Pentecost Monday (EF) or Memorial of Saint Justin, Martyr - June 1st, 2009

Pentecost Monday (EF)
Missa 'Cibavit Eos'

Latin/English Propers
First Class
Red Vestments

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Memorial of Saint Justin, Martyr

USCCB Daily Readings

Saint of the Day: St. Justin


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Sources: Saint Andrew Daily Missal and the Marian Missal, 1945
The Ordinary of the Mass is not from the Missal of
Pope John XXIII, 1962 which is the Missal Approved by
Summorum Pontificum of Pope Benedict XVI

Deo volente totally disavows the "sedevantist sentiments" of the
Tradionalist website which posts these Propers of the TLM, and provides
these Propers solely as a service to those in need of them online.

“Ubi Petrus, Ibi Ecclesia, Ibi Deus”

Early Evening - Pentecost Sunday (or Whitsunday) - May 31st, 2009

• Domine da mihi hanc aquam >> Abortionist murdered (Updated)
• Insight Scoop >> Despicable. Cowardly. Evil. (I concur fully with Mr. Olson)
• New Liturgical Movement >> Pentecost Sunday at the Birmingham Oratory
• New Liturgical Movement >> Pentecost Sunday at St. Peter's Basilica
• New Liturgical Movement >> Pentecost Sunday at the Basilica of Santa Maria ad Martyres (the Pantheon)
• WDTPRS >> More on the issue of the traditional Ambrosian Rite
• WDTPRS >> Philadelphia: Solemn TLM - 28 June

Visitors ask...Why is Pentecost called "Whitsunday?"

The totally indispensable New Advent Encyclopedia states: "Whitsunday is so called from the white garments which were worn by those who were baptised during the vigil..."

Every Catholic should bookmark the New Advent website...

Early Afternoon - Pentecost Sunday (or Whitsunday) - May 31st, 2009

• A Priest Life >> Eglise Catholique Sainte Anne
• A Priest Life >> La Pentecoste Dimanche
• Insight Scoop >> Pentecost Sunday: The Church made manifest
• Meeting Christ in the Liturgy >> "Suddenly there came from the sky a noise"
• RORATE CÆLI >> Crisis in the Church in the Central African Republic
• The Catholic Truth >> Pentecost Sunday - A Great Day To Be Catholic!

Pentecost Sunday (or Whitsunday) - Missa 'Spiritus Domini' - May 31st, 2009

Pentecost: Missa 'Spiritus Domini'
Double of the First Class
Red
Online Latin Propers (Tridentine Latin Rite Missal Project)
Downloadable Propers (Una Voce, Orange County)

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Pentecost Mass during the day
USCCB Daily Mass Readings USA

Evening Roundup - Vigil of Pentecost (EF) or Saturday of the Seventh Week of Easter - May 30th, 2009

• Telegraph.co.uk (Damian Thompson) >> Anglicans damage relations with Catholics by snapping up scandal-hit Fr Cutié
• In the Light of the Law >> Fr. Alberto Cutie's schismatic act
• Meeting Christ in the Liturgy >> The Solemnity of Pentecost: "I have much more to tell you
• New Liturgical Movement >> The Sound of Pentecost
• New Liturgical Movement >> Two Reforms Associated with Pentecost: The Vigil and the Octave
• Preacher and Big Daddy >> Mission Invisible
• WDTPRS >> Discussion: Orchestral Music for Holy Mass in the Roman Rite
• WDTPRS >> Not quite in honor of St. Joan of Arc

Morning Roundup - Vigil of Pentecost (EF) or Saturday of the Seventh Week of Easter - May 30th, 2009

• A Priest Life >> Samedi (Saturday)
• Breviarium Romanum >> Dominica Pentecostes: "Emittes spiritum tuum, et creabuntur, et renovabis faciem terrae."
• Chiesa.expressonline.it (Sandro Magister) >> Pentecost on Mount Athos
• Insight Scoop >> The Truth About Joan of Arc
• Meeting Christ in the Liturgy >> Paul entered Rome
• St. Conleth's Catholic Heritage >> The Hymn and Sequence of Pentecost
• The Catholic Thing >> The Holy Ghost (Fr. James Schall, S.J.)
• WDTPRS >> DETROIT: 31 May (Pentecost) Solemn FIRST Mass - TLM

