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Monday morning 10/13Kohen--Deuteronomy 33:1-7Levi--vs. 8-12Yisra'el--vs. 13-17 Tsday 10/14--First Day of SukkotKohen--Leviticus 22:26-23:3Levi--vs. 4-14Shelishi--vs. 15-22Revi`i--vs. 23-32Chamishi--vs. 33-44Maftir--Numbers 29:12-16Haftarah--Zechariah 14:1-21 Wdnsday 10/15--Second Day of SukkotKohen--Leviticus 22:26-23:3Levi--vs. 4-14Shelishi--vs. 15-22Revi`i--vs. 23-32Chamishi--vs. 33-44Maftir--Numbers 29:12-16Haftarah--I Kings 8:2-21 Thrsday 10/16--First Day Chol HaMo`ed Sukkot Kohen--Numbers 29:17-19Levi--vs. 20-22Shelishi--vs. 23-25Revi`i--vs. 17-22 Frday 10/17--Second Day Chol HaMo`ed SukkotKohen--Numbers 29:20-22Levi--vs. 23-25Shelishi--vs. 26-28Revi`i--vs. 20-25 Strday 10/18--Shabbat/Third Day Chol HaMo`ed SukkotMORNING Megillah--Qohelet (Ecclesiastes) Chapter 12, verse 13 is repeated at the end.Kohen--Exodus 33:12-16Levi--vs. 17-19Shelishi--vs. 20-23Revi`i--Exodus 34:1-3Chamishi--vs. 4-10Shishi--vs. 11-17Shevi`i--vs. 18-26Maftir--Numbers 29:23-28Haftarah--Ezekiel 38:18-39:16 EVENING Kohen--Deuteronomy 33:1-7Levi--vs. 8-12Yisra'el--vs. 13-17

What Is Needed for a Bible Comeback (Part 1) Interview With Cardinal Albert Vanhoye By Father Lucas Teixeira, LC ROME, OCT. 3, 2008 (Zenit.org).- For the Bible to become an integral part of Catholics' spiritual life, education and mediation are the two things needed, according to a renowned biblical scholar who will be participating in the synod of bishops on the word of God this month. Cardinal Albert Vanhoye, a Jesuit priest and former rector of the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome and former secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission, spoke with ZENIT about sacred Scripture and the synod that...

Monday morning 10/6Kohen--Deuteronomy 32:1-3Levi--vs. 4-6Yisra'el--vs. 7-12 Thrsday 10/9--Yom KippurMORNING Kohen--Leviticus 16:1-6Levi--vs. 7-11Shelishi--vs. 12-17Revi`i--vs. 18-24Chamishi--vs. 25-30Shishi--vs.31-34Maftir--Numbers 29:7-11Haftarah--Isaiah 57:14-58:14 EVENING Kohen--Leviticus 18:1-5Levi--vs. 6-21Yisra'el/Maftir--vs. 22-30Haftarah--The Book of Jonah; Micah 7:18-20 Strday 10/11--Shabbat Parashat Ha'azinuMORNING Kohen--Deuteronomy 32:1-6Levi--vs. 7-12Shelishi--vs. 13-18Revi`i--vs. 19-28Chamishi--vs. 29-39Shishi--vs. 40-43Shevi`i--vs. 44-52Maftir--vs. 48:52Haftarah--II Samuel 22:1-51 EVENING Kohen--Deuteronomy 33:1-7Levi--vs. 8-12Yisra'el--vs. 13-17

