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RICHBORO, Pa. — Instead of saying “Good morning,” Father Joseph McLaughlin greets his secretary with a bright “Peace be with you.” There’s been a change recently in the way Jeanne Flower responds. “And with your spirit,” she says.It used to be: “And also with you,” just as at Mass. But she now replies with the revised version, which American Catholics will begin using liturgically sometime in the near future.That is one of the changes approved by Rome, reflecting the Vatican’s desire for translations more faithful to the Latin original. Realizing that it is important to catechize his parishioners regarding the...

Monday and Thrsday mornings, 5/11 and 5/14Kohen--Leviticus 25:1-3Levi--vs. 4-7Yisra'el--vs. 8-13 Strday 5/16--Shabbat Parashat BeHar-BeChuqqotayMORNING Kohen--Leviticus 25:1-18Levi--25:19-28Shelishi--25:29-38Revi`i--25:39-26:9Chamishi--26:10-46Shishi--27:1-15Shevi`i--27:16-34Maftir--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, 5/4 and 7Kohen--Leviticus 21:1-6Levi--vs. 7-12Yisra'el--vs. 13-15 Strday 5/9--Shabbat Parashat 'EmorEVENING Kohen--Leviticus 21:1-15Levi--21:16-22:16Shelishi--22:17-33Revi`i--23:1-22Chamishi--23:23-32Shishi--23:33-44Shevi`i--24:1-23Maftir--24:21-23Haftarah--Ezekiel 44:15-31 EVENING Kohen--Leviticus 25:1-3Levi--vs. 4-7Yisra'el--vs. 8-13

Monday and Thrsday mornings, 4/27 and 4/30Kohen--Leviticus 16:1-6Levi--vs. 7-11Yisra'el--vs. 12-17 Strday 5/2--Shabbat Parashat 'Acharei Mot-QedoshimMORNING Kohen--Leviticus 16:1-24Levi--16:25-17:7Shelishi--17:8-18:21Revi`i--18:22-19:14Chamishi--19:15-32Shishi--19:33-20:7Shevi`i--20:8-27Maftir--20:25-27Haftarah--Amos 9:7-15 EVENING Kohen--Leviticus 21:1-6Levi--vs. 7-12Yisra'el--vs. 13-15

Monday and Thrsday mornings, 4/20 and 4/23Kohen--Leviticus 12:1-4Levi--12:5-8Yisra'el--13:1-5 Frday 4/24--First Day Ro'sh Chodesh 'IyyarKohen--Numbers 28:1-3Levi--vs. 3-5Shelishi--vs. 6-10Revi`i--vs. 11-15 Strday 4/25--Shabbat Parashat Tazri`a-Metzora`/Second Day Ro'sh Chodesh 'IyyarMORNING Kohen--Leviticus 12:1-13:23Levi--13:24-39Shelishi--13:40-54Revi`i--13:55-14:20Chamishi--14:21-32Shishi--14:33-15:15Shevi`i--15:16-33Maftir--Numbers 28:9-15Haftarah--Isaiah 66:1-24; verse 23 is repeated EVENING Kohen--Leviticus 16:1-6Levi--vs. 7-11Yisra'el--vs. 12-17

Sunday 4/12--Second Day Chol HaMo`ed PesachKohen--Exodus 13:1-4Levi--vs. 5-10Shelishi--vs. 11-16Revi`i--Numbers 28:19-25 Monday 4/13--Third Day Chol HaMo`ed PesachKohen--Exodus 22:24-26Levi--22:27-23:5Shelishi--23:6-19Revi`i--Numbers 28:19-25 Tusday 4/14--Fourth Day Chol HaMo`ed PesachKohen--Numbers 9:1-5Levi--vs. 6-8Shelishi--vs. 9-14Revi`i--Numbers 28:19-25 Wdnsday 4/15--Seventh Day of PesachKohen--Exodus 13:17-22Levi--14:1-8Shelishi--14:9-14Revi`i--14:15-25Chamishi--14:26-15:26Maftir--Numbers 28:19-25Haftarah--II Samuel 22:1-51 Thrsday 4/16--Eighth Day of PesachKohen--Deuteronomy 15:19-23Levi--16:1-3Shelishi--16:4-8Revi`i--16:9-12Chamishi--16:13-17Maftir--Numbers 28:19-25Haftarah--Isaiah 10:32-12:6 Strday 4/18--Shabbat SheminiMORNING Kohen--Leviticus 9:1-16Levi--9:17-23Shelishi--9:24-10:11Revi`i--10:12-15Chamishi--10:16-20Shishi--11:1-32Shevi`i--11:33-47Maftir--11:45-47Haftarah--II Samuel 6:1-7:17 EVENING Kohen--Leviticus 12:1-4Levi--12:5-8Yisra'el--13:1-5