02:50 UTC - Vigil of Pentecost (EF) or Saturday of the Seventh Week of Easter - May 30th, 2009

Vigil of Pentecost
Missa "Cum sanctificatus"

Latin/English Propers

Violet/Red Vestments

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Saturday of the Seventh Week of Easter
USCCB Daily Readings

Saint of the Day: St. Gregory VII

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Sources: Saint Andrew Daily Missal and the Marian Missal, 1945
The Ordinary of the Mass is not from the Missal of
Pope John XXIII, 1962 which is the Missal Approved by
Summorum Pontificum of Pope Benedict XVI

Deo volente totally disavows the "sedevantist sentiments" of the
Tradionalist website which posts these Propers of the TLM, and provides
these Propers solely as a service to those in need of them online.

“Ubi Petrus, Ibi Ecclesia, Ibi Deus”

Evening Roundup - St. Mary Magdalene of Pazzi (EF) or Friday of the Seventh Week of Easter - May 29th, 2009

• A Priest Life >> US Navy Medical Team at African Lion
• A Priest Life >> La Liberté
• Catholic Church Conservation >> Archdiocese of Miami considers church massacre
• Insight Scoop >> This is exactly what I was talking about ... (Angels & Demons)
• New Liturgical Movement >> PCED declares validity of MP "Summorum Pontificum" for the Ambrosian Rite
• Preacher and Big Daddy >> He Says He is Alive, Plus Father Cutié

Afternoon Roundup - St. Mary Magdalene of Pazzi (EF) or Friday of the Seventh Week of Easter - May 29th, 2009

• American Papist >> "Christopher West’s Work is 'Completely Sound' says Dr. Janet Smith"
• Insight Scoop >> Piers Paul Read on EWTN's "The World Over" tonight...
• RORATE CÆLI >> "'They' truly desire the demise of the Catholic Church"
• The Alphonsianum >> Salvation Alone is Necessary
• WDTPRS >> PCED: Clarification on the use of the ancient Ambrosian Rite
• WDTPRS >> Archbp. Nienstedt to pro-homosexual group: “The truths of our faith are not open to debate”
• WDTPRS >> Discussion between D. Kmiec and R. George on the Obama Administration
• WDTPRS >> Nice, France: ONE Mass for the whole diocese on Pentecost

Noon (EDT) - St. Mary Magdalene of Pazzi (EF) or Friday of the Seventh Week of Easter - May 29th, 2009

• American Papist >> Friday wierd: "Roman Catholic Priestess" dragged from Air Force One
• Chiesa.expressonline.it (Sando Magister) >> The Resurgence of Prayer, in a World that Wants to Exclude It
• FIRST THINGS: On the Square >> Messiahs, Mimicry and Meaning: Lessons in Visual Literacy (Carole L. Baker)
• Insight Scoop >> Is Fr. Thomas Reese, S.J., right or wrong...
• Meeting Christ in the Liturgy >> "Paul claimed was alive a certain Jesus who had died"
• New Liturgical Movement >> Alcuin Reid: We are Lucky this Pope is Ecclesiastically Incorrect
• The Catholic Thing >> Billionaires Plot Population Strategy (Austin Ruse)

Breaking - The Catholic Truth - Sneak Peek At The New Mass Translation

Twitter is indispensable! The Catholic Truth blog offers a sneak peek at the new "White Book" for the new translation of the Mass. A link to the USCCB Missal formation website is in the post; the website has abundant material which can be downloaded in PDF format.

Hat/Tip!

