Te Deum Laudamus...

Octave Day of the Nativity - Missa 'Puer Natus Est' - January 1st, 2010

Image Credit: Musings of a Pertinacious Papist

Octave Day of the Nativity
Missa 'Puer Natus Est'
White
1st Class

Propers Click Here:

In the Sight of Angels >> OCTAVA NATIVITATIS DOMINI
Octave Day of Christmas
1st Class, White

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The Octave Day of Christmas
Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God
USCCB Daily Mass Readings (Click here)

Saint of the Day: Mary, Mother of God

Part of this post used items posted to "In the Sight of the Angels Blog"

Morning - Seventh Day within the Octave of Christmas - December 31st, 2009

• Anna Arco's Diary >> Jokes (groan is the operative word... ;-o] "Happy Christmas" back at you!)
• A Priest Life >> The Antichrist's Deception: Secular messianism
• ADW Blog >> Faith Has to Become Flesh
• A Trail of Flowers >> The Gift
• Creative Minority Report >> NARAL'S Hall of Fame (can one image that there IS such a thing?)
• Creative Minority Report >> PBS on Religion & Ethics. I Am Serious.
• Domine da mihi hanc aquam >> Stories aren't enough!
• Insight Scoop >> "Avatar": An "unapologetically religious" movie
• Meeting Christ in the Liturgy >> Seventh Day in the Octave of Christmas: "Children, it is the last hour"
• SECRET HARBOR >> He's captured me, forever I'm in chains
• The Anchoress >> 2010 Predictions? (I predict that I will be writing "2009" on checks until February...)
• The Catholic Thing >> Te Deum Laudamus (Fr. James V. Schall, S.J.)
• WDTPRS >> From First Things and Forum Letter: “Temple prostitution: a modest proposal”

Seventh Day within the Octave of Christmas - December 31st, 2009

Seventh Day within the Octave of Christmas
White
2nd Class

Propers Click Here:

Use Epistle & Gospel:

Comm: St. Silvester I, Pope and Confessor
Missa 'Si Diligis Me'

In the Sight of Angels >> DE VII DIE INFRA OCTAVAM NATIVITATIS
7th Day in the Octave of Christmas
2nd Class, White

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The Seventh Day in the Octave of Christmas
USCCB Daily Mass Readings (Click here)

Saint of the Day: St. Sylvester I

Part of this post used items posted to "In the Sight of the Angels Blog"

Late Afternoon - Sixth Day In The Octave of Christmas - December 30th, 2009

• A Priest Life >> "Honor Thy Father"
• Insight Scoop >> Benedict XVI remarks on Peter Lombard and "the entire vision of Christian doctrine"
• Libera Me >> IN A CONTEMPLATIVE FASHION (new blog... H/T Fr. Tim Finigan!)
• New Liturgical Movement >> Mary Mother of God
• New Liturgical Movement >> The Monastic Vocation: Some Random Thoughts
• The Hermeneutic of Continuity >> Symposium of The Roman Forum
• The Hermeneutic of Continuity >> New altar rails for Christmas
• WDTPRS >> Benedict XVI’s Anglican provisions like the razing of ecumenical Berlin Wall
• WDTPRS >> New USPS stamp … surprise!

Late Morning - Sixth Day In The Octave of Christmas - December 30th, 2009

• A Trail of Flowers >> As the angels give
• Chiesa.expressonline.it (Sandro Magister) >> In Holland, There's No More Room for the Child Jesus. Or Then Again, There Is
• Domine da mihi hanc aquam >> Without philosophy, all we have is story. . .
• Love Remains the Same >> Personal with the Popes
• Meeting Christ in the Liturgy >> Sixth Day in the Christmas Octave: "Do not love the world"
• New Liturgical Movement >> A Sign of Change: Liturgical and Musical Programme for the 'Year for Priests' - Clergy Conference Rome 2010
• Patrick Madrid >> Wise Advice from St. Francis de Sales for When People Question Your Motives
• RORATE CÆLI >> A Vatican II moment in the Diocese of Lugano, Switzerland: The Vatican II crèche, a nativity scene for OUR AGE (you have to see it to believe it...)
• RORATE CÆLI >> Implementing Summorum Pontificum in St. Peter's Basilica (Expanded Article)
• SECRET HARBOR >> O Truly Incarnate Wisdom!
• The Catholic Thing >> The Sacrament of Marriage vs. Cohabitation (David G. Bonagura, Jr.)
• The Divine Life >> Top 10 Stories of 2009
• WDTPRS >> Pro-abortion Speaker Pelosi gives more public scandal (eye roll not visible)