Good Liturgy is not a reenactment of something that happened over 2000 years ago but an actual participation in the events themselves. They are timeless and made present in our Liturgical celebrations and our reception of the Sacraments. Every Liturgy is an invitation to enter into the sacrifice of Calvary which occurred once and for all. It is re-presented at every Altar in every Holy Mass. Our Holy Week invites us to participate in the timeless Paschal Mystery, the saving life, suffering, passion, death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Over the course of this Holy Week we attend the Last...

Monday morning, 4/6Kohen--Leviticus 9:1-6Levi--vs. 7-10Yisra'el--vs. 11-16 Thrsday 4/9--First Day of PesachKohen--Exodus 12:21-24Levi--vs. 25-28Shelishi--vs. 29-36Revi`i--vs. 37-42Chamishi--vs. 43-51Maftir--Numbers 28:16-25Haftarah--Joshua 3:5-7; 5:2-6:1; 6:27 Frday 4/10--Second Day of PesachKohen--Leviticus 22:26-23:3Levi--23:4-14Shelishi--23:15-22Revi`i--23:23-32Chamishi--23:33-44Maftir--Numbers 28:16-25Haftarah--II Kings 23:1-9; 21-25 Strday 4/11--Shabbat Chol HaMo`ed/First Day Chol HaMo`ed PesachMORNING Megillah--Shir HaShirim (The Song of Solomon)Kohen--Exodus 33:12-16Levi--vs. 17-19Shelishi--vs. 20-23Revi`i--34:1-3Chamishi--vs. 4-10Shishi--vs. 11-17Shevi`i--vs. 18-26Maftir--Numbers 28:19-25Haftarah--Ezekiel 37:1-14 EVENING Kohen--Leviticus 9:1-6Levi--vs. 7-10Yisra'el--vs. 11-16

Monday and Thrsday mornings, 3/30 and 4/2Kohen--Leviticus 6:1-3Levi--vs. 4-6Yisra'el--vs.7-11 Strday 4/4--Shabbat HaGadol/Shabbat Parashat TzavMORNING Kohen--Leviticus 6:1-11Levi--6:12-7:10Shelishi--7:11-38Revi`i--8:1-13Chamishi--8:14-21Shishi--8:22-29Shevi`i--8:30-36Maftir--8:33-36Haftarah--Malachi 3:4-24; v. 23 repeated (In KJV Malachi 3:4-4:6; 4:5 repeated) EVENING Kohen--Leviticus 9:1-6Levi--vs. 7-10Yisra'el--vs. 11-16

Monday morning 3/23Kohen--Leviticus 1:1-4Levi--vs. 5-9Yisra'el--vs. 10-13 Thrsday 3/26--Ro'sh Chodesh NisanKohen--Numbers 28:1-3Levi--vs. 3-5Shelishi--vs. 6-10Revi`i--vs. 11-15 Strday 3/28--Shabbat Parashat VaYiqra'MORNING Kohen--Leviticus 1:1-13Levi--1:14-2:6Shelishi--2:7-16Revi`i--3:1-17Chamishi--4:1-26Shishi--4:27-5:10Shevi`i--5:11-26Maftir--5:24-26Haftarah--Isaiah 43:21-44:23 EVENING Kohen--Leviticus 6:1-3Levi--vs. 4-6Yisra'el--vs. 7-11

There is a new translation of the Mass into English that will debut soon. From the large portions I've read, it is excellent: better and more faithful to the authoritative Latin text than our current translation. Dissidents of the Church do not like it. To them, it represents "turning back the clock on Vatican II", or similar nonsense. In fact, it has been the intention of the Church since the Council that any translation into the vernacular should be faithful to the original Latin. This Associated Press article is a preview of the resistance we can expect to the...