Monday morning 9/29Kohen--Deuteronomy 31:1-3Levi--vs. 4-6Yisra'el--vs. 7-13 Tsday 9/30--First Day Ro'sh HaShanah 5769Kohen--Genesis 21:1-4Levi--vs. 5-12Shelishi--vs. 13-21Revi`i--vs. 22-27Chamishi--vs. 28-34Maftir--Numbers 29:1-6Haftarah--I Samuel 1:1-2:10 Wdnsday 10/1--Second Day Ro'sh HaShanahKohen--Genesis 22:1-3Levi--vs. 4-8Shelishi--vs. 9-14Revi`i--vs. 15-19Chamishi--vs. 20-24Maftir--Numbers 29:1-6Haftarah--Jeremiah 31: 1-19 (2-20 in some Bibles) Thrsday 10/2--Tzom GedalyahuMORNING Kohen--Exodus 32:11-14Levi--Exodus 34:1-3Yisra'el--Exodus 34:4-10 EVENING Kohen--Exodus 32:11-14Levi--Exodus 34:1-3Yisra'el/Maftir--Exodus 34:4-10Haftarah--Isaiah 55:6-56:8 Strday 10/4--Shabbat Shuvah/Parashat VaYelekhMORNING Kohen--Deuteronomy 31:1-3Levi--vs. 4-6Shelishi--vs. 7-9Revi`i--vs. 10-13Chamishi--vs. 14-19Shishi--vs. 20-24Shevi`i--vs. 25-30Maftir--vs. 28-30Haftarah--Hosea 14:2-10: Joel 2:11-27; Micah 7:18-20 (with some variation) EVENING Kohen--Deuteronomy 32:1-3Levi--vs. 4-6Yisra'el--vs. 7-12

Vatican City, Sep 25, 2008 / 11:10 am (CNA).- Pope Benedict XVI made a low profile but significant move in the direction of liturgical reform by completely renewing the roster of his liturgical advisors yesterday. A hardly noticed brief note from the Vatican's Press office announced the appointment of new consultants for the office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff. It did not mention, however, the importance of the new appointees. The new consultants include Monsignor Nicola Bux, professor at the Theological Faculty of Puglia (Southern Italy,) and author of several books on liturgy, especially on the Eucharist. Bux...

Monday and Thrsday mornings, 9/22 and 25Kohen--Deuteronomy 29:9-11Levi--vs. 12-14Yisra'el--vs. 15-28 Strday 9/27--Shabbat Parashat NitztzavimMORNING Kohen--Deuteronomy 29:9-11Levi--29:12-14Shelishi--29:15-28Revi`i--30:1-6Chamishi--30:7-10Shishi--30:11-14Shevi`i--30:15-20Maftir--30:15-20Haftarah--Isaiah 61:10-63:9 EVENING Kohen--Deuteronomy 31:1-3Levi--vs. 4-6Yisra'el--vs. 7-13

    "Why, then, did you become a priest?" My friend, a priest who has spent his entire life in parish ministry, could not understand how I could leave my pastorate to accept a non-parochial assignment. Challenged, I knew the answer at once.   "I became a priest," I replied without hesitation, "so that I could celebrate Mass."   Celebrating Mass brought me joy the first time I did it 54 years ago. The joy is undiminished today.   Before I approach the altar each morning I sit quite still for a full half-hour, repeating throughout the entire time...

Monday and Thrsday mornings, 9/15 and 18Kohen--Deuteronomy 26:1-3Levi--vs. 4-11Yisra'el--vs. 12-15 Strday 9/20--Shabbat Parashat Ki-Tavo'MORNING Kohen--Deuteronomy 26:1-11Levi--26:12-15Shelishi--26:16-19Revi`i--27:1-10Chamishi--27:11-28:6Shishi--28:7-69Shevi`i--29:1-8Maftir--29:6-8Haftarah--Isaiah 60:1-22 EVENING Kohen--Deuteronomy 29:9-11Levi--vs. 12-14Yisra'el--vs. 15-28

Monday and Thrsday mornings, 9/8 and 11Kohen--Deuteronomy 21:10-14Levi--vs. 15-17Yisra'el--vs. 18-21 Strday 9/13--Shabbat Parashat Ki-Tetze'MORNING Kohen--Deuteronomy 21:10-21Levi--21:22-22:7Shelishi--22:8-23:7Revi`i--23:8-24Chamishi--23:25-24:4Shishi--24:5-13Shevi`i--24:14-25:19Maftir--25:17-19Haftarah--Isaiah 54:1-10 EVENING Kohen--Deuteronomy 26:1-3Levi--vs. 4-11Yisra'el--vs. 12-15

Old is New: Cedar church offers weekly Latin Mass BY GRETCHEN MURRAY Local Columnist Everything old is new again. That's particularly true for Roman Catholics who, once again, can attend weekly Mass in its original Latin form. Last year's decision by Pope Benedict XVI to restore the 16th Century Tridentine Mass has evolved into one of the worship opportunities the Diocese of Gaylord has offered since May 11. A weekly Latin Mass is celebrated at 12:45 p.m. Sundays at Holy Rosary Church in Cedar. The Latin Mass, which the Catholic Church refers to as the extraordinary form of the Mass,...