Sixth Day In The Octave of Christmas - December 30th, 2009

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Sixth Day In The Octave of Christmas
White
2nd Class

Propers Click Here

Use Epistle & Gospel:

In the Sight of Angels >> DE VI DIE INFRA OCTAVAM NATIVITATIS
6th Day in the Octave of Christmas
2nd class, White

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The Sixth Day in the Octave of Christmas
USCCB Daily Mass Readings (Click here)

Saint of the Day: St. Egwin

Part of this post used items posted to "In the Sight of the Angels Blog"

Evening - Fifth Day In The Octave of Christmas - December 29th, 2009

• ADW Blog >> The Church Must Be Willing to Be A Sign of Contradiction
• A Trail of Flowers >> Saint Thomas of Canterbury
• New Liturgical Movement >> December 29th: King David and St. Thomas Becket
• New Liturgical Movement >> Introit from the Midnight Mass, Westminster Cathedral
• OSV Daily Take >> 2009: A turning point for U.S. bishops? (Russell Shaw)
• WDTPRS >> WDTPRS POLL: attacks on the Pope and the sedia gestatoria
• WDTPRS >> REMINDER - 1 January - Holy Day of Obligation

St Mary of the Mills, Laurel, MD - First Sunday 7:30 AM (Latin, Novus Ordo)

I just received this nice email shown below:

Just wanted to see if you were interested in listing this once-a-month Latin Novus Ordo Mass at St Mary of the Mills, Laurel, MD 1st Sunday 7:30 AM

Thanks!

The truth is, I initially decided to list Masses that were to be offered each Sunday in the right menu -->. However, that is not a firm rule, so if YOU'D like a Mass listed, please send it on and I WILL list it (and have: see the right menu now!). I set up this blog as a service to YOU, and will try to assist any way that I can.

So, one might ask, what ARE the rules? The answer is simply, "there are NO firm rules!" So then, what branch of nihilism am I affiliated with? ;-o) The fact is I am NOT a nihilist!

I started this blog because a new Archbishop was named to the Archdiocese of Baltimore, His Excellency Edwin O'Brien. In one of his earliest meetings with his Priestly Council reported in the Catholic Review, he wondered aloud if there was a venue to publish the upcoming TLM Masses that would begin in response to Pope Benedict's Motu Proprio? Seeing an opportunity, I jumped at the chance and started this blog the following day.

Everyone "knows" that THE locale for documenting the TLM anywhere in the U.S. or Canada is the website of the Coalition in Support of Ecclesia Dei (which is linked in the header above and also linked here). The problem is, this is a printed document which arrives quarterly and often Masses that have disappeared are still listed and new Masses are not listed! So, the internet seems to be the venue of choice! So, it would seem a blog would be the natural choice for a clearinghouse of a sort... right?

Soon, however, problems arose. I would learn via email that a Mass had begun weekly and would list it. In time, the Pastor (or the Associate) would leave, and the Mass was not offered anymore (Our Lady's Church in Leonardtown, MD is such a one). Or, in one case, a Mass (such as the one at St. James the Greater in WV ) seemingly goes through a "feast or famine" cycle that depends on the appearance of a particular Order of Priests. Thus, those who click the website link will find nothing listed in detail, although over Easter, as an example, there may be Masses offered each day for two continuous weeks and the person may miss that post!

To respond, I set up a calendar which links to "Special Events" which USERS can program on their own; they simply need my "click" to make them public! From time to time, I have gotten requests to place Events on the site, or Users have taken the time to do so (at St. Bartholomew's in Manchester, MD, for example, on more than one occasion). That too turns into a "hit or miss" proposition if I don't get an email informing me that an event was listed (I have since turned on the email 'notice' toggle).