St. Mary Magdalene of Pazzi (EF) or Friday of the Seventh Week of Easter - May 29th, 2009

St. Mary Magdalene of Pazzi, Virgin
Missa "Dilexisti justitiam"
Latin/English Propers

3rd Class, White

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Friday of the Seventh Week of Easter
USCCB Daily Readings

Saint of the Day: St. Madeleine Sophie Barat


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Sources for the TLM: Saint Andrew Daily Missal and the Marian Missal, 1945
The Ordinary of the Mass is not from the Missal of
Pope John XXIII, 1962 which is the Missal Approved by
Summorum Pontificum of Pope Benedict XVI

Deo volente totally disavows the "sedevantist sentiments" of the
Tradionalist website which posts these Propers of the TLM, and provides
these Propers solely as a service to those in need of them online.

“Ubi Petrus, Ibi Ecclesia, Ibi Deus”

Evening Roundup - St. Augustine of Canterbury (EF) or Thursday of the Seventh Week of Easter - May 28th, 2009

• A Priest Life >> La Promenade sul Mer
• New Liturgical Movement >> Ordination at the Toronto Oratory
• New Liturgical Movement >> Reader Question: Vestment Fabrics
• Seminarians for Life >> Debating point: "What about ... ? (rape, incest, deformities, economics, etc.)"
• The Hermeneutic of Continuity >> Fr Peyramale tributes (Pilgrimage to Lourdes...)
• WDTPRS >> John Allen on Pres. Obama and Miguel Diaz
• Whispers in the Loggia >> The Episcopal Church Welcomes... "Father Oprah" (Fr. Alberto Cutie of Florida...)

St. Conleth's Catholic Heritage Association - TLM Irish Blog

I don't disclose the universality of this little blog and from whence visitors come, but visitors arrive from everywhere!

I am very pleased to be asked to link to a blog from Ireland, St. Conleth's Catholic Heritage Association. The blog has an Introduction linked here. It's mission is to:

This blog will keep you informed of the activities of St. Conleth’s Catholic Heritage Association, and of progress made in implementing Summorum Pontificum, particularly throughout the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin.

There is also a list of Aims. Visitors will note that there is an RSS feed, and that posts do occur periodically.

As visitors from Ireland appear from time to time, I hope this post will help to give St. Conleth's Catholic Heritage Association a boost. And yes, I will subscribe to your RSS feed.

Slainte!
~D.v.

Afternoon Roundup - St. Augustine of Canterbury (EF) or Thursday of the Seventh Week of Easter - May 28th, 2009

• A Priest Life >> "No greater joy than this: follow theTruth"
• American Papist >> Important links for AmP & APP
• The Anchoress >> Stuff to look at
• WDTPRS >> Ugly as sin
• WDTPRS >> A notice posted on the doors of a church

Morning Roundup - St. Augustine of Canterbury (EF) or Thursday of the Seventh Week of Easter - May 28th, 2009

• American Papist >> Live coverage: CUA Symposium on US-Vatican relations
• Breviarium Romanum >> Tempus Ascensionis: "Ascendísti in altum, cepísti captivitátem"
• Domine da mihi hanc aquam >> Theologians doing what Judges do?
• Insight Scoop >> And the nominee to be the new U.S. ambassador to the Holy See is...
• Meeting Christ in the Liturgy >> The commander "brought Paul down and made him stand before them."
• New Liturgical Movement >> Pope Speaks to Diocese of Rome Congress on Vatican II, Beauty in the Liturgy
• OSV Daily Take >> Why the sudden lack of interest in religion? (Bill Donohue)
• The Alphonsianum >> Confidence in Jesus Christ
• The Catholic Thing >> An Illiberal Education (Fr. James Schall)
• Traditional Latin Mass Propers in English >> Saint Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop and Confessor
• WDTPRS >> Pres. Obama chooses Vatican Ambassador
• Whispers in the Loggia >> Capital Briefing

St. Augustine of Canterbury (EF) or Thursday of the Seventh Week of Easter - May 28th, 2009

St. Augustine of Canterbury
Missa 'Sacerdotes Tui'

3rd Class, White

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Thursday of the Seventh Week of Easter
Today's USCCB Daily Readings

Saint of the Day: St. Mary Ann of Jesus of Paredes

Early Evening - St. Bede the Venerable (EF) or Wednesday of the Seventh Week of Easter - May 27th, 2009

