A Treasure To Be Shared

Fr. Carl Reid, General Editor Peter Jesserer Smith (PJS) articulates the details of the new and beautiful Saint Peter Gradual available from Newman House Catholic Books . http://www.ncregister.com/blog/pjsmith/new-st.-peter-gradual-brings-anglican-chant-and-prayer-book-english-to-the Father Carl Reid, an Ordinariate priest serving Blessed John Henry Newman parish in Victoria, Canada and editor of the St. Peter Gradual told the Register that the Ordinariate’s Anglican patrimony can help English-speaking Catholics in the “actual participation” of the liturgy as envisioned by the Second Vatican Council. “These chants are for the faithful, fostering a rhythm of liturgical prayer by taking up threads of Sacred Scripture at various points during the Eucharistic celebration and weaving them into a tapestry of praise for God, whom we worship in the beauty of holiness,” said Bishop (Steven) Lopes, ( Bishop of the Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter ) who also  se...

From Catholic World Report Welcome Petiprin family! https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2019/01/03/how-this-episcopalians-own-book-convinced-him-to-become-catholic/ Nashville, Tenn., Jan 3, 2019 / 10:00 am (CNA).- An Episcopalian priest set out to write a book on finding and understanding the Gospel’s truth. Now, after he and his family have converted to Catholicism, he says they have found it. Andrew Petiprin, his wife Amber, and their two children Alex and Aimee were confirmed into the Catholic Church on Jan. 1, at St. Patrick’s Parish in Nashville, the city where they have lived for the last 18 months. “I am grateful for 16 formative years as an Anglican, and 8 as an Episcopal priest, most recently as Canon to the Ordinary in the Diocese of Tennessee. But I am thrilled that the Lord has called me, my wife, and our children into full communion with Rome,” said Petiprin on Twitter. Petiprin told CNA that his conversion was heavily influenced by questions rais...

What makes the Ordinariate Mass, called Divine Worship, so beautiful? Where does one begin? The following points are in no particular order. Beautiful poetry found in hymns and prayers. Respect for liturgical norms that form us in the way of authentic prayer, and respect for Sacred Tradition. Ad orientem worship, God-oriented worship according to ancient practice which preserves orthodox belief. Sacred polyphony, especially motets and settings of the Ordinary (unchanging) chants: Kyrie , Gloria , Credo , Sanctus / Benedictus , Agnus Dei . Preservation of the (minor) Proper chants: Introit , Gradual , Alleluia Verse, Offertory and Communion. Beautiful vestments that envelop the imagination with beauty pointing to the sacred. Orthodox preaching that invites souls into communion with the Word, Jesus Christ, the Way and the Truth and the Life. Profound respect for the Holy Eucharist. Reverence for the Word of God, the Holy Bible. Fellowship after Mass; holy conversatio...

Homily by Fr. Eddie Dwyer https://www.facebook.com/notes/pater-eddie-dwyer/young-hope-homily-for-the-first-sunday-of-advent/10156830018627442/ Exerpt [...] If we are going to keep this parish afloat into the next generation, the major focus must be on what emboldens younger Catholics, and what attracts younger non-Catholics to the Church.. . . . . So what works? Believe it or not, tradition works. So called “old ways” are quite popular among younger Catholics. Smells, bells, classic hymns, chant, prolonged silence, and, hold on for this one, LATIN are all largely embraced by the younger generations of the Church. Furthermore, when younger non-Catholics experience these traditions they are struck by how different they are from everything else they experience in a noisy, secular culture. These “old ways” are beautiful to them, and beauty is a great place to introduce young folks to Jesus Christ.  Thus, we are going to make Sunday beautiful at Our Lady of Pe...

Sophia Press Relying on the very best minds discerned to be enlightened by the grace of God, minds demonstrably faithful to the Tradition of the Church, o ur duty to God and Church requires nothing less that we exercise together in charity the critical evaluation of each and every word spoken by someone who lays claim to the Truth. This blogger is not as equipped as many others to parse the Roman drama playing out. However, yours truly can point others to reliable sources, authors/teachers, who are exceedingly well trained and thus able analysts. Food for thought: Fr. George Rutler's article at the Catholic World Report . It begins: Pope Francis says that his innovative teaching “does not imply any contradiction” of the Church’s Tradition but, one has to say reluctantly, it indeed does. Those misguided partisans who accept uncritically the occasionally sideways comments of Pope Francis may find that Fr. Rutler's admonition burns up their objections like a...

Monsignor Peter Wilkinson, Consultor to the Anglicanae Traditiones Interdicasterial Commission and assistant priest at Blessed (soon to be Saint?) John Henry Newman Church, recently gave this blogger ten photos that accompanied a liturgical instruction book. Drink in the beauty of liturgy done reverently with a profound sense of theological geometry or architecture. — Click on Images to Enlarge —