Monday and Thrsday mornings, 3/16 and 3/19Kohen--Exodus 35:1-3Levi--vs. 4-10Yisra'el--vs. 11-20 Strday 3/21--Shabbat HaChodesh/Parashat VaYaqhel-PequdeyMORNING Kohen--Exodus 35:1-29Levi--35:30-37:16Shelishi--37:17-29Revi`i--38:1-39:1Chamishi--39:2-21Shishi--39:22-43Shevi`i--40:1-38Maftir--Exodus 12:1-20Haftarah--Ezekiel 45:16-46:18 EVENING Kohen--Leviticus 1:1-4Levi--vs. 5-9Yisra'el--vs. 10-13

Pictured: The grandeur of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel before the Solemn High Mass on Sunday March 8.

My wife and I recently invited a young Catholic couple to attend our parish church one Sunday. Afterward, over coffee and donuts in the social hall, the wife leaned over and asked me in a stage whisper, "This is a Catholic church, right?" Her question is typical of Roman Rite Catholics who attend their first Eastern Rite liturgy. It's the question I asked myself the first time I witnessed the exotically beautiful ritual. What Western Catholics call the Mass, Eastern Catholics call the Divine Liturgy. There's no ontological difference between the two. Both are the same thing: making present Christ's...

Monday 3/9--Ta`anit 'EsterMORNING 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 night 3/9--Leyl PurimMegillat 'Ester (The Book of Esther) Tusday 3/10--PurimKohen--Exodus 17:8-10Levi--vs. 11-13Yisra'el--vs. 14-16Megillat 'Ester (The Book of Esther) Thrsday morning 3/12Kohen--Exodus 30:11-13Levi--vs. 14-16Yisra'el--vs. 17-21 Strday 3/14--Shabbat Parah/Parashat Ki-Tissa'MORNING Kohen--Exodus 30:11-31:17Levi--31:18-33:11Shelishi--33:12-16Revi`i--33:17-23Chamishi--34:1-9Shishi--34:10-26Shevi`i--34:27-35Maftir--Numbers 19:1-22Haftarah--Ezekiel 36:16-38 EVENING Kohen--Exodus 35:1-3Levi--vs. 4-10Yisra'el--vs. 11-20

This is a sample of Greek Orthodox Byzantine music chanted by nuns in a Monastery of northern Greek Mainland (Hsuxastirio Timiou Prodromou Akritoxoriou Sidirokastrou Serron). The Hymn is an extract from a book called "Theotokario" and it is dedicated to the Most Holy Mother of God (Theotokos, Virgin Mary). It is usually chanted in Greek monasteries during the afternoon (after Vespers). The pictures of the video come from a different monastery of Northern Greece (Giannitsa/Pella, Iera Moni Agiou Georgiou Anudrou).

Monday and Thursday mornings, 3/2 and 3/5Kohen--Exodus 27:20-28:5Levi--28:6-9Yisra'el--28:10-12 Strday 3/7--Shabbat Zakhor/Parashat TetzavvehMORNING Kohen--Exodus 27:20-28:12Levi--28:13-30Shelishi--28:31-43Revi`i--29:1-18Chamishi--29:19-37Shishi--29:38-46Shevi`i--30:1-10Maftir--Deuteronomy 25:17-19Haftarah--I Samuel 15:2-34 EVENING Kohen--Exodus 30:11-13Levi--vs. 14-16Yisra'el--vs. 17-21

My son Anthony attends Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). Normally, he avoids the on-campus Neumann Center Mass and goes to St Stanislaus' down town for the Latin Mass. Well the weather was bad, and so he and his fiancee went to the Newman Center mass. Well, it was an "interesting" mass. Not in good way either. He sent me pictures. Apparently the priest decided to "sprinkle" water on the congregation at the begining of Mass. Well the ritual deviated from the usual sprinkling rite. First there was the ritual blessing of the super-soaker (!) Then we had the filling of...

Monday morning 2/23Kohen--Exodus 25:1-5Levi--vs. 6-9Yisra'el--vs. 10-16 Tusday 2/24--First Day Ro'sh Chodesh 'AdarKohen--Numbers 28:1-3Levi--vs. 3-5Shelishi--vs. 6-10Revi`i--vs. 11-15 Wdnsday 2/25--Second Day Ro'sh Chodesh 'AdarKohen--Numbers 28:1-3Levi--vs. 3-5Shelishi--vs. 6-10Revi`i--vs. 11-15 Thrsday morning 2/26Kohen--Exodus 25:1-5Levi--vs. 6-9Yisra'el--vs. 10-16 Strday 2/28--Shabbat Parashat TerumahMORNING Kohen--Exodus 25:1-16Levi--25:17-30Shelishi--25:31-26:14Revi`i--26:15-30Chamishi--26:31-37Shishi--27:1-8Shevi`i--27:9-19Maftir--27:17-19Haftarah--I Kings 5:26-6:13 EVENING Kohen--Exodus 27:20-28:5Levi--28:6-9Yisra'el--28:10-12

This is an online dynamic version of the Breviarium Romanum according to the rubrics of 1961... each office of each day is constructed on the fly so that all of the appropriate prayers, hymns, psalms, commemorations, etc. are displayed with no input required from the user or needing to follow different links to obtain the required information.