• American Papist >> Announcement: AmP to join APP June 1st (Congratulations, Thomas!)
• American Papist >> Live Coverage: Doug Kmiec, Abp. Dolan, Robby George, Mary Ann Glendon (coming Thursday on American Papist)
• The Anchoress >> Inflation in the nation dont bother me
• New Liturgical Movement >> St. Philip's Day from London and Birmingham
• WDTPRS >> My emphases and comments (as Fr. Toborowsky notes, “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"... !)
• WDTPRS >> Margaret Thatcher met Pope Benedict XVI

Early Afternoon - St. Bede the Venerable (EF) or Wednesday of the Seventh Week of Easter - May 27th, 2009

• Acton Institute PowerBlog >> Acton Commentary: The Tyranny of the Obvious
• American Papist >> Msgr. Barres appointed Bishop-elect of Allentown, PA
• American Papist >> Tip: Logos Bible Software for Catholics
• Insight Scoop >> Benedict XVI reflects on St. Theodore the Studite, reformer of monastic life
• WDTPRS >> Michael Novak rightly vents about L’Osservatore Romano
• WDTPRS >> Request of prayers for a new bishop: Most Rev. Lee Piché
• WDTPRS >> "Curiosity"

Morning Roundup - St. Bede the Venerable (EF) or Wednesday of the Seventh Week of Easter - May 27th, 2009

• A Priest Life >> Bonjour
• A Priest Life >> La Mer Atlantique
• Bonfire of the Vanities >> Sotomayor ("I'm not worried...")
• Domine da mihi hanc aquam >> Legal Fanboy? Check out this great blog..
• Domine da mihi hanc aquam >> The Man Library
• Meeting Christ in the Liturgy >> "Keep watch over the whole flock"
• New Liturgical Movement >> More on the Influence of Benedict XVI from Morocco
• The Catholic Thing >> Ireland's New Troubles (Patrick Fagan)
• Traditional Latin Mass Propers in English >> Saint Bede the Venerable
• Whispers in the Loggia >> History in the Lehigh Valley: A Non-Philadelphian to Allentown

St. Bede the Venerable (EF) or Wednesday of the Seventh Week of Easter - May 27th, 2009

St. Bede the Venerable, Confessor, Doctor of the Church
Missa 'In Medio Ecclesiae'
Latin Propers
White

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Wednesday of the Seventh Week of Easter
USCCB Daily Readings

Saint of the Day: St. Augustine of Canterbury

Late Evening Roundup - St. Philip Neri (EF & OF) - May 26th, 2009

• Patrick Madrid >> You Call This "Maturity"?
• Priests for Life >> National Director of Priests for Life On Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s Supreme Court Nomination
• Preacher and Big Daddy >> Priestly Prayer of Christ
• The Alphonsianum >> The Mercy of God
• Vocation-Station >> Santo Domingo de Silos ~ Benedictine

Evening Roundup - St. Philip Neri (EF & OF) - May 26th, 2009

• The Anchoress >> Sotomayor for SCOTUS? (UPDATED)
• RORATE CÆLI >> Hermeneutic of continuity - Address # 2
• New Liturgical Movement >> Pro Multis in Hungary
• The Way of the Fathers >> A Gathering of Angels
• WDTPRS >> QUAERITUR: Latin version of a Spiritual Communion prayer
• WDTPRS >> Wedges
• WDTPRS >> Do Catholics need a dispensation to marry “non-Catholic” SSPXers?

