A Treasure To Be Shared

Divine Worship: the Missal, the Missal of the Personal Ordinariates, retains the older set of offertory prayers (in the vernacular) and also includes in a separate section the shorter offertory prayers (Form II) found in the Novus Ordo Missal of Pope Saint Paul VI. The longer offertory prayers capture the sacrificial nature of the Mass. Our sacrifice - offerings of bread and wine that represent us - our hopes, our needs, our lives - is joined to the prayer of Jesus to the Father in the Holy Spirit. The bread and wine are accepted by Jesus and become by the power of the Holy Ghost the very Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ. See article :  https://www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/transubstantiation-for-beginners The one sacrifice of Christ on Calvary is made present in every valid Mass. Time and eternity meet. The congregation becomes present to the banquet of Jesus and the Apostles when Jesus established the Sacrament of the Eucharist and the Sacrament of Holy Or...

[Read time 3 minutes] The Venerable English Mass, Divine Worship, is the legitimate offspring of a conversation between continuity and reform that (re-)unites the Anglican Patrimony—that is, the Catholic Patrimony preserved in Anglicanism—with the Church. Divine Worship is more than a collection of liturgical texts and ritual gestures. It is the organic expression of the Church’s own lex orandi as it was taken up and developed in an Anglican context over the course of nearly five-hundred years of ecclesial separation, and is now reintegrated into Catholic worship as the authoritative expression of a noble patrimony to be shared with the whole Church. As such, it is to be understood as a distinct form of the Roman Rite. Further, while Divine Worship preserves some external elements more often associated with the Extraordinary Form, its theological and rubrical context is clearly the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite. That I situate Divine Worship within the context of the Ordinary Form b...

From St Aelred Catholic Church (OCSP)/edited. Sexagesima, which translates from Latin as "sixtieth," is the eighth Sunday before Easter and the second Sunday before Lent. It holds a significant place in the liturgical calendar as it marks a preparatory phase leading into the Lenten season. The name "Sexagesima" is derived from its position in the countdown to Easter, although it does not literally represent the sixtieth day before Easter. Instead, it is part of a numerical series that includes Septuagesima (the ninth Sunday before Easter) and Quadragesima (the fortieth day, or Lent). This Sunday has been recognized since at least the Fourth Council of Orléans in 541. The observance of Sexagesima is particularly important as it transitions the faithful from the festive nature of the Epiphany season into a more somber and reflective period. The Pre-Lenten season is from the Medieval era and existed until it was removed from the Roman Rite Calendar in 1970 after Vatica...

Heaven On Earth [ 7 minute read ] The haphazard way in which many (most?) diocesan Eucharistic liturgies, i.e., Masses, are celebrated points to an enduring problem: poor catechesis and an obstinate refusal to respect the fundamental nature of the Holy Eucharist. It may be that ignorance about liturgical standards factors into the problem, and that could explain why improvements to the ars celebrandi , i.e., the manner in which the Mass is celebrated, are long overdue throughout the entire Church. That is, the Latin hemisphere of the Church. The Holy Eucharist is defined as the sacrament that contains the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ under the appearances of bread and wine. | A Catechism of Christian Doctrine (The Baltimore Catechism No. 3); Third Plenary Council of Baltimore 1954 AD Surely the preceding note is enough to inspire respect for the Liturgy and to encourage beautiful celebrations of the Mass by clergy and servers. The fundamental character of ...

The priesthood is the love of the heart of Jesus. When you see a priest, think of our Lord Jesus Christ. | St. John Vianney Give thanks to God for a good pastor, a priest who... . draws attention to the Holy Eucharist, not to himself. helps others to follow Jesus Christ and to keep the Lord's commands (John 14:15-31). encourages respect for the sacred Liturgy. by his passion for truth and his reminders of God's justice and mercy, leaves no doubt that he loves and protects his flock. is forthright and not a flake. speaks in a normal voice during his homilies, not in an overly affected tone, and draws attention to the content of Holy Scripture. offers ways to apply the wisdom of Holy Scripture to daily life. by his reverent actions, helps you purify your own intentions and worship God in spirit and in truth. assigns penances that are clearly intended to help you get to heaven. is a man of prayer. loves God and the Church. is organized and a tireless worker for Christ. is kind an...

Osoyoos Desert | Photo: Tourism BC Lent Approacheth Money, career, power, the need to control - human beings make many altars upon which humanity, dignity and integrity are regularly sacrificed. Baal, Moloch, Ishtar - somehow our unchurched contemporaries manage to unknowingly worship those detestable entities and miss how close to perdition they come to by doing so. Those who value the Mass of earlier times, the Extraordinary Form, are accused of worshipping the form of Mass rather than the One Who should be the focus of the Liturgy. While the accusation may be undeserved for the most part, the Christian must be mindful that the true focus of our worship must always be God. Jesus said that where two or three are gathered in His Name, He is there in our midst. We must be gathered in His Name to be confident He is there with us. Father Celebrity? So then, what of the Ordinary Form of the Mass? Is your typical diocesan Mass oriented entirely to Jesus, or is the preacher or celebrant ...