Liturgy
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Sundays
Is it Sunday? It's Sunday! Smelling the dawn as we speak to the public, Savoring a hearty breakfast, it's a day of celebration, let's not forget it or rather let's remember it. Getting ready for a big day, the big day! Listening to a grumpy taxi driver complaining about how the world is going wrong, Distracting yourself from this conversation, like any other discussion, Going up Continue reading
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Prayer, every morning in the world.
The morning prayer sparkles. The body limbers up to honor the new day. The hand turns over the covers, summoned to wait for the revolution of the day to find a use again. Thrown aside, crumpled, they sag, overturned on the bed when the body rises in the splendor of the dawning day. An eternal moment that recurs as long as the Continue reading
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What is the problem with the Mass of Paul VI?
More than fifty years ago, the Catholic Church adopted a new Mass that broke with Church tradition in a way never before seen. However, the reformers did not expect the traditional Mass to last. In fact, they were convinced of the opposite. And they used every means at their disposal to Continue reading
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Letter to Pope Francis regarding the Mass
Preamble This letter to Pope Francis was first written for The Roman Way 1 to bear witness to the beauty and efficacy of the traditional Roman rite and to bear witness to the shock caused by the motu proprio, Traditionis custodes, published on July 16, 2021 by Pope Francis. Holy Father, I was extricating myself from a terrible Continue reading
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Gregorian Chant
It was in June 1985, in Pont-à-Mousson, at the end of the conference "Music in the Church Today." Maurice Fleuret—may he rest in peace—the magnificent director of music and dance for Minister Jack Lang, spoke. Words of fire. Of supplication; one can say so, since he himself begged. I Continue reading
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The Pump by Clive Staples Lewis
“First, you must rid yourself of the nauseating idea, the fruit of a manifest inferiority complex and a worldly mind, that pomp, under the right circumstances, has anything in common with vanity or self-importance. An officiant solemnly approaching the altar to celebrate, a princess led by her king Continue reading
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Lauda Zion
A magnificent sequence in the Corpus Christi Mass, written by Saint Thomas Aquinas, this dogmatic poetry praises the new and true Zion, the Church. Benedict XVI said of this Mass: "These are texts that make the waves of the heart vibrate, while the intelligence, penetrating with wonder into the mystery, recognizes in the Eucharist the presence Continue reading
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Pentecost happiness
One of the joys of the Octave of Pentecost is the recitation of the Veni, Sancte Spiritus, after the recitation of the Victimae Paschali in Easter week, the liturgy never ceases to amaze us. Come, Holy Spirit, And send from heaven A ray of your light. Come, father of the poor, Come, dispenser of gifts, Come, Continue reading
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Craftsman's Prayer
12th Century Monastic Prayer Teach me, Lord, to use well the time You give me to work… Teach me to unite haste and slowness, serenity and fervor, zeal and peace. Help me at the beginning of the work. Help me in the heart of the labor… And above all, fill the gaps in my work Yourself. Continue reading
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From traditional…
"We are dwarves perched on the shoulders of giants; we see more than they do, and further; not that our gaze is piercing, nor our height high, but we are raised, elevated, by their gigantic stature." This quote from Bernard of Chartres (12th century) found in Rémi Brague's latest book, Modérément moderne (Editions Flammarion), Continue reading
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Gregorian chant is made for the liturgy
Excerpt from The Holy Mass, yesterday, today and tomorrow, quote from Mr. Dominique Ponnau, director of the Ecole du Louvre, Conference given in Le Mans, September 19, 1998. "I remember. This memory is for me a cultural and human reference almost every day. It was in June 1985, in Pont-à-Mousson, at the end of the conference Continue reading
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Christian testimony – 2
When I started this blog, the idea of writing about the liturgy quickly came to me. Not to claim expert status, but to share my experience of what represents the heart of a Christian's life. So there were two paths that had to merge: I had to tell the Mass (and Continue reading
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The abandonment of Benedict XVI
"Eli, Eli lama sabachthani?" 1 When Benedict XVI signifies, in a few simple words, that he is renouncing the office of Pope, it is an earthquake that shakes the world and strikes Catholics. The most outlandish rumors are circulating and everyone is wondering about the causes of this decision which, even if it Continue reading
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Christian testimony
When I started this blog, the idea of writing about the liturgy quickly came to me. Not to claim expert status, but to share my experience about what represents the heart of a Christian's life. So there were two paths that had to merge: I had to tell the Continue reading