Traditional Latin Mass in Maryland

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INTROIT ¤ Ps. 24. 1-3

Ad te levavi animam meam: Deus meus, in te confido, non erubescam: neque irrideant me inimici mei: etenim universi, qui te exspectant non confundentur. -- Vias tuas, Domine, demonstra mihi: et semitas tuas edoce me. V.: Gloria Patri . . . -- Ad te levavi . . .


To Thee have I lifted up my soul: in Thee, O my God, I put my trust, let me not be ashamed: neither let my enemies laugh at me: for none of them that wait on Thee shall be confounded. -- (Ps. 24. 4). Show, O Lord, Thy ways to me: and teach me Thy paths. V.: Glory to the Father . . . -- He shall cry to me . . .Traditional Latin Rite Missal Project, Advent

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I wanted to post this early and it is subject to change, of course. These are the major Basilicas and Cathedrals in the Archdioceses of Baltimore and Washington, DC. Here is where you will find the Christmas schedule of Masses:

Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in Baltimore, Maryland has posted its Christmas Mass and Concert schedule hereThe Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore has posted its Christmas schedule hereBasilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC has a full schedule for both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day linked at the bottom of this page hereThe Cathedral of Saint Matthew the Apostle in Washington, DC has its Advent and Christmas schedule posted herePlease note that these schedules are for the major Cathedrals and Basilicas of the two Archdioceses. To check for the TLM schedule, consult the Parish weblinks in the right menu. For Novus Ordo Masses, please use MassTime.org.

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Heavenly Father, we give You thanks and praise!

The Catholic Review Online carries a revolutionary story by Mr. George Matysek, Jr. The report concerns Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish and the introduction of Eucharistic Adoration to young children. The Pastor, Fr. Erik Arnold, has introduced this program into the life of the Parish.

The monthly half-hour gathering for children’s eucharistic adoration at Our Lady of Perpetual Help began last spring at the request of a home-schooling parent. This year, children from Our Lady of Perpetual Help School are also participating in the prayer session.

The parish modeled its children’s adoration service on one developed by Father Antoine Thomas, a Brother of St. John and a native of France who promotes children’s adoration around the world.

The service is becoming increasingly popular, attracting about