So, the only REAL rule is then to search this blog in the upper left corner for a particular search string. I see that folks visit, click the link to St. James the Greater, for example, and find nothing listed on their Parish website. However, had they searched Saint James the Greater in this blog's "blog search", they would have discovered an entire menu of Masses over Christmas as one of the returned posts!

And so it goes. If there is one rule, that is it!

Afternoon - Fifth Day In The Octave of Christmas - December 29th, 2009

• Creative Minority Report >> Will Iran Fall? (I have followed this closely...)
• Creative Minority Report >> Obama on the Baby Jesus
• FIRST THINGS: On the Square >> Instincts of a Bully, Conscience of a Saint (Brian Murray of Loyola University, MD on Charles Dickens!)
• Insight Scoop >> The Problem of the Plantagenets: G. K. Chesterton on St. Thomas Becket
• Meeting Christ in the Liturgy >> Fifth Day in the Christmas Octave: "keep his commandments"
• New Liturgical Movement >> Station Churches of the Christmas Season - Part 2
• New Liturgical Movement >> Feast of the Holy Innocents - Ad Orientem in Cologne Cathedral
• RORATE CÆLI >> This is the sign of the Church always, the Sign of Blood
• SECRET HARBOR >> The True Marks and Qualities of the Elect (this blog is top notch... I hope you are not missing it!)
• The Catholic Thing >> Chesterton on Christmas (George J. Marlin)
• The Divine Life >> Top 10 Most Commented Posts of 2009

Fifth Day In The Octave of Christmas - December 29th, 2009

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Fifth Day In The Octave of Christmas
White
2nd Class

Propers Click Here:

Use This Epistle & Gospel:

Comm: Saint Thomas a Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury and Martyr
Missa 'Gaudeámus omnes'
Red
Propers, Click Here

In the Sight of Angels >> DE V DIE INFRA OCTAVAM NATIVITATIS
5th Day in the Octave of Christmas
2nd Class, White

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The Fifth Day in the Octave of Christmas
USCCB Daily Mass Readings (Click here)

Saint of the Day: St. Thomas Becket

Part of this post used items posted to "In the Sight of the Angels Blog"

Afternoon - The Holy Innocents, Martyrs - Missa 'Ex Ore Infantium' - December 28th, 2009

• ADW Blog >> Pondering Abortion on the Feast of the Holy Innocents
• Insight Scoop >> Pope Benedict XVI on the family, an "icon of the Trinity" and "the best school"
• Insight Scoop >> Joseph Pearce comments on the Shakespeare signatures
• New Liturgical Movement >> Franciscan Sanctuary of La Verna and the Parato di Pentecoste
• Patrick Madrid >> Some Advice for Catholics Who Want to Study Scripture More Deeply
• RORATE CÆLI >> Matins and Lauds of Christmas according to the Ritus Strigoniensis
• SECRET HARBOR >> Martyrs for the Church, not sons of the synagogue
• The Foundry >> Iran on Fire (I think many are missing this story...)
• WDTPRS >> Benedict XVI
• WDTPRS >> QUAERITUR: odd elevation style

Morning - The Holy Innocents, Martyrs - Missa 'Ex Ore Infantium' - December 28th, 2009

• ADW Blog >> Some Gifts You May Have Missed Under Your Christmas Tree
• A Trail of Flowers >> Great little One!
• Biblical Evidence for Catholicism >> Biblical Evidence for God Sharing His Glory With His Creatures
• Biblical Evidence for Catholicism >> Explicit Biblical Evidence of Men Helping to Save Themselves or Participating in Their Own Salvation (Which is Always Enabled by God's Grace)
• Divine Life >> Top 10 Most Popular Posts of 2009
• Domine da mihi hanc aquam >> God beyond Being?
• Love Remains the Same >> Three Points for Holy Family
• Meeting Christ in the Liturgy >> Holy Innocents, martyrs: "I lay down my life"
• RORATE CÆLI >> Reminder: Two Upcoming Solemn Pontifical Masses by Cardinals
• Shouts in the Piazza >> From the Film "Becket" (1964) (the Feast of St. Thomas of Canterbury is tomorrow)
• The Catholic Thing >> To Have and Have Not (Robert Royal makes an excellent point)
• WDTPRS >> Card. Etchegaray