Sunday 8/31--First Day Ro'sh Chodesh 'ElulKohen--Numbers 28:1-3Levi--vs. 3-5Shelishi--vs. 6-10Revi`i--vs. 11-15 Monday 9/1--Second Day Ro'sh Chodesh 'ElulKohen--Numbers 28:1-3Levi--vs. 3-5Shelishi--vs. 6-10Revi`i--vs. 11-15 Thrsday morning 9/4Kohen--Deuteronomy 16:18-20Levi--16:21-17:10Yisra'el--17:11-13 Strday 9/6--Shabbat Parashat ShofetimMORNING Kohen--Deuteronomy 16:18-17:13Levi--17:14-20Shelishi--18:1-5Revi`i--18:6-13Chamishi--18:14-19:13Shishi--19:14-20:9Shevi`i--20:10-21:9Maftir--21:7-9Haftarah--Isaiah 51:12-52:12 EVENING Kohen--Deuteronomy 21:10-14Levi--vs. 15-17Yisra'el--vs. 18-21

Monday and Thrsday mornings, 8/25 and 28Kohen--Deuteronomy 11:26-31Levi--11:32-12:5Yisra'el--12:6-10 Strday 8/30--Shabbat Parashat Re'eh/Machar ChodeshMORNING Kohen--Deuteronomy 11:26-12:10Levi--12:11-28Shelishi--12:29-13:19Revi`i--14:1-21Chamishi--14:22-29Shishi--15:1-18Shevi`i--15:19-16:17Maftir--16:13-17Haftarah--Isaiah 54:11-55:5; I Samuel 20:18, 42 EVENING Kohen--Deuteronomy 16:18-20Levi--16:21-17:10Yisra'el--17:11-13

Liturgical Norms: Our Keys to Spiritual Nourishment, Evangelization and Unity August 19th, 2008 by Mary Anne Moresco Recent decades have spawned an “anything goes” mentality in our culture. Like cancer spreading through the body, this mentality has spread into every corner of our culture doing damage. This “anything goes” mentality is dangerous because it can lead us to ignore moral laws and consequences for our actions. It is disconcerting but true that this “anything goes” mentality has crept into some corners of the Church. This mentality has given birth, here and there, to “anything goes” Masses. These Masses ignore liturgical...

Confessions of a Traditional Catholic by Steve Skojec 8/19/08 "Hello. My name is Steve, and I'm a 'traditional' Catholic." So begins my admission of membership in a disparate group that, as you've already read, is far too well known for its bitterness, anger, and lack of evangelical spirit. I don't like being typecast in this way. Just because I have a profound love and respect for -- and even a belief in the superiority of -- older liturgical and sacramental forms does not mean that I am an unreasonable malcontent oozing acid from every pore. I am first and foremost...

Monday and Thrsday mornings, 8/18 and 21Kohen--Deuteronomy 7:12-21Levi--7:22-8:3Yisra'el--8:4-10 Strday 8/23--Shabbat Parashat `EikevMORNING Kohen--Deuteronomy 7:12-8:10Levi--8:11-9:3Shelishi--9:4-29Revi`i--10:1-11Chamishi--10:12-11:9Shishi--11:10-21Shevi`i--11:22-25Maftir--11:22-25Haftarah--Isaiah 49:14-51:3 EVENING Kohen--Deuteronomy 11:26-31Levi--11:32-12:5Yisra'el--12:6-10

Night of Strday, 8/9--Leyl Tish`ah Be'AvMegillat 'Eikhah (The Lamentations of Jeremiah) Sunday 8/10--Tish`ah Be'AvMORNING Kohen--Deuteronomy 4:25-29Levi--vs. 30-35Yisra'el/Maftir--vs. 36-40Haftarah--Jeremiah 8:13-9:23 EVENING Kohen--Exodus 32:11-14Levi--Exodus 34:1-3Yisra'el/Maftir--Exodus 34:4-10Haftarah--Isaiah 55:6-56:8 Monday and Thrsday mornings, 8/11 and 14Kohen--Deuteronomy 3:23-25Levi--3:26-4:4Yisra'el--4:5-8 Strday 8/16--Shabbat Nachamu/Shabbat Parashat Va'EtchannanMORNING Kohen--Deuteronomy 3:23-4:4Levi--4:5-40Shelishi--4:41-49Revi`i--5:1-21Chamishi--5:22-6:3Shishi--6:4-25Shevi`i--7:1-11Maftir--7:9-11Haftarah--Isaiah 40:1-26 EVENING Kohen--Deuteronomy 7:12-21Levi--7:22-8:3Yisra'el--8:4-10