Late Afternoon Roundup - St. Philip Neri (EF & OF) - May 26th, 2009

• A Priest Life >> Bonne route
• Breviarium Romanum >> Moroccan Atlantic coast: "Et státuit super petram pedes meos"
• Creative Minority Report >> Catholic Church Converting to Blair-ism
• RORATE CÆLI >> You report: Traditional Latin Mass in the Diocese of Syracuse, NY
• RORATE CÆLI >> Light from the East
• New Liturgical Movement >> More from Montecassino
• New Liturgical Movement >> Lauda Sion: Catholic Liturgy in a Time of Reform
• New Liturgical Movement >> Feast of St. Philip Neri
• WDTPRS >> QUAERITUR: taking Communion with Precious Blood out to the sick

The Catholic Review Online: How we got here

In his weekly column, "Thoughts on Our Church," Archbishop Edwin O'Brien reviews the course of events by which Catholic politicians were able to be support abortion while claiming to be Catholic. Here is a portion of his column:

In a first-rate address to more than a hundred bishops gathered last February for a workshop conducted by the National Catholic Bioethics Center, Carl Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, referred to a Wall Street Journal opinion piece of January 7 of this year.

Titled “How Support for Abortion Became Kennedy Dogma,” the article goes a long way in explaining how so many Catholic politicians, once pro-life, arrived at a deplorable compromise, abandoned their pro-life convictions, and even became, in too many instances, ardent “pro-choice” proponents.

In 1964, Robert Kennedy was seeking a New York Senate seat and brother Ted was running for re-election to the United States Senate from Massachusetts. Liberal, well-funded pro-abortion groups were gaining traction at the grass roots and targeting politicians in the Northeast as prospective torch-bearers for the movement. The Kennedys knew they would need theological backing to claim that a Catholic politician could support abortion rights “in good conscience” and they turned to a group of six dissident priests.

The article is must reading...

Early Afternoon Roundup - St. Philip Neri (EF & OF) - May 26th, 2009

• American Papist >> Tip: Abp. Burke in Louisville July 17-18 for Eternal Life Conference
• American Papist >> Will the Boston Archdiocese really allow abortion referrals?
• Domine da mihi hanc aquam >> St. Philip Neri
• Insight Scoop >> Monsignor Ronald Knox on St. Philip Neri
• Insight Scoop >> Abortion and Ideology
• The Black Biretta >> Benedict XVI Calls Priests to Be Saints (NOT Bureaucrats, Politicians or Managers)
• The Catholic Thing >> Obama and the Enduring Untruths (Hadley Arkes)
• Traditional Latin Mass Propers in English >> Saint Philip Neri, Confessor
• WDTPRS >> New blog for video reflections in Mandarin
• WDTPRS >> Pres. Obama and the Supremes
• WDTPRS >> turn down the lights and just listen

St. Philip Neri (EF & OF) - May 26th, 2009

St. Philip Neri
Missa 'Caritas Dei'
3rd Class
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Memorial of Saint Philip Neri
USCCB Daily Readings

Saint of the Day: St. Philip Neri

Evening Roundup - St. Gregory VII (EF) or Monday of the Seventh Week of Easter (OF) - May 25th, 2009

• American Papist >> Report: 23 Legion priests to exit and form new religious group
• American Papist >> More on West: Schindler says his credibility "a problem for the Church"
• New Liturgical Movement >> Institute of the Good Shepherd Ordinations in Rome
• RORATE CÆLI >> The Pope to Chinese Catholics
• Seminarians for Life >> U.S. bishops’ official: Stem cell guidelines ignore science and embryonic humanity
• The Alphonsianum >> The Object of Mental Prayer
• The Hermeneutic of Continuity >> Grando magna
• WDTPRS >> Philadelphia TLM news
• WDTPRS >> Brick by brick at Mission San Juan Bautista
• Whispers in the Loggia >> Killed On Mission: An Oblate "Saint"

Memorial Day, May 25th, 2009...To Fallen Soldiers...

Morning Roundup - St. Gregory VII (EF) or Monday of the Seventh Week of Easter (OF) - May 25th, 2009

• Domine da mihi hanc aquam >> For the sake of our young men, it's time to reconsider virtue
• Domine da mihi hanc aquam >> Set aside not above
• Meeting Christ in the Liturgy >> Paul said "Did you receive the Holy Spirit?"
• RORATE CÆLI >> "In that Sacred Heart all our hopes should be placed"
• New Liturgical Movement >> The Reform of the Reform: Looking Ahead
• Shouts in the Piazza >> Lest We Forget
• The Catholic Thing >> A Prayer for Soldiers

Evening Retreat for Men, Friday, May 29th, St. Mary of the Mills, Laurel, MD

A colleague has posted an event to the Events Calendar scheduled for this Friday, May 29th. There will be an evening Retreat for Men with Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC, House Superior and Director of Vocations, Steubenville, OH. Father Donald is Superior of the Marians of the Immaculate Conception and a frequent guest on EWTN. The Order is devoted to the Divine Mercy. Tickets are available at the door.