St. John the Evangelist (Old Saint John's), Silver Spring, MD - Additional TLM Masses This Week

A kind friend sent me this email this evening:

The following Traditional Latin Low Masses (EF) will be celebrated this coming week by Fr. Patrick Fenton from Tyler, Texas at Old St. John's Church:

Monday, Dec. 28 at 11:00 a.m
Tuesday, Dec. 29 at 8:30 a.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 30 at 11:00 a.m.

If you have Masses you wish to post, you can send them to me via email at:

mastersarge "at" bluebottle "dot" com

or you can enter them yourself on the TLM calendar located here. I am notified of these events and will make them publicly visible with one "click."

The Holy Innocents, Martyrs - Missa 'Ex Ore Infantium' - December 28th, 2009

Martyring of the Holy Innocents of Bethlehem

The Holy Innocents, Martyrs
Missa 'Ex Ore Infantium'
Red
2nd Class

Online Propers, Click Here

Downloadable Latin Mass Propers, Una Voce, Orange County

In the Sight of Angels >> SS. INNOCENTIA MARTYRUM
Holy Innocents
2nd Class, Red

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Feast of the Holy Innocents, martyrs
USCCB Daily Mass Readings (Click here)

Saint of the Day: Feast of the Holy Innocents

Part of this post used items posted to "In the Sight of the Angels Blog"

Afternoon - Sunday within the Octave of the Nativity of Our Lord - December 27th, 2009

• New Liturgical Movement >> Selection of Christmas Photos (St. Bernadette's in Silver Spring, MD!)
• WDTPRS >> Sunday in the Octave of Christmas - Holy Family
• WDTPRS >> Other incidents concerning the Vatican and security

Morning - Sunday within the Octave of the Nativity of Our Lord - December 27th, 2009

• ADW Blog >> Rediscovering God’s Vision For Family Life
• Domine da mihi hanc aquam >> Meditation on the Holy Families
• Insight Scoop >> The Holy Family and the Family of God, the Church
• Insight Scoop >> Seeing Jesus in the Gospel of John
• Meeting Christ in the Liturgy >> Feast of the Holy Family: "I must be in my Father's house"
• New Liturgical Movement >> Majestic Irish Cathedral Destroyed by Fire
• New Liturgical Movement >> Station Churches of the Christmas Season (Marvelous!)
• RORATE CÆLI >> Do not forget them (Iraqi Christians)

Sunday within the Octave of the Nativity of Our Lord - Missa 'Dum Medium' - December 27th, 2009

Sunday within the Octave of the Nativity of Our Lord
Missa 'Dum Medium'
White
2nd Class

Propers, Click Here

Comm: St. John, Apostle and Evangelist
Missa 'In Medio Ecclesiae'

In the Sight of Angels >> DOMINICA INFRA OCTAVAM NATIVITATIS
Sunday within the Octave of Christmas
2nd Class, White

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The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
USCCB Daily Mass Readings (Click here)

Saint of the Day: St. John the Apostle

Part of this post used items posted to "In the Sight of the Angels Blog"

Morning - St. Stephen, First Martyr - Missa 'Sederunt Principes' - December 26th, 2009

• A Priest Life >> Born for Us... "The 'Us' of the Church"
• A Trail of Flowers >> Christmas bells
• Love Remains the Same >> Sheep’s Gate Neighborhood
• Meeting Christ in the Liturgy >> Saint Stephen, first martyr: "You will be hated by all"
• New Liturgical Movement >> Limited Praise for Christian Pop Music
• Patrick Madrid >> How Religious Is Your State? (21st...just above the national average)
• WDTPRS >> What shall we do about terrorists on airplanes?
• WDTPRS >> Some fellow asserts the Lord was actually born into wealth. Ha!