FROM THE PASTORCHRIST IS PRESENT TO HIS CHURCH Christ is always present to his Church, especially in the actions of the liturgy. He is present in the sacrifice of the Mass, in the person of the minister (it is the same Christ who formerly offered himself on the cross that now offers by the ministry of priests) and most of all under the eucharistic species. He is present in the sacraments by his power, in such a way that when someone baptises, Christ himself baptises. He is present in his word, for it is he himself who speaks when the...

Monday and Thrsday mornings, 2/16 and 2/19Kohen--Exodus 21:1-6Levi--vs. 7-11Yisra'el--vs. 12-19 Strday 2/21--Shabbat Sheqalim/Parashat MishpatimMORNING Kohen--Exodus 21:1-19Levi--21:20-22:3Shelishi--22:4-26Revi`i--22:27-23:5Chamishi--23:6-19Shishi--23:20-26Shevi`i--23:27-24:18Maftir--Exodus 30:11-16Haftarah--II Kings 12:1-17 EVENING Kohen--Exodus 25:1-5Levi--vs. 6-9Yisra'el--vs. 10-16

On Thursday Fr Armand de Malleray FSSP launched the tutorial video, 'The Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite: An Instructional Video for Priests and Seminarians', in England, with a Mass and a reception in the London Oratory. The DVD has its own website where more can be learnt about it. Fr de Malleray said Mass in the Little Oratory, a remarkable chapel which has been recently restored. It is a place of special significance for me personally since I got married there! The reception afterwards was in St Wilfrid's Hall, and was well attended despite the snow which has been...

Monday and Thrsday mornings, 2/9 and 2/12Kohen--Exodus 18:1-4Levi--vs. 5-8Yisra'el--vs. 9-12 Strday 2/14--Shabbat Parashat YitroMORNING Kohen--Exodus 18:1-12Levi--18:13-23Shelishi--18:24-27Revi`i--19:1-6Chamishi--19:7-19Shishi--19:20-20:17Shevi`i--20:18-26Maftir--20:22-26Haftarah--Isaiah 6:1-7:6; 9:5,6 EVENING Kohen--Exodus 21:1-6Levi--vs. 7-11Yisra'el--vs. 12-19

Monday and Thrsday mornings, 2/2 and 2/5Kohen--Exodus 13:17-22Levi--Exodus 14:1-4Yisra'el--14:5-8 Strday 2/7--Shabbat Parashat BeShallach/Shabbat ShirahMORNING Kohen--Exodus 13:17-14:8Levi--14:9-14Shelishi--14:15-25Revi`i--14:26-15:26Chamishi--15:27-16:10Shishi--16:11-36Shevi`i--17:1-16Maftir--17:14-16Haftarah--Judges 4:4-5:31 EVENING Kohen--Exodus 18:1-4Levi--vs. 5-8Yisra'el--vs. 9-12

Monday 1/26--Ro'sh Chodesh ShevatKohen--Numbers 28:1-3Levi--vs. 3-5Shelishi--vs. 6-10Revi`i--vs. 11-15 Thrsday morning 1/29Kohen--Exodus 10:1-3Levi--vs. 4-6Yisra'el--vs. 7-11 Strday 1/31--Shabbat Parashat Bo'MORNING Kohen--Exodus 10:1-11Levi--10:12-23Shelishi--10:24-11:3Revi`i--11:4-12:20Chamishi--12:21-28Shishi--12:29-51Shevi`i--13:1-16Maftir--13:14-16Haftarah--Jeremiah 46:13-28 EVENING Kohen--Exodus 13:17-22Levi--Exodus 14:1-4Yisra'el--14:5-8

http://www.zenit.org/article-24843?l=english ZE09012001 - 2009-01-20Permalink: http://www.zenit.org/article-24843?l=englishApplause at Homilies And More on Substituting the Sunday Liturgy ROME, JAN. 20, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum university.Q: The parishioners in our church used to be spontaneous in their reactions to excellent homilies that the priests deliver. The parishioners, sometimes, respectfully applaud after the homily, either to communicate that they are in agreement with the priest, or to offer their appreciation. However, when a newly ordained priest came, and this happened after a homily he gave, he gravely scolded the people for the...

