Category: Matters Liturgical

Tu Rex gloriae, Christe

The Sunday Before All Saints In the traditional calendar of the Roman Rite, the Feast of Christ the King, instituted by Pope Pius XI in...

Finding the Cross in Paschaltide

The image shows the mosaic in the apse of Sant’Appollinare in Classe in Ravenna with its glorious Crux Gemmata (bejeweled Cross), having at its centre,...

Yes, Tomorrow Is Septuagesima Sunday

Looking toward Holy Pascha Tomorrow is Septuagesima Sunday. In three weeks our heads will be marked with the ashes of penitence. A special time of...

Days of Grace

I have always experienced the last days of September and the first week of October (September 29 — October 7) as a moment of spiritual...

Sacra Liturgia Releases Official Text

Robert Cardinal Sarah: Towards an Authentic Implementation of Sacrosanctum Concilium  SACRA LITURGIA announces: “It is our privilege to publish the official text of the Opening...