St. Stephen, First Martyr - Missa 'Sederunt Principes' - December 26th, 2009

Image Credit: St. Stephen's Church, Belvedere Tiburon, CA

St. Stephen, First Martyr
Missa 'Sederunt Principes'
Red
2nd Class

Propers:
Daily Latin Mass Propers (Click Here)

In the Sight of Angels >> SANCTI STEPHANI, Protomartyris
St Stephen, Deacon & Protomartyr
2nd Class, Red
(2nd Vespers of St. Stephen,
w. commem. of 1st Vespers of Sunday in the Octave)

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Feast of Saint Stephen, first martyr
USCCB Daily Mass Readings (Click here)

Saint of the Day: St. Stephen

Part of this post used items posted to "In the Sight of the Angels Blog"

Morning - The Nativity of Our Lord - December 25th, 2009

• Hat/Tip to The Curt Jester for his beautiful art!
• American Papist >> Exclusive: Eyewitness video of tonight's attack on the Pope (Thomas Peters appears to be all over this story...)
• A Trail of Flowers >> Blessed Christmas
• Breviarium Romanum >> In Nativitate Domine
• Catholic Church Conservation >> Christmas under Fire ('shout out' to British and American troops by Gillibrand; "Copy that!")
• The Divine Life >> And the Word was made flesh
• Domine da mihi hanc aquam >> Who will stand against the culture of panic?
• Meeting Christ in the Liturgy >> Christmas Day: "In the beginning was the Word"
• New Liturgical Movement >> Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ

The Nativity of Our Lord - December 25th, 2009

• ADW Blog >> The Threefold Sign of Christmas
• Chiesa.expressonline.it >> "God’s sign is that he makes himself small, he becomes a child" (Pope Benedict XVI)
• In the Sight of the Angels >> Benedictines of Norcia to Broadcast Christmas Matins, Vespers and Masses
• Meeting Christ in the Liturgy >> Christmas Eve: "For the LORD delights in you"
• SECRET HARBOR >> Preparing to Receive the Light
• Shouts in the Piazza >> POPE ATTACKED AT MIDNIGHT MASS
• Traditional Latin Mass in Maryland >> Traditional Latin Mass Propers for Christmas: Midnight Vigil, Dawn and During the Day - December 25th, 2009 (Update)

Visitors ask...I am searching for any Mass on Christmas Day!

• Parishes in the Archdiocese of Baltimore (websites included)
• Parishes in the Archdiocese of Washington, DC
• Parishes in the Diocese of Arlington, VA
• Parishes in the U.S. and Canada (and international locales)
• TLM Parishes recorded by the Ecclesia Dei Commission
  

You may have to contact the Parishes for Mass times!

Reminder: Christmas Proclamation or "Kalenda" - 2009

Many visitors are searching for the Christmas Proclamation. The blog "New Liturgical Movement" posted this already under the title, "The Roman Rite Christmas Proclamation."
The USCCB version in English is linked here. The Latin version, to be sung at the Vatican, is linked here.

The Vigil Mass from the Vatican will have the Kalenda live at 4 PM EST (2 hours and 20 mins from now). EWTN is covering it in audio or visual Live Stream and the link to this Live Stream is here.

Morning - Vigil of the Nativity of Our Lord - Missa 'Hodie Scietis' - December 24th, 2009

• ADW Blog >> Jesus Wasn’t Found in a Perfect Christmas
• FIRST THINGS: On the Square >> Santa Claus and the Christmas Wars (Paul Gregory Alms)
• Insight Scoop >> How about a "Dumb-Control Pill"?
• The Catholic Thing >> Christmas Eve and the Outing of Santa Claus (Mary Eberstadt)

Vigil of the Nativity of Our Lord - Missa 'Hodie Scietis' - December 24th, 2009

Note: Propers for Christmas (Click Here)

Vigil of the Nativity of Our Lord
Missa 'Hodie Scietis'
Violet
1st class

Propers:
Daily Latin Mass Propers (Click Here)

In the Sight of Angels >> IN VIGILIA NATIVITATIS DOMINI
Vigil of the Nativity of Our Lord
1st Class, Violet
(1st Vespers of Christmas)