Monday and Thrsday mornings, 1/19 and 1/22Kohen--Exodus 6:2-5Levi--vs. 6-9Yisra'el--vs. 10-13 Strday 1/24--Shabbat Parashat Va'EiraMORNING Kohen--Exodus 6:2-13Levi--6:14-28Shelishi--6:29-7:7Revi`i--7:8-8:6Chamishi--8:7-18Shishi--8:19-9:16Shevi`i--9:17-35Maftir--9:33-35Haftarah--Ezekiel 28:25-29:21 EVENING Kohen--Exodus 10:1-3Levi--vs. 4-6Yisra'el--vs. 7-11

Monday and Thrsday mornings, 1/12 and 1/15Kohen--Exodus 1:1-7Levi--vs. 8-12Yisra'el--vs. 13-17 Strday 1/17--Shabbat Parashat ShemotMORNING Kohen--Exodus 1:1-17Levi--1:18-2:10Shelishi--2:11-25Revi`i--3:1-15Chamishi--3:16-4:17Shishi--4:18-31Shevi`i--5:1-6:1Maftir--5:22-6:1Haftarah--Isaiah 27:6-28:13; 29:22,23 EVENING Kohen--Exodus 6:2-5Levi--vs. 6-9Yisra'el--vs. 10-13

Monday morning 1/5Kohen--Genesis 47:28-31Levi--48:1-3Yisra'el--48:4-9 Tsday 1/6--`Asarah BeTevetMORNING 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 Thrsday morning 1/8Kohen--Genesis 47:28-31Levi--48:1-3Yisra'el--48:4-9 Strday 1/10--Shabbat Parashat VaYechiMORNING Kohen--Genesis 47:28-48:9Levi--48:10-16Shelishi--48:17-22Revi`i--49:1-18Chamishi--49:19-26Shishi--49:27-50:20Shevi`i--50:21-26Maftir--50:23-26Haftarah--I Kings 2:1-12 EVENING Kohen--Exodus 1:1-7Levi--vs. 8-12Yisra'el--vs. 13-17

Sunday 12/28--Second Day Ro'sh Chodesh Tevet/Seventh Day ChanukkahKohen--Numbers 28:1-5Levi--vs. 6-10Shelishi--vs. 11-15Revi`i--Numbers 7:48-53 Monday 12/29--Eighth Day ChanukkahKohen--Numbers 7:54-56Levi--7:57-59Yisra'el--7:60-8:4 Thrsday morning 1/1Kohen--Genesis 44:18-20Levi--vs. 21-24Yisra'el--vs. 25-30 Strday 1/3--Shabbat Parashat VayiggashMORNING Kohen--Genesis 44:18-30Levi--44:31-45:7Shelishi--45:8-18Revi`i--45:19-27Chamishi--45:28-46:27Shishi--46:28-47:10Shevi`i--47:11-27Maftir--47:25-27Haftarah--Ezekiel 37:15-28 EVENING Kohen--Genesis 47:28-31Levi--48:1-3Yisra'el--48:4-9

Monday 12/22--First Day ChanukkahKohen--Numbers 7:1-11Levi--vs. 12-14Yisra'el--vs. 15-17 Tsday 12/23--Second Day ChanukkahKohen--Numbers 7:18-20Levi--vs. 21-23Yisra'el--vs. 24-29 Wdnsday 12/24--Third Day ChanukkahKohen--Numbers 7: 24-26Levi--vs. 27-29Yisra'el--vs. 30-35 Thrsday 12/25--Fourth Day ChanukkahKohen--Numbers 7:30-32Levi--vs. 33-35Yisra'el--36-41 Frday 12/26--Fifth Day ChanukkahKohen--Numbers 7:36-38Levi--vs. 39-41Yisra'el--vs. 42-47 Strday 12/27--Shabbat Parashat MiQetz/First Day Ro'sh Chodesh Tevet/Machar Chodesh/Shabbat Chanukkah/Sixth Day ChanukkahMORNING Kohen--Genesis 41:1-14Levi--41:15-38Shelishi--41:39-52Revi`i--41:53-42:18Chamishi--42:19-43:15Shishi--43:16-44:17Shevi`i--Numbers 28:9-15Maftir--Numbers 7:42-47Haftarah--Zechariah 2:14-4:7; Isaiah 66:1, 23; I Samuel 20:18, 42 EVENING Kohen--Genesis 44:18-20Levi--vs. 21-24Yisra'el--vs. 25-30