I know, at least on an intellectual level, that every day is a new beginning, an invitation to “begin again.” But somehow, my offering Sunday morning did not have the usual liberating impact it often has upon my spirit. I felt like I was enmeshed in cobwebs. All of that changed after I went down the stairs for my morning cup of coffee. There, in his high chair, filled with the energy of a dozen men, was my grandson. He smiled as he saw my face and gave me a precious gift! That is all it takes anymore to turn...

The long-awaited, much-debated, new translation of the Order of the Mass has been approved by the Vatican, signalling the direction weekly Masses are to take in Catholic parishes across the English-speaking world. On 25 July the United States bishops' conference announced that the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (CDW) had granted recognitio for the first, most important and most often-used section of the re-translated Missal, which contains the eucharistic prayers and prefaces, the Penitential Rite, the Gloria, the Creed, acclamations, the Lord's Prayer and other prayers and responses used daily. The intention of the new...

As the bishops debate liturgical language modifications they might do well to consider more substantive liturgical abuses. Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Full of meaning when celebrated on Good Friday, but a pretend mass and regurgitated communion service when used in the absence of a priest is something that totally misses the significance of the offertory by the faithful of the bread and wine which is returned to the people as the body and blood of Christ by which it is and they become the people of God and themselves the Body of Christ. The Blessed Sacrament is reserved in the...

Monday and Thrsday mornings, 8/4 and 8/7Kohen--Deuteronomy 1:1-3Levi--vs. 4-7Yisra'el-- vs. 8-11 Strday 8/9--Shabbat Chazon/Shabbat Parashat DevarimMORNING Kohen--Deuteronomy 1:1-10Levi--1:11-21Shelishi--1:22-38Revi`i--1:39-2:1Chamishi--2:2-30Shishi--2:31-3:14Shevi`i--3:15-22Maftir--3:20-22Haftarah--Isaiah 1:1-27 EVENING Kohen--Deuteronomy 3:23-25Levi--3:26-4:4Yisra'el--4:5-8 Night of 8/9--Leyl Tish`ah Be'AvMegillat 'Eikhah (The Lamentations of Jeremiah) Sunday 8/10--Tish`ah Be'AvMORNING Kohen--Deuteronomy 4:25-29Levi--vs. 30-35Yisra'el/Maftir--vs. 36-40Haftarah--Jeremiah 8:13-9:23 EVENING Kohen--Exodus 32:11-14Levi--Exodus 34:1-3Yisra'el/Maftir--Exodus 34:4-10Haftarah--Isaiah 55:6-56:8

Monday and Thrsday mornings, 7/28 and 7/31Kohen--Numbers 33:1-3Levi--vs. 4-6Yisra'el--vs. 7-10 Strday 8/2--Shabbat Parashat Mas`ei/Ro'sh Chodesh 'AvMORNING Kohen--Numbers 33:1-10Levi--33:11-49Shelishi--33:50-34:15Revi`i--34:16-29Chamishi--35:1-8Shishi--35:9-34Shevi`i--36:1-13Maftir--Numbers 28:9-15Haftarah--Jeremiah: 2:4-28; 3:4; Isaiah 66:1, 23 EVENING Kohen--Deuteronomy 1:1-3Levi--vs. 4-7Yisra'el-- vs. 8-11

Image of St. Ann With the Child Mary in St. Anthony of Padua Church, St. Louis, Missouri, USA (The following is excerpted from Dom Prosper Guéranger's entry in The Liturgical Year for 26 July in Volume XIII of the 1983 Marian House edition of the English translation by the Benedictines of Stanbrook.) "Anne was, as it were, the starting-point of redemption, the horizon scanned by the prophets, the first span of the heavens to be empurpled with the rising fires of dawn; the blessed soil whose produce was so pure as to make the angels believe that Eden had been...