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Thursday of the Fourth Week of Advent (Morning Mass)
USCCB Daily Mass Readings (Click here)

Saint of the Day: Christmas at Greccio

Part of this post used items posted to "In the Sight of the Angels Blog"

Evening - Greater Feria of Advent - Missa 'Rorate Coeli' - December 23rd, 2009

• Catholic Femina >> Internet Dating: A Tool To Build Up the Church?
• Chiesa.expressonline.it >> Christmas in Rome. The Pope's Tale of the Crèche (Pope Benedict XVI)
• FIRST THINGS: On the Square >> New Healthcare Options for NY Women (Meghan Duke)
• Insight Scoop >> Fr. Robert Barron critiques the "happy clappy", relativistic ideology of Gap...
• Standing on My Head >> When Bad Things Happen to Good People
• The Anchoress >> Dec 23- O Emmanuel
• The Hermeneutic of Continuity >> St Meinrad shows the way forward for music publishing
• The Hermeneutic of Continuity >> Those outrageous maniples (I love it! "Tie One On!)
• WDTPRS >> Christmas Masses - An “omnium gatherum” (Lots of Mass plans and TLM schedules posted here in the comments)

Traditional Latin Mass Propers for Christmas: Midnight Vigil, Dawn and During the Day - December 25th, 2009 (Update)

These Propers are being provided in advance to assist those around the world. See the beautiful meditations listed here...

Downloadable Latin Mass Propers, Una Voce, Orange County

Online Propers and notes from In the Sight of Angels...

First Mass at Midnight
Missa 'Dominus Dixit'
White
1st Class
Propers Click Here

Second Mass at Dawn
Missa 'Lux Fulgebit'
Propers Click Here

Third Mass During the Daytime
Missa 'Puer Natus Est'
Propers Click Here

At the end of the Daytime Mass, the Last Gospel is not read (see note 2).

Notes on Christmastide can be found here.

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Sources: Saint Andrew Daily Missal and the Marian Missal, 1945

The Ordinary of the Mass from Daily Catholic is NOT from the Missal of Pope John XXIII, 1962 which is the Missal Approved by Summorum Pontificum of Pope Benedict XVI

To my knowledge, this is the ONLY site available which provides the daily Latin/English Propers for each day. I discovered it linked to an online newsletter posted by the F.S.S.P. in Oklahoma.

I have checked the readings for Christmas against the Baronius version of The Roman Missal (1962). The Propers given appear to be in accord except for the reading of Matthew after the Mass on Christmas Day. The Baronius Missal gives no further readings (see page 195).

The author of this blog, Deo volente, totally disavows the "sedevantist sentiments" of the views of this website which posts these Propers of the TLM. He provides these Propers solely as a service to those in need of them online and uses other sources when possible.

“Ubi Petrus, Ibi Ecclesia, Ibi Deus”

Morning - Greater Feria of Advent - Missa 'Rorate Coeli' - December 23rd, 2009

• ADW Blog >> Reaching Young Adults – Some Recent and Fascinating Findings (neat comments on the Latin Mass on YouTube!)
• A Trail of Flowers >> The crib of Love (Click this link...wow!)
• Creative Minority Report >> Abortion: "A Simple Solution"
• Domine da mihi hanc aquam >> What is the Incarnation?
• Insight Scoop >> "The 13th Day" will soon be shown... (you'll never guess where...)
• Insight Scoop >> "The Incarnation" by Frank Sheed (posted by Ignatius annually and a great meditation)
• Insight Scoop >> “The Church opted for the poor, and the poor opted for the Pentecostals.”
• Meeting Christ in the Liturgy >> December 23: "O Emmanuel"
• New Liturgical Movement >> Zenit Says Maniple Never Abrogated
• RORATE CÆLI >> Note of the Holy See Press Office concerning the decree on the heroic virtues of Pius XII
• SECRET HARBOR >> Catching Something of an Immense Thought
• The Catholic Thing >> Grace Revealed (James V. Schall, S.J.)
• The Catholic Truth >> Following The Star
• The Foundry >> Morning Bell: Obamacare’s Constitutional Problems Proliferating
• Whispers in the Loggia >> On Last-Vote Eve, Bishops to Senate: "The Health-Care Bill Is Deficient"

