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The Atlantic Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat; But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, When two strong men stand face to face though they come from the ends of the earth! - from The Ballad of East and West (1892) by Rudyard Kipling St. Mark 3:25 And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. St. Matthew 12:25 Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand. St. Luke 11:17 Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and house falls upon house. If the sustained heated chatter at various influential websites is any indication, the divide between Ordinary Form and Extraordinary Form enthusiasts is widening. Sample the combox traffic at the New Liturgical Movement. Rebuilding . And, at LSN. How Vatican II elevated worshipers' "a...

Pope Saint Paul VI and Michael Ramsey H/T Deborah Gyapong We’ve come a long way since Cranmer called the pope the antichrist Andrew Petiprin 23MAY2019 Which reads in part... . The publication of Anglicanorum Coetibus in 2009 and the establishment of the personal ordinariates by Benedict XVI have brought the seed sown in the meeting between Ramsey and Paul VI to its full flourish. Even diocesan priests outside of the ordinariates are now able to use the Anglican-influenced Divine Worship where there is a pastoral need. Today, those with the right kind of eyes can see exciting next steps for Catholic unity in what at first glance appears like a breakdown of ecumenical integrity. Consider recent comments by Archbishop Justin Welby, Ramsey’s successor in the see of Canterbury five times removed. Far from Ramsey’s description of Newman’s “final tragedy”, Welby finds conversions encouraging. “Who cares?” he told the Spectator. “I don’t mind about all that. Particularly ...

https://www.wattsandco.com/vestments/dalmatics-tunicles/sarum-red-gothic-dalmatic? Watts & Co. London The dalmatic is a long, wide-sleeved tunic(.) (I)t is the proper vestment of a deacon at Mass or other services. Although infrequent, it may also be worn by bishops above the alb and below the chasuble, and is then referred to as pontifical dalmatic. (S)ubdeacons wore a vestment called the tunicle, which was originally distinct from a dalmatic, but by the 17th century the two had become identical, though a tunicle was often less ornamented than a dalmatic, the main difference often being only one horizontal stripe versus the two becoming a deacon's vestment. Additionally, unlike deacons, subdeacons do not wear a stole under their tunicle. Today, the tunicle is rare in the Roman Catholic Church as only certain authorized clerical societies (such as the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter) have subdeacons.- Wikipedia The Personal  Ordinariates have Instituted Acolytes...

CWR Image Catholic World Report (Joanna Bogle) has the story: A story of restoration: An Anglican community finds home in the Catholic Church https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2019/05/18/a-story-of-restoration-an-anglican-community-finds-home-in-the-catholic-church/ The renovations include a new marble floor and a new font, an exact replica of the original one that was removed some years ago. The marble floor is in grey and red, the latter honouring Christ’s blood. The sanctuary with its notable baldachino has been completely cleaned and the baldachino freshly repainted. A new heating system—one of the first items to be installed—lies beneath the gleaming new floor. The sacristy with its Victorian panelling and unusual “lantern” window has been restored to its original use and holds an array of good vestments. Weekday Masses, restored to their place in church, are well-attended, as the church stands just across the river from the City of London with its teeming crowds o...

Scene from I, Robot (2004) A couple of days ago I happened to catch on CBC Radio a program concerning a latest fad: biohacking. Biohacking is the process of making changes to your lifestyle in order to “hack” your body’s biology and feel your best. You know the saying, “You are what you eat”? That actually applies to humans in a broader sense: everything we put into our bodies — our foods, our thoughts, our physical movement ­— all affect how we behave. By biohacking yourself, you can actually transform your body so that you feel more energized, be more productive and, overall, feel like the best possible version of yourself.- https://draxe.com/what-is-biohacking/ Enter the Dragon It should come as no surprise that those who seek to improve "quality of life" attempt to do so by (almost) all means necessary. There is never a time when the means by which (a purported) achievement in the realm of human development should not be thoroughly examined, perhaps with...

A relative newcomer to Ordinariate-speak, though having attended services at a local Anglican parish throughout my later teenage years, two related terms have at times puzzled and engaged me: minor propers and major propers . Puzzled, because perhaps I should have paid closer attention to their use when I hung out with my Anglican buddies way back when I was transitioning out of the Untied Church of Canada (... spelling as intended). Having better acquainted myself with the two terms since joining the Ordinariate and being captivated by the preeminence to which English chant ( English Gradual /Burgess) gives to the Word of God, terms one might add in use for a considerable amount of time in Anglican and Anglo-catholic circles, they have become entirely useful to communicate in shorthand about particular sections of the Mass. To quote one comment registered May 2018 at/in the Musicasacra forum : (C)alling the lesser propers 'minor' or 'lesser' does not imply ...

Divine Worship, the Ordinariate Form of the Mass Representatives of Youth Speak News (YSN), a mentoring program comprised of "student writers from across Canada"(,) have weighed in on the Pope's latest letter,  Christus Vivit (Christ Lives). Youth Speak News is "(i)n its 19th year. The Catholic Register’s award-winning Youth Speak News continues to help young people with an interest in media to develop their skills in a faith context. ( YSN )" https://www.catholicregister.org/ysn/ysn-news/item/29424-ysn-reacts-to-christus-vivit A Love Letter to Liturgy by Vincent Pham. As a Catholic liturgy-lover, I am glad the Pope addressed the topic of liturgy in the exhortation (section 224). We (the Church) need only find the right ways and means to help them embark on this precious experience,” he wrote of the liturgy. He acknowledged that many young people take part in Eucharistic Adoration and Bible study together, and that “many young people have come t...

Thomas Everyman The National Post https://nationalpost.com/opinion/tracking-father-rosicas-very-long-history-of-plagiarism Tracking Father Rosica's (very) long history of plagiarism -  by Michael V. Dougherty (Sr. Ruth Caspar Chair in Philosophy at Ohio Dominican University)  and Joshua Hochschild (Monsignor Robert R. Kline Chair of Philosophy at Mount St. Mary’s University). Scrutiny of Rosica’s literary output stretching back 30-plus years has revealed that his plagiarism is a long, consistent habit(.) The latest secular media report exposes something of Fr. Rosica's rebellious behaviour. The authors note Fr. Rosica's plagiarism of an anti-Catholic source to contextualize (justify?) Pope Francis' apparent loose play with doctrine . Catholics should be seriously annoyed that a priest has used his national pulpit, i.e., Salt & Light Television, to disseminate that which purports to be Catholic teaching, but is instead liberal religion of a dia...