St. Gregory VII (EF) or Monday of the Seventh Week of Easter (OF) - May 25th, 2009

St. Gregory VII
Missa "Si diligis Me"
White

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Monday of the Seventh Week of Easter
USCCB Daily Readings

Saint of the Day: St. Bede the Venerable

Vocation Gold Mine: Vocation-Station, Canada

I love the internet. While searching for something else, I stumbled upon this blog--"Vocation-Station"-- posted by a "hermit without a permit" who lists his address as Canada. The blog is rather unique in that it catalogs religious Orders and posts the information as video clips.

In the right menu, here is how the Orders are listed by category:

• "AUDIO only" (5)
• "Pope Benedict" (4)
• "the Passion of the Christ" (1)
• Benedictines (21)
• Brothers (13)
• Carmelite (5)
• Carthusian (6)
• Contemplative (34)
• Dominican (9)
• Franciscan (11)
• français (13)
• Gregorian Chant (17)
• Hermit (5)
• Into Great Silence (1)
• Italiano (5)
• Missionaries (5)
• Monastic (23)
• Monastic Community of Bethlehem and the Assumption (2)
• Nuns (22)
• Prayer (2)
• Priesthood (9)
• Religious Life (3)
• Seminary (6)
• Sisters (14)
• Trappist/Cistercian (8)
• Vocation (54)

Needless to say, this link is going in the Right Menu. To paraphrase the words to "New York, New York," if you can't find it here, you won't find it anywhere!

Late Evening - Ascension of the Lord (OF) or Sunday within the Octave of the Ascension (EF), May 24th, 2009

• Dignare Me Laudare Te Virgo Sacrata >> Our Lady, Help of Christians [Dom Guéranger]
• New Liturgical Movement >> Further from Montecassino
• New Liturgical Movement >> Monsignor Schuler as Practitioner and Prophet
• Patrick Madrid >> The Notre Dame commencement is history, but the Catholic identity battle continues
• Patrick Madrid >> St. John Vianney: Do You Have Religion In Your Heart?

Evening - Ascension of the Lord (OF) or Sunday within the Octave of the Ascension (EF), May 24th, 2009

• RORATE CÆLI >> "The Eucharist is basically a community meal" (problems ahead...)
• RORATE CÆLI >> "There can be no society of darkness with light" (Pius VIII)
• RORATE CÆLI >> Killing of Catholics in Nepal (India, Vietnam, Nepal...)
• RORATE CÆLI >> "Our faith can respond to these expectations: may you become its heralds!"
• The Alphonsianum >> Sermon 27 - Sunday within the Octave of the Ascension
• The Hermeneutic of Continuity >> More on L'Osservatore
• WDTPRS >> WDTPRS: Sunday after Ascension Thursday (1962MR) - COLLECT
• Whispers in the Loggia >> In Remembrance (shout out to Fr. Kevin Cusick!)

Early Afternoon - Ascension of the Lord (OF) or Sunday within the Octave of the Ascension (EF), May 24th, 2009

• Meeting Christ in the Liturgy >> "He was lifted up"
• RORATE CÆLI >> + Monsignor Mario Marini + (R.I.P.)
• RORATE CÆLI >> "Spiritual reconciliation" and "Structural merger"
• New Liturgical Movement >> Pope Visits Important Benedictine Abbey of Montecassino
• The Alphonsianum >> Of the Virtues of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary
• The Hermeneutic of Continuity >> Pastoral care for a "lost sheep" (Fr. Finigan has also been following the pastoral exchange at Papastronsay)
• The Way of the Fathers >> Angel Music
• Whispers in the Loggia >> Garden State = Ordination Country