Greater Feria of Advent - Missa 'Rorate Coeli' - December 23rd, 2009

Greater Feria of Advent
Missa 'Rorate Coeli'
Violet
2nd class

Propers:
Daily Latin Mass Propers (Click Here)

In the Sight of Angels >> FERIA QUARTA INFRA HEBD. IV ADVENTUS
Greater Feria
2nd Class, Violet
(Lauds II, Preces; Mag. Ant. 'O Emmanuel')

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Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Advent
USCCB Daily Mass Readings (Click here)

Saint of the Day: St. John of Kanty


Part of this post used items posted to "In the Sight of the Angels Blog"

Evening - Greater Feria of Advent - Missa 'Rorate Coeli' - December 22nd, 2009

• Breviarium Romanum >> Creator alme siderum
• New Liturgical Movement >> Blessing the Creche
• New Liturgical Movement >> Kalenda in English, audio (please note...in English)
• New Liturgical Movement >> EF Ordination (F.S.S.P.)
• New Liturgical Movement >> Saint Meinrad Embraces Creative Commons
• SECRET HARBOR >> The Mystery of Bethlehem
• Standing on My Head >> Catholic Shakespeare Evidence from Rome (!!!)
• The Anchoress >> Dec 22 – O Rex Gentium
• The Recovering Choir Director >> A new English-language setting of the Christmas Proclamation
• WDTPRS >> Did Shakespeare study for the priesthood… in Rome?
• WDTPRS >> Benedict XVI to Roman Curia for Christmas… some liturgical observations

Secondhand Smoke: Obamacare: Stifling Future Freedom

Wesley J. Smith has posted an astonishing story on a Senate "rule" change buried within the Health Care bill in the Senate. You have to read it to believe it...

Morning - Greater Feria of Advent - Missa 'Rorate Coeli' - December 22nd, 2009

• ADW Blog >> Rediscovering The “Plot” of Sacred Scripture
• Domine da mihi hanc aquam >> Pantheism: intellectually lazy & pelvic-obsessed
• Insight Scoop >> Why did God become man?
• Meeting Christ in the Liturgy >> December 22: "O Rex Gentium"
• New Liturgical Movement >> Some News about the SSPX Discussions
• Standing on My Head >> Avatar
• The Catholic Thing >> A Grim Year – but Signs of Hope (Hadley Arkes)
• The Catacombs >> Thoughts on Children and the TLM
• The Hermeneutic of Continuity >> Worth a thousand words? (READ THIS!)
• The Foundry >> Morning Bell: The Six Key Issues the House Must Cave On Before Obamacare Becomes Law ( no mention of this gem...)
• WDTPRS >> Michael O’Brien on “Twilight”: modern man’s futile flight from conscience (READ THIS!)

EWTN TV Schedule: Christmas 2009

Full Schedule Linked Here (times are US)

Streaming Audio & Video in Various Formats and Languages Linked Here

SOLEMN MASS OF CHRISTMAS EVE WITH POPE BENEDICT XVI - LIVE ( 2 hrs)
Solemnity of the Birth of Our Lord: Mass with the Holy Father from St. Peter’s Basilica.
Thu 12/24/09 4:00 PM ET / 1 PM PT - LIVE
Fri 12/25/09 8:00 AM ET / 5 AM PT Encore
Fri 12/25/09 4:00 PM ET /1 PM PT Encore

URBI ET ORBI: BENEDICT XVI'S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE TO THE WORLD - LIVE ( 30 min)
Fri 12/25/2009 6:00 AM ET / 3 AM PT - Live
Fri 12/25/2009 11:00 PM ET / 8 PM PT
Sat 12/26/2009 1:30 AM ET / (Fri) 10:30 PM PT

