Tag: Extraordinary Form
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More Revisions to 1962 Extraordinary Form Roman Missal
Pray Tell reported earlier this month how Pope Francis issued a Decree to add the memorial of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus to General Roman Calendar and also add new optional memorials of Hildegard, Gregory of Narek, and John of Avila. Gloria.tv, a “non-profit international Catholic social network and a video / news sharing platform ……
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I’m not trying to Google “Extraordinary Form of the Mass”
Where is the Ordinary Form of the Mass on social media? On Google? Anywhere, out there, on the vast and billowing waves of the world wide web?
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Problems with the EF
Before the 1950s, there were several forms of the EF. (The following is a simplification, before anyone jumps into action.) (1) Low Mass — all spoken, much silence, no assembly participation except by being physically present and following along in a hand missal. (2) Solemn Mass, often referred to as High Mass — priest, deacon…
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Unreliable Claims
Matthew Schmitz’s op-ed piece in the New York Times, entitled “The Latin Mass, Thriving in Southeastern Nigeria,” raises a number of questions.
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Steps Toward Extraordinary Form-Ordinary Form Rapprochement?
Dwight Longenecker attempts to remedy the imbalance in Cardinal Sarah’s call for more cross-pollination.
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Bishop of Rockford Sets a Curb on Use of the Extraordinary Form
Is Bishop Malloy’s letter an abrogation of Summorum Pontificum? Or is it simply an exercise of pastoral governance in his diocese?
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Confusing Beauty with Baroque
The strongest force driving skepticism of liturgical reform is the “lack of reverence” some experience at the Ordinary Form.
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A unique sight, and intensely interesting: Abp Alexander Sample celebrates Mass
Archbishop Alexander Sample, of Portland Oregon, celebrated a pontifical Tridentine Mass, and preached about celebrating a pontifical Tridentine Mass.
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The Aims of the Pioneers of the Liturgical Movement
Over at NLM, Peter Kwasniewski has a thoughtful and thought-provoking post on the early liturgical movement and what its aims were. Though I am not entirely in agreement with what he says in his piece, it seems to me that he raises some points that are worthy of comment and discussion.