A Treasure To Be Shared

DIVINE WORSHIP | THE OFFERTORY (FORM I) Form One restores to the Mass the longer prayers one would encounter, though not hear (unless one is a Deacon or server near to the action), in the older Mass, the 1962 Missal, commonly called the Tridentine Mass or Usus Antiquior. Latin enthusiasts would probably recognize much of the hieratic English translation of the Latin found in their pew missals. The text of Divine Worship, though, presents some particularly beautiful and legitimate adjustments to the language of the Offertory prayers retained in and received from the Anglican Patrimony. + + + Standing at the altar, the Priest takes the paten with the bread and holds it slightly raised above the altar with both hands, saying in a low voice: Receive, O holy Father, almighty and everlasting God, this spotless host, which I, thine unworthy servant, now offer unto thee, my living and true God, for my numberless sins, offences, and negligences; for all here present; as also for the faithful in...

Please support our seminarians through your prayers and financial contributions. O HEAVENLY Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ did command his disciples to proclaim the glad tidings of thy saving love to all mankind: Pour out thy Holy Spirit, we beseech thee, on all who are now in training for the Ministry of thy Church; make them to be modest, humble, and constant in their labours, and to have a ready will to obey all spiritual discipline; that they may become faithful ministers of thy Word and Sacraments; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (p. 419, Saint Gregory's Prayer Book) Saints Charles Borromeo and John Henry Newman: pray for them. The Seminary Formation Fund (SFF):  https://ordinariate.net/give-to-sff Patrick Wallace Freshman, College Seminary St. Joseph Abbey Seminary College, Covington, Louisiana Home Parish: Our Lady of the Atonement, San Antonio, Texas Riley O'Sullivan Junior, College Seminary St. Joseph Abbey Seminary College, Covington, Louisiana H...

A page from a book of blessings, discovered on the dusty shelves of a local parish among other curious items, published some decades ago by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Undeclared Sinner someone who has yet to acknowledge his status as a fallen creature see also: hypocrite Witnesses I felt for the tormented whirlwinds Damned for their carnal sins Committed when they let their passions rule their reason. - Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy, Hell, Inferno: Canto V I understood that unto such a torment The carnal malefactors were condemned, Who reason subjugate to appetite. ( H.W. Longfellow translation ) - - -  In one sense, and that the eternal sense, the thing is plain. The answer to the question, ‘What is Wrong?’ is, or should be, 'I am wrong'. Until a man can give that answer his idealism is only a hobby. - GKC, Letter to the “Daily News”, August 16, 1905, “What is Wrong”. H/T Mike Miles @ The Society of G.K. Chesterton In an earlier post, yours truly wrote: It's one thing to be a Catholic who repents of his or her sins (and confesses those sins in the confessional) and resolves to avoid near occasions of sin. It is quite another to obs...

ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE "SCHOLAE CANTORUM" OF THE ITALIAN ASSOCIATION OF SAINT CECILIA Beautiful and good music is a privileged tool for approaching the transcendent, and often helps to understand a message even those who are distracted. I know that your preparation involves sacrifice in terms of the availability of time to devote to rehearsals, to the involvement of people, to performances on feast days, when perhaps friends invite you to go for a walk. Many times! But your dedication to the liturgy and its music represents a way of evangelization at all levels, from children to adults. In fact, the liturgy is the first “teacher” of catechism. Do not forget this: the liturgy is the first “teacher” of catechism. Sacred music also carries out another task, that of bringing together Christian history: in the liturgy, Gregorian chant, polyphony, popular music and contemporary music resonate. It is as though, in that moment, there were all the past and present...

The Catholic Way Catholics in public life, these days those who drift left, routinely risk having their convictions challenged because they habitually want their cake (power) and eat it (enjoy it, exploit it, be corrupted by it,...) too. Pat Cross' cartoon exposes the cognitive dissonance entertained by such misguided souls. It's one thing to be a Catholic who repents of his or her sins (and confesses those sins in the confessional) and resolves to avoid near occasions of sin. It is quite another to obstinately refuse to acknowledge and repent of those very public sins as such - e.g., support for the destruction of innocent pre-born human lives - and pretend that, at the end of the day, one's conscience is free of culpability after either standing idly by or by enacting laws and policies that permit a most heinous act against innocent pre-born human life. A straight forward review of the terms to which Catholics are bound - if they truly love the Lord - reveal the standard,...

Slinging a thurible over one's shoulder? Better hope it's not hot! Game boy? Clever! Using the incense to mask the cigarette smoke. Bold of him! In the sanctuary no less. D'ya get the impression there's a common perception among artists represented here? Or, perhaps a common preoccupation? D'ya think maybe all the artists were altar boys once upon a time? At least one of them is using his down time well. That better not be a consecrated host! Parish Picnic Examination of conscience to follow! A flogging approacheth.   Keep an eye on the wine cruet after Mass! Altar boy version of bull fighting. Someone probably lost an eye. Masks do have a use after all. Never mind the smoking and drinking. Blue shoes?! Shocking! An altar boy with an Ophicleide! That's just wrong.