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The Vatican has given its approval to a new English-language translation of the main constant parts of the Mass, but Catholics in the pew are unlikely to see any of the approved changes at Masses for awhile to allow for catechesis on the reasons for the revisions. The approved text, sent to the Vatican for "recognitio," or confirmation, after a June 2006 vote by the U.S. bishops in Los Angeles, involves translation of the penitential rite, Gloria, creed, eucharistic prayers, eucharistic acclamations, Our Father and other prayers and responses used daily. But it is only the first of 12...

Sunday 7/20--Shiv`ah `Asar BeTammuzMORNING Kohen--Exodus 32:11-14Levi--Exodus 34:1-3Yisra'el--Exodus 34:4-10 EVENING Kohen--Exodus 32:11-14Levi--Exodus 34:1-3Yisra'el/Maftir--Exodus 34:4-10Haftarah--Isaiah 55:6-56:8 Monday and Thrsday mornings, 7/21 and 7/24Kohen--Numbers 30:2-9Levi--vs. 10-13Yisra'el--vs. 14-17 Strday 7/26--Shabbat Parashat MattotMORNING Kohen--Numbers 30:2-17Levi--31:1-12Shelishi--31:13-24Revi`i--31:25-41Chamishi--31:42-54Shishi--32:1-19Shevi`i--32:20-42Maftir--32:40-42Haftarah--Jeremiah 1:1-2:3 EVENING Kohen--Numbers 33:1-3Levi--vs. 4-6Yisra'el--vs. 7-10

Monday and Thrsday mornings, 7/14 and 7/17Kohen--Numbers 25:10-12Levi--25:13-15Yisra'el--25:16-26:4 Strday 7/19--Shabbat Parashat PinechasMORNING Kohen--Numbers 25:10-26:4Levi--26:5-51Shelishi--26:52-27:5Revi`i--27:6-23Chamishi--28:1-15Shishi--28:16-29:11Shevi`i--29:12-30:1Maftir--29:35-30:1Haftarah--I Kings 18:46-19:21 EVENING Kohen--Numbers 30:2-9Levi--vs. 10-13Yisra'el--vs. 14-17

Washington, Jul. 7, 2008 (CWNews.com) - The US bishops have rejected the latest proposed English translation of the liturgical prayers from the Roman Missal. In a mail-in ballot, support for the proposed translation fell well short of the two-thirds required for approval by the US bishops' conference. The mail ballot became necessary because of an inconclusive vote at a June meeting of the episcopal conference. The proposed translation was for "Proper" prayers for the Mass: the prayers for particular feasts and liturgical seasons. The US bishops have already given their consent to an English translation of the unchanging prayers of...

Monday and Thrsday mornings, 7/7 and 7/10Kohen--Numbers 22:2-4Levi--vs. 5-7Yisra'el--vs. 8-12 Strday 7/12--Shabbat Parashat BalaqMORNING Kohen--Numbers 22:2-12Levi--22:13-20Shelishi--22:21-38Revi`i--22:39-23:12Chamishi--23:13-26Shishi--23:27-24:13Shevi`i--24:14-25:9Maftir--25:7-9Haftarah--Micah 5:6-6:8 EVENING Kohen--Numbers 25:10-12Levi--25:13-15Yisra'el--25:16-26:4

ROME, JULY 1, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum university. Q: Recently at our local national shrine I was visiting the Blessed Sacrament when a young priest whom I had never seen before began to set up for Mass. I sat down to wait, really happy to be there for this surprise Mass; it was 10 p.m. The priest "said" the whole Mass silently. At first I was confused. I'd never seen this before. It actually was quite beautiful nonetheless, and he did speak once, to invite us to...

