Category: Matters Liturgical

The Feast of Christ the King

30 October 2011

In the Two Calendars In the traditional calendar of the Roman Rite, the Feast of Christ the King, instituted by Pope Pius XI in 1925,...

Did anyone else notice this?

10 August 2011

The Modification of a Collect A few days ago, on the feast of Saint Jean-Marie Vianney, the holy Curé of Ars, I preached on the...

Time for another “Tra le sollecitudini”

3 June 2011

The Primacy of Gregorian Chant The Holy Father’s Letter to the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music (13-5-11) has prompted me to share with the readers...

Let us test and examine our ways

23 January 2011

Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the Lord! (Lamentations 3:40) Again: Time for An Intervention I originally wrote this post last...

Père Garrigou-Lagrange on Psalmody

14 January 2011

Father Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange’s remarkable teaching on liturgical prayer in The Three Ages of the Interior Life is a suitable complement to yesterday’s post on psalmody....

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