Ascension of the Lord (OF; most Dioceses of USA) or Sunday within the Octave of the Ascension (EF), May 24th, 2009

Sunday within the Octave of the Ascension
(Sunday after the Ascension)
Missa 'Exaudi Domine'

Downloadable Propers UVOC
White

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Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord (Most dioceses of the USA)
USCCB Daily Readings

Saint of the Day: St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier - Honor Guard, May 23rd, 2009

Originally broadcast on FOX News, Sunday, May 29th,

2006. Chris Wallace reporting.

Evening Roundup - Feria after Ascension (EF) or Saturday of the Sixth Week of Easter, May 23rd, 2009

• A Priest Life >> A visit from the Colonel
• Insight Scoop >> Key Obama aide: "It is not our goal to reduce the number of abortions.”
• Meeting Christ in the Liturgy >> The Solemnity of the Ascension: "The Lord Jesus was taken up"
• New Liturgical Movement >> Video of the Installation of Archbishop Vincent Nichols
• The Catacombs >> Latin Missal
• The Alphonsianum >> The Necessity of Mental Prayer
• WDTPRS >> L’Osservatore Romano finally reports on objections of US bishops re: Notre Dame
• WDTPRS >> REVIEW: TLM training for priests in Chicago

Feria after Ascension (EF) or Saturday of the Sixth Week of Easter, May 23rd, 2009

Feria after Ascension (EF)
Missa "Viri Galilaei"
WHITE Vestments

Saturday of Our Lady (F.S.S.P.)

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USCCB Daily Readings
Saturday of the Sixth Week of Easter

Saint of the Day: St. Felix of Cantalice

Sundown - Memorial Day Weekend - "Mansions of the Lord" - May 22nd, 2009

MANSIONS OF THE LORD
Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Music By Scott Glennie-Smith
(We Were Soldiers USA 2002)
Chorus:
United States Military Academy Glee Club
Lyrics written by Ronan Tynan

To fallen soldiers let us sing
Where no rockets fly nor bullets wing
Our broken brothers let us bring
To the Mansions of the Lord
No more bleeding, no more fight
No prayers pleading through the night
Just divine embrace, eternal light
To the Mansions of the Lord.
Where no mothers cry and no children weep
We will stand and guard though the angels sleep
Through the ages safely keep
The Mansions of the Lord.

IN MEMORIAM
H/T hauptmannbrittles

Ia Drang Valley Memorial on the Virtual Wall

Evening Roundup - Feria after Ascension (EF) or Friday of the Sixth Week of Easter - May 22nd, 2009

• CWN >> An Indian tragedy: doctor's suicide illustrates sex-selection pressure
• CWN >> Pope to visit Montecassino on Sunday
• RORATE CÆLI >> Years of discussions
• New Liturgical Movement >> Surplices
• The Hermeneutic of Continuity >> St Thérèse in Oxford
• The Hermeneutic of Continuity >> Fr Selvester moving to Blessed Sacrament Shrine (Congratulations, Father! Will the Piazza still shout?)
• Whispers in the Loggia >> First Mass, First Row

Morning Roundup - Feria after Ascension (EF) or Friday of the Sixth Week of Easter - May 22nd, 2009

• Chiesa.exressonline.it (Sandro Magister) >> All Roads Lead to Rome. Even from Asia
• Telegraph.co.uk (Damian Thompson) >> Archbishop Nichols: the media witch-hunt continues
• Insight Scoop >> The Mind of Knox
• Meeting Christ in the Liturgy >> "Do not be afraid"
• RORATE CÆLI >> The Novena to the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete: A tradition that must not be neglected
• New Liturgical Movement >> Installation Mass
• Transalpine Redemptorists at home >> + The Ascension Night Blessing +
• WDTPRS >> ALERT: Pro-death politician refused Communion
• WDTPRS >> Novena: Pray to the Holy Spirit

Feria after Ascension (EF) or Friday of the Sixth Week of Easter - May 22nd, 2009