Monday morning, 6/30Kohen--Numbers 19:1-6Levi--vs. 7-9Yisra'el--vs. 10-17 Thrsday 7/3--First Day Ro'sh Chodesh TammuzKohen--Numbers 28:1-3Levi--vs. 3-5Shelishi--vs. 6-10Revi`i--vs. 11-15 Frday 7/4--Second Day Ro'sh Chodesh TammuzKohen--Numbers 28:1-3Levi--vs. 3-5Shelishi--vs. 6-10Revi`i--vs. 11-15 Strday 7/5--Shabbat Parashat ChuqqatMORNING Kohen--Numbers 19:1-17Levi--19:18-20:6Shelishi--20:7-13Revi`i--20:14-21Chamishi--20:22-21:9Shishi--21:10-20Shevi`i--21:21-22:1Maftir--21:34-22:1Haftarah--Judges 11:1-33 EVENING Kohen--Numbers 22:2-4Levi--vs. 5-7Yisra'el--vs. 8-12

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Receiving the Eucharist on the tongue while kneeling before the pope will become the norm at papal liturgies, said the Vatican's liturgist. While current norms allow the faithful to receive the Eucharist in the hand while standing, Pope Benedict XVI has indicated a preference for the more traditional practice, said Msgr. Guido Marini, master of papal liturgical ceremonies. Kneeling and receiving Communion on the tongue highlights "the truth of the real presence (of Christ) in the Eucharist, helps the devotion of the faithful and introduces the sense of mystery more easily," he said in a June...

Monday and Thrsday mornings, 6/23 and 6/26Kohen--Numbers 16:1-3Levi--vs. 4-7Yisra'el--vs. 8-13 Strday 6/28--Shabbat Parashat QorachMORNING Kohen--Numbers 16:1-13Levi--16:14-19Shelishi--16:20-17:8Revi`i--17:9-15Chamishi--17:16-24Shishi--17:25-18:20Shevi`i--18:21-32Maftir--18:30-32Haftarah--I Samuel 11:14-12:22 EVENING Kohen--Numbers 19:1-6Levi--vs. 7-9Yisra'el--vs. 10-17

June 17th - The Eucharist chaired by the Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz Song of entrance, " People of God", procession of the cardinals

QUEBEC CITY, JUNE 16, 2008 (Zenit.org).- If Catholics really understood the meaning of Sunday Mass, they wouldn't miss it, Cardinal Josef Tomko said at the opening of the 49th International Eucharistic Congress. Cardinal Tomko, the Pope's special envoy for the event, presided Sunday at the opening mass of the weeklong congress in Quebec. He will also preside at the closing Mass on June 22, during which Benedict XVI will address the participants live via satellite. Some 11,000 pilgrims, 50 cardinals and more than 100 bishops have gathered for the inaugural Mass of the congress titled, "The Eucharist, the Gift of...

Who needs DisneyWorld when you've got a showdown on translations? By the looks of it, yesterday's Orlando debate and vote on the proposed revision of the Proper of Seasons packed even more of a punch than expected. NCR's John Allen relays: [O]nly seven bishops out of 250 Latin Rite prelates in the United States even bothered to propose amendments to the text, a clear sign that most felt the handwriting was on the wall. Like it or not, many concluded, Rome has made clear that the new translations must be closer to the Latin, both in structure and word...

Following up on the incredible news that the Traditional Latin Mass, now called the Gregorian Rite, will return to all parishes. Damian Thompson, in a comment at Fr. Z's WTDPRS sets the scene for us when he heard the words come from the mouth of Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos President of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei. Not many parishes - all parishes! There were four journalists at the press conference – Anna Arco of the Herald, a Catholic guy from Reuters, Elena Curti from the Tablet and me from the Telegraph. I was skeptical that the Cardinal really envisaged the...

Monday and Thrsday mornings, 6/16 and 6/19Kohen--Numbers 13:1-3Levi--vs. 4-16Yisra'el--vs. 17-20 Strday 6/21--Shabbat Parashat Shelach-LekhaMORNING Kohen--Numbers 13:1-20Levi--13:21-14:7Shelishi--14:8-25Revi`i--14:26-15:7Chamishi--15:8-16Shishi--15:17-26Shevi`i--15:27-41Maftir--15:37-41Haftarah--Joshua 2:1-24 EVENING Kohen--Numbers 16:1-3Levi--vs. 4-7Yisra'el--vs. 8-13

ORLANDO, Fla. (CNS) -- Following a lively debate, the U.S. bishops left a 700-page translation of one section of the Roman Missal in limbo June 13 when it failed to obtain the number of votes needed to approve the text or to reject it. The translation of the proper prayers for Sundays and feast days during the liturgical year requires the approval of two-thirds of the 250 Latin-rite members of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. But after more than a dozen bishops spoke against the translation, results of the voting were inconclusive. Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago, USCCB...