SOLEMNITY OF MARY, MOTHER OF GOD - LIVE ( 90 min)
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God and 43rd World Day of Peace. Holy Father to preside at Mass in St. Peter's Basilica.
Fri 01/01/10 4:00 AM ET / 1 AM PT
Fri 01/01/10 12:00 PM ET / 9 AM PT
Fri 01/01/10 6:30 PM ET / 3:30 PM PT

Greater Feria of Advent - Missa 'Rorate Coeli' - December 22nd, 2009

Greater Feria of Advent
Missa 'Rorate Coeli'
Violet
2nd class

Propers:
Daily Latin Mass Propers (Click Here)

In the Sight of Angels >> FERIA TERTIA INFRA HEBD. IV ADVENTUS
Greater Feria
2nd Class, Violet
(Lauds II; Mag. Ant. 'O Rex Gentium')

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Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Advent
USCCB Daily Mass Readings (Click here)

Saint of the Day: Blessed Jacopone da Todi

Part of this post used items posted to "In the Sight of the Angels Blog"

Evening - St. Thomas, Apostle - Missa 'Mihi Autem' - December 21st, 2009

• American Papist >> Weird: Christian Elephants avenging religious persecutions in India?
• Catholic Femina >> Keeping the Meaning of Christmas Today
• Chiesa.expressonline.it (Sandro Magister) >> "I think that the Church should also open today a court of the gentiles..."
• FIRST THINGS: On the Square >> Advent and the Pregnancy Narratives—a Season of Joyful Expectation (Gerardine Luongo)
• Insight Scoop >> The Magi and the Star
• In the Light of the Law >> On the HSPO statement of Dec 19
• Mulier Fortis >> A Date For The New Missal...?
• New Liturgical Movement >> Ave Maria: The Offertory Chant
• New Liturgical Movement >> Solemn Mass of Msgr Pozzo in Rome's Gesù e Maria
• SECRET HARBOR >> Rapt with Astonishment
• The Foundry >> Washington Post: Obamacare “Unsustainable”
• Whispers in the Loggia >> In Cinci, "Adjuticor" No More

Morning - St. Thomas, Apostle - Missa 'Mihi Autem' - December 21st, 2009

• American Papist >> Breaking: Nelson caves, Senate passes pro-abortion bill tonight
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• ADW Blog >> Who Needs a Savior?
• A Trail of Flowers >> The Feast of Saint Thomas
• Creative Minority Report >> Avatar Or Apocalypto
• Insight Scoop >> Benedict XVI declares John Paul II and Pius XII "venerable"; "anger" ensues
• Insight Scoop >> An interview with actress Kelley Costigan, from the cast of "The 13th Day"
• In Light of the Law >> Is the HSPO statement of Dec 19 binding in the Church?
• Meeting Christ in the Liturgy >> December 21: 'O Oriens'
• New Liturgical Movement >> The Year of Priests Cont.
• Secondhand Smoke >> Killing For Organs Promoted in the New York Times Magazine
• The Catholic Thing >> Event Horizon (Brad Miner)
• WDTPRS >> How wouldst thou vote in our “Thou v. You” poll?

St. Thomas, Apostle - Missa 'Mihi Autem' - December 21st, 2009

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St. Thomas, Apostle
Missa 'Mihi Autem'
Red
2nd Class

Propers:
Daily Latin Mass Propers (Click Here)

Comm: Feria of Advent

In the Sight of Angels >> S. THOMÆ, APOSTOLI
St Thomas, Apostle
2nd Class, Red
(Mag. Ant. 'O Oriens';
2nd Vespers of St Thomas, w. commem. of feria)

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Advent Weekday
USCCB Daily Mass Readings (Click here)

Saint of the Day: St. Peter Canisius


Part of this post used items posted to "In the Sight of the Angels Blog"

Evening - Fourth Sunday in Advent - December 20th, 2009

• New Liturgical Movement >> Christmas Proclamation, A Better English Version (this version could be used at the Midnight Vigil)
• Standing on My Head >> When Was Jesus Born?
• Standing on My Head >> Catholic Con Men
• The Curt Jester >> Typical Amy Sullivan article
• WDTPRS >> Sen. Nelson sold himself (this story is difficult to read...)