Letter To Praise And Worship Musicians Photo by Matthew Gray Msgr. Charles Pope of the Archdiocese of Washington, D. C., on December 8 offered the first Traditional Latin Mass at Mt. St. Mary’s Seminary in about 50 years. Mt. St. Mary’s is located in Emmitsburg, Md.; the Mass was celebrated in the seminary’s Immaculate Conception Chapel.  Letter To Praise And Worship Musicians By JEFFREY TUCKER You are part of a Catholic generation that has chosen music as a path of spiritual dis­covery and expression within Catholicism, and music has been central to your own path toward greater understanding of the...

What does it mean to kneel before the Most Holy Sacrament? What does it mean to kneel during the consecration at Mass? It means adoration, it means recognizing the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist; it means respect and an attitude of faith of a man who prostrates before God because he knows that everything comes from Him, and we feel speechless, dumbfounded, before the wondrousness, his goodness, and his mercy.

Monday and Thrsday mornings, 12/15 and 12/18Kohen--Genesis 37:1-3Levi--vs. 4-7Yisra'el--vs. 8-11 Strday 12/20--Shabbat Parashat VaYeshevMORNING Kohen--Genesis 37:1-11Levi--37:12-22Shelishi--37:23-36Revi`i--38:1-30Chamishi--39:1-6Shishi--39:7-23Shevi`i--40:1-23Maftir--40:20-23Haftarah--Amos 2:6-3:8 EVENING Kohen--Genesis 41:1-4Levi--vs. 5-7Yisra'el--vs. 8-14

Good news from Rome today, courtesy of Fr Z. The Pope has appointed Cardinal Antonio Cañizares Llovera - known as "Little Ratzinger" - as the new Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship.

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 and Thrsday mornings, 12/8 and 12/11Kohen--Genesis 32:4-6Levi--vs. 7-9Yisra'el--vs. 10-13 Strday 12/13--Shabbat Parashat VaYishlachMORNING Kohen--Genesis 32:4-13Levi--32:14-30Shelishi--32:31-33:5Revi`i--33:6-20Chamishi--34:1-35:11Shishi--35:12-36:19Shevi`i--36:20-43Maftir--36:40-43Haftarah--The Book of Obadiah EVENING Kohen--Genesis 37:1-3Levi--vs. 4-7Yisra'el--vs. 8-11

FRIENDSWOOD — Evangelicals are more likely to sing choruses than hymns. They do not use prayer books, and recitation of Christian creeds is a rare thing in their churches. They tend to view the layers of ritual that their friends and neighbors in the Catholic, Lutheran, Episcopal and other liturgical churches enjoy as something like a dense thicket of historical artifacts. But Advent is becoming an exception to these superficial distinctions. As USA Today noted last week, “Evangelical Christians are adopting — and adapting — the rituals of Advent, the four weeks leading up to Christmas that are traditionally celebrated...

Our friends at the New Liturgical Movement have done a great service in bringing photos of the the newly-rediscovered "Benedictine" arrangement of altar candles and crucifix to the fore. Pope Benedict is rightly given credit for the revival of this arrangement which had its original inspiration in the Liturgical Movement before the Council. I recently ran across these pictures from the Mass offered at the 1947 National Liturgical Week in Portland, Oregon which give some roots to today's newly flowering altar arrangement. The proceedings from the Liturgical Week explain that the "Holy Sacrifice was celebrated in the same hall as...

Benedict XVI Lauds Ecumenical Progress Greets Bartholomew I for Feast of St. Andrew VATICAN CITY, NOV. 30, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI says the relationship between Catholics and Orthodox is going deeper and he expressed his trust that the day will come when both Churches will share the celebration of the Eucharist.The Pope affirmed this in a message that he sent to the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, on the occasion of today's feast of St. Andrew."[W]e reflect with joy and thanksgiving that the relations between us are entering progressively deeper levels as we renew our commitment to the path...