ORLANDO, Fla. (CNS) -- Opening their spring general meeting in Orlando, members of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops got an interim report on the causes and context of child sexual abuse by priests and made quick work of proposals to revisit the ethical guidelines on feeding tubes and to declare a National Catholic Charities Sunday in 2010. In the first morning session of the June 12-14 assembly at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress, the bishops also took a preliminary look at two documents they will vote on later in the meeting. The first was a 700-page draft translation of...

Monday 6/9--First Day Shavu`otKohen--Exodus 19:1-6Levi--19:7-13Shelishi--19:14-19Revi`i--19:20-20:17Chamishi--20:18-26Maftir--Numbers 28:26-31Haftarah--Ezekiel 1:1-28; 3:12 Tsday 6/10--Second Day of Shavu`otMegillah--The Book of RuthKohen--Deuteronomy 15:19-23Levi--16:1-3Shelishi--16:4-8Revi`i--16:9-12Chamishi--16:13-17Maftir--Numbers 28:26-31Haftarah--Habakkuk 2:20-3:19* *A liturgical poem, Yetziv Pitgam (found in most prayerbooks), is inserted in the Haftarah reading between 3:1 and 3:2. Thrsday morning 6/12Kohen--Numbers 8:1-4Levi--vs. 5-9Yisra'el--vs. 10-14 Strday 6/14--Shabbat Parashat Beha`alotkhaMORNING Kohen--Numbers 8:1-14Levi--8:15-26Shelishi--9:1-14Revi`i--9:15-10:10Chamishi--10:11-34Shishi--10:35-11:29Shevi`i--11:30-12:16Maftir--12:14-16Haftarah--Zechariah 2:14-4:7 EVENING Kohen--Numbers 13:1-3Levi--vs. 4-16Yisra'el--vs. 17-20

Issue: What are the biblical origins of the Mass and the New Testament priesthood? Is the Mass really a sacrifice, or is it merely symbolic?Response: The biblical origins of the Mass and the New Testament priesthood are rooted in the Old Testament. Both the Old and New Testaments provide clear evidence that the Mass is a true sacrifice, offered by a priest, and the Victim is the Body and Blood, soul and divinity of Jesus Christ.      God stated three times that the Passover sacrifice would be “an ordinance for ever,” not for a temporary period, such as until the Messiah...

Monday morning 6/2Kohen--Numbers 4:21-24Levi--vs.25-28Yisra'el--vs.29-37 Wdnsday 6/4--Ro'sh Chodesh SivanKohen--Numbers 28:1-3Levi--vs. 3-5Shelishi--vs. 6-10Revi`i--vs. 11-15 Thrsday morning 6/5Kohen--Numbers 4:21-24Levi--vs.25-28Yisra'el--vs.29-37 Strday 6/7--Shabbat Parashat Naso'MORNING Kohen--Numbers 4:21-37Levi--4:38-49Shelishi--5:1-10Revi`i--5:11-6:27Chamishi--7:1-41Shishi--7:42-71Shevi`i--7:72-89Maftir--7:87-89Haftarah--Judges 13:2-25 EVENING Kohen--Numbers 8:1-4Levi--vs. 5-9Yisra'el--vs. 10-14

Monday and Thrsday mornings, 5/26 and 5/29Kohen--Numbers 1:1-4Levi--vs. 5-16Yisra'el--vs. 17-19 Strday 5/31--Shabbat Parashat BeMidbarMORNING Kohen--Numbers 1:1-19Levi--1:20-54Shelishi--2:1-34Revi`i--3:1-13Chamishi--3:14-39Shishi--3:40-51Shevi`i--4:1-20Maftir--4:17-20Haftarah--Hosea 2:1-22 EVENING Kohen--Numbers 4:21-24Levi--vs.25-28Yisra'el--vs.29-37

Ignazio Ingrao, religion journalist of the Italian weekly Panorama, has the following aticle in this weeks Panorama (NLM translation): Good-bye Happening Masses - The Pope Limits Concelebrations No more Happening Masses: the Pope wants to put a brake on large concelebrations with hundreds of priests, often far from the altar, as we are now accustomed in the World Youth Days and papal travels. Benedict XVI has entrusted to the Congregation for Divine Worship the task of preparing, if necessary, an instruction. The concelebrations will be limited to specific circumstances and with a reduced number of priests around the altar....

