today celebrates the Feast of the Sacred Heart, which is absent from any missal prior to the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries – including Sarum. However, the medieval devotion to the Five Wounds of Jesus celebrates in a … Continue reading

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An excellent paper on liturgical pluralism

I recommend reading FIUV Position Paper: Liturgical Pluralism. It is refreshing to see that I am not alone in seeing nothing wrong with having a multiplicity of rites and uses in one Church, whether or not in communion with Rome. … Continue reading

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