Feria after Ascension (EF)
Missa "Viri Galilaei"
White Vestments

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USCCB Daily Readings
Friday of the Sixth Week of Easter

Saint of the Day: St. Rita of Cascia

Evening Roundup - The Ascension of Our Lord (EF) or Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter - May 21st, 2009

• The Alphonsianum >> Divine Love Conquers All Things
• WDTPRS >> QUAERITUR: Ascension Thursday Sunday… what to do? (and this is from a priest!)
• WDTPRS >> Name that speaker!
• WDTPRS >> Moscow …. wait for it… TLM…. !
• WDTPRS >> QUAERITUR: a bunch of stuff
• WDTPRS >> Check it out!
• Whispers in the Loggia >> "Lost Cause"? Call Rita (Saint for tomorrow)

Early Afternoon Roundup - The Ascension of Our Lord (EF) or Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter - May 21st, 2009

• New Liturgical Movement >> Images from Westminster Cathedral
• New Liturgical Movement >> Ascension Introit: Viri Galilaei
• The Hermeneutic of Continuity >> Criticism of L'Osservatore Romano builds
• WDTPRS >> A gloss on Fr. Jenkin’s introduction of Pres. Obama
• WDTPRS >> QUAERITUR: What do you mean by “liturgy” in need of “reform”?
• WDTPRS >> QUAERITUR: priests extending hands at the time of ordination
• WDTPRS >> Some PR advice for the Holy See
• WDTPRS >> Wiegel on L’Osservatore Romano’s “fideist credulity”
• Whispers in the Loggia >> L'Osservatore "Simply Observes"

Morning Roundup - The Ascension of Our Lord (EF) or Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter - May 21st, 2009

• Insight Scoop >> A goal for the pro-life movement
• Insight Scoop >> Piers Paul Read on writing novels and avoiding novel theologies
• Meeting Christ in the Liturgy >> Paul "stayed with Aquila and Priscilla and worked"
• RORATE CÆLI >> Traditional Latin Mass in Moscow, Russia
• The Black Biretta >> XXI Jubilee (Congratulations, Fr. Trigilio!)
• The Hermeneutic of Continuity >> Catholic Herald installation coverage
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The Ascension of Our Lord (EF) or Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter (for those Parishes observing the Feast on Sunday) - May 21st, 2009

The Ascension of Our Lord
White, Double First Class

Missa 'Viri Galilaei'

Downloadable Ascension Propers


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USCCB Daily Readings
Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter
Feast of the Ascension (for those Arch/Dioceses observing the Feast on Thursday)

Saint of the Day: St. Cristóbal Magallanes and Companions

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Visitors ask...when is the Feast of the Ascension celebrated?

For those who used the venerable "Baltimore Catechism," the date was 40 days after Easter which meant "Ascension Thursday." Those who follow the Traditional Liturgical Calendar will celebrate the Feast tomorrow (thus the title of the posts referring to today as the Vigil of the Feast of the Ascension). For the Ordinary Form in the U.S., it is not so simple.

Here is the link to About.Catholicism.com. Note that :

Answer: Ascension Thursday falls on May 21, 2009, and it will be celebrated on that day in the ecclesiastical provinces of Boston, Hartford, New York, Newark, Philadelphia, and the state of Nebraska.

In these Arch(Dioceses), this refers to the Ordinary Form Mass of the Latin Rite as well as the Usus Antiquior. However, the USCCB has decided to allow this Feast to be moved to the Sunday following (which is the Seventh Sunday after Easter) if the Ordinary decides this is beneficial. Therefore, most of the rest of the US commemorates this Feast at Masses on Sunday, May 24th.

I KNOW that the Archdiocese of Baltimore follows this Sunday policy, and I BELIEVE that the Archdiocese of Washington, and the Dioceses of Wilmington and Arlington follow this policy too. You'd better check to be sure, however! As the link above states:

Since Ascension is a holy day of obligation, if you are unsure which day your diocese will celebrate it, you should check with your parish priest or your diocesan office.

Caveat emptor!

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