In a private conversation before the release of the motu proprio "Summorum Pontificum," a leading personality of U.K. Catholicism predicted that the reinstatement of the Traditional Latin Mass would grant again such an abundant flow of graces that it would even effect the restoration of society on sound Christian principles. While that outcome remains to be seen, the release of the motu proprio has certainly sparked a series of controversies and debates — especially in Italy, the heart of Catholicism, and that goes a long way in showing how sensitive the issue is among faithful and non-faithful alike. The...

Monday and Thrsday mornings, 5/19 and 5/22Kohen--Leviticus 26:3-5Levi--vs. 6-9Yisra'el--vs. 10-13 Strday 5/24--Shabbat Parashat BeChuqqotayMORNING Kohen--Leviticus 26:3-5Levi--26:6-9Shelishi--26:10-46Revi`i--27:1-15Chamishi--27:16-21Shishi--27:22-28Shevi`i--27:29-34Maftir--27:32-34Haftarah--Jeremiah 16:19-17:14 EVENING Kohen--Numbers 1:1-4Levi--vs. 5-16Yisra'el--vs. 17-19

Monday and Thrsday mornings, 5/12 and 5/15Kohen--Leviticus 25:1-3Levi--vs. 4-7Yisra'el--vs. 8-13 Strday 5/17--Shabbat Parashat BeHarMORNING Kohen--Leviticus 25:1-13Levi--25:14-18Shelishi--25:19-24Revi`i--25:25-28Chamishi--25:29-38Shishi--25:39-46Shevi`i--25:47-26:2Maftir--25:55-26:2Haftarah--Jeremiah 32:6-27 EVENING Kohen--Leviticus 26:3-5Levi--vs. 6-9Yisra'el--vs. 10-13

Monday 5/5--First Day Ro'sh Chodesh 'IyyarKohen--Numbers 28:1-3Levi--vs. 3-5Shelishi--vs. 6-10Revi`i--vs. 11-15 Tusday 5/6--Second Day Ro'sh Chodesh 'IyyarKohen--Numbers 28:1-3Levi--vs. 3-5Shelishi--vs. 6-10Revi`i--vs. 11-15 Thrsday morning 5/8Kohen--Leviticus 21:1-6Levi--vs. 7-12Yisra'el--vs. 13-15 Strday 5/10--Shabbat Parashat 'EmorMORNING Kohen--Leviticus 21:1-15Levi--21:16-22:16Shelishi--22:17-33Revi`i--23:1-22Chamishi--23:23-32Shishi--23:33-44Shevi`i--24:1-23Maftir24:21-23Haftarah--Ezekiel 44:15-31 EVENING Kohen--Leviticus 25:1-3Levi--vs. 4-7Yisra'el--vs. 8-13

Four Japanese bishops have travelled to Rome for a meeting with Pope Benedict to seek Holy See intervention to resolve what they describe as a "serious problem" with the methods of the Neo-Catechumenal Way movement and its seminary in a Japanese diocese. UCA News reports it was the third time Japanese bishops visited and brought up the matter in five months. "We hate to come so often but we had to give the serious nature of the problem that needs to be resolved", Archbishop Okada of Tokyo, president of the bishops' conference, told UCA News in Rome. During their ad...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Liturgical renewal launched by the Second Vatican Council is an "irreversible path" and has not been affected by Pope Benedict XVI's concession on wider use of the Tridentine rite, a Vatican official said. "The pope's decision has so far not produced any change in the celebrative practice of our ecclesial communities. His gesture was only one of service to unity," Archbishop Piero Marini, who arranged papal liturgies for more than 20 years, said in an interview April 25 in the Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano. "Therefore let's look ahead and let's continue with enthusiasm the path undertaken...

Declaration On Relations with Rome Made In Honour of Our Lady of Good Counsel April 2008 We hold firmly with all our heart and with all our mind to Catholic Rome, Guardian of the Catholic Faith and of the traditions necessary to the maintenance of this faith, to the eternal Rome, mistress of wisdom and truth. We refuse on the other hand, and have always refused, to follow the Rome of Neo-Modernist and Neo-Protestant tendencies, which became clearly manifest during the Second Vatican Council, and after the Council, in reforms which issued from it. That is why, without any rebellion,...