 

Catholic Traditions for Advent and ChristmasMICHAELANN MARTINIssue: How can families better live the spirit of Advent and Christmas in their homes? Response: The Catholic Church has designated the four weeks preceding Christmas as Advent, a time to "prepare the way of the Lord" for His coming as our King and Savior. Issue: How can families better live the spirit of Advent and Christmas in their homes? Response: The Catholic Church has designated the four weeks preceding Christmas as Advent, a time to “prepare the way of the Lord” for His coming as our King and Savior. In addition, the Church...

Monday and Thursday mornings, 12/1 and 4Kohen--Genesis 28:10-12Levi--vs. 13-18Yisra'el--vs. 19-22 Strday 12/6--Shabbat Parashat VaYetze'MORNING Kohen--Genesis 28:10-22Levi--29:1-17Shelishi--29:18-30:13Revi`i--30:14-27Chamishi--30:28-31:16Shishi--31:17-42Shevi`i--31:43-32:3Maftir--32:1-3Haftarah--Hosea 12:13-14:10 EVENING Kohen--Genesis 32:4-6Levi--vs. 7-9Yisra'el--vs. 10-13

Video Gregorian Chant Revival The last Daily Blog post focused on the ancient institution of the human family. This one deals with something not quite so ancient, but still a venerable and honored tradition: Gregorian chant. But it’s not just your grandfather’s Gregorian chant. “Gregorian chant holds a place in popular imagination as the province of hooded monks intoning monotonous melodies along dim stone corridors,” according to this article published by McClatchey Newspapers. “It’s not like that.” “At St. Stephen’s Catholic Church in Sacramento, the ancient musical form is sung by children and young men and women, a multiethnic...

From the website of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei comes a very important announcement (NLM translation): The Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei has, on November 21st, 2008, communicated to the Most Reverend Abbot Fr Josef Vollberg O.C.S.O. of the Abbey of Mariawald in Germany (diocese of Aachen) the privilege conceded by the Holy Father of a complete return to the Liturgy and the Observance in use in the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists) until 1963/64. Fr Abbot Josef Vollberg himself had in fact presented to the Holy Father a plea to be allowed to return to the Liturgy...

Monday and Thrsday morning, 11/24 and 11/27Kohen--Genesis 25:19-22Levi--vs. 23-26Yisra'el--25:27-26:5 Frday 11/28--Ro'sh Chodesh KislevKohen--Numbers 28:1-3Levi--vs. 3-5Shelishi--vs. 6-10Revi`i--vs. 11-15 Strday 11/29--Shabbat Parashat ToledotMORNING Kohen--Genesis 25:19-26:5Levi--26:6-12Shelishi--26:13-22Revi`i--26:23-29Chamishi--26:30-27:27Shishi--27:28-28:4Shevi`i--28:5-9Maftir--28:7-9Haftarah--Malachi 1:1-2:7 EVENING Kohen--Genesis 28:10-12Levi--vs. 13-18Yisra'el--vs. 19-22

Cardinal Francis Arinze, who heads the Vatican office for sacraments, says the pope may move the placement of the sign of peace, where congregation members shake hands or hug.

Monday and Thrsday morning, 11/17 and 20Kohen--Genesis 23:1-7Levi--vs. 8-12Yisra'el--vs. 13-16 Strday 11/22--Shabbat Parashat Chayyei SarahMORNING Kohen--Genesis 23:1-16Levi--23:17-24:9Shelishi--24:10-26Revi`i--24:27-52Chamishi--24:53-67Shishi--25:1-11Shevi`i--25:12-18Maftir--25:16-18Haftarah--I Kings 1:1-31 EVENING Kohen--Genesis 25:19-22Levi--vs. 23-26Yisra'el--25:27-26:5

Monday and Thrsday morning, 11/10 and 13Kohen--Genesis 18:1-5Levi--vs. 6-8Yisra'el--vs. 9-14 Strday 11/15--Shabbat Parashat VaYera'MORNING Kohen--Genesis 18:1-14Levi--18:15-33Shelishi--19:1-20Revi`i--19:21-21:4Chamishi--21:5-21Shishi--21:22-34Shevi`i--22:1-24Maftir--22:20-24Haftarah--II Kings 4:1-37 EVENING Kohen--Genesis 23:1-7Levi--vs. 8-12Yisra'el--vs. 13-16