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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 —

Anti-Catholicism in the 'Era of Tolerance' Knights of Columbus spokesperson Kathleen Blomquist (...) spoke of a long history in America of discriminating against Catholics (...). “Our country’s sad history of anti-Catholic bigotry contributed to the founding of the Knights of Columbus, and we are proud of the many Catholics who overcame this hurdle to contribute so greatly to our country,” she told the Catholic News Agency. And now anti-Catholic bigotry is coming back in the guise of progressivism.— Rod Dreher, American Conservative A New York Post article exposes two Democratic Party members' imposition of a religious test on a prospective candidate for the US District Court for Nebraska. The NYP article identifies the serious reoccurring problem with progressivism and its adherents: the violent scapegoating of those they consider a threat to their partisan definition of tolerance. Blinded by 'their own truth', which is or should be an obviou...

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/heart-speaks-to-heart-the-most-essential-reality-of-true-religion Dr. Peter Kwasniewski writes: When John Henry Newman chose for his Cardinal’s motto Cor ad cor loquitur ,“heart speaks to heart,” he was capturing in a phrase the most essential reality and medium of true religion: it is, before all else, a personal relationship in which everything is at stake. It is a total gift of oneself to the Lover of mankind. It is a question of friendship, not of doctrinal propositions, moral rules, liturgical customs, and so on. The one who loves accepts everything else – all of the propositions, rules, customs – without complaint, indeed with an infectious joy, because they are the expressions, tokens, and reminders of the one we love. We cannot dismiss or disdain these things without offending the beloved. The crisis of theology today, and, more broadly, the crisis in the Church, is due at root to the prevailing absence of the spirit o...

Giotto MEDITATION FOR CHRISTMAS TIME with Saint Thomas Aquinas http://www.dominicansavrille.us/meditation-for-christmas-time-with-saint-thomas-aquinas/ The Circumstances of Christ’s Birth 1. Christ willed to be born at Bethlehem because of two reasons: First, because “He was made … of the seed of David according to the flesh, to whom also a special promise was made concerning Christ.” (Rom. I, 3.) Hence, He willed to be born at Bethlehem, where David was born, in order that by the very birthplace, the promise made to David might be fulfilled. The Evangelist points this out by saying, “Because He was of the house and of the family of David.” Secondly, because as Gregory says, “Bethlehem is interpreted ‘the house of bread’.” It is Christ Himself, Who said, “I am the living Bread which came down from heaven” (Jn 41, 51). As David was born in Bethlehem, so also did He select Jerusalem to set up His throne and to build there the Temple of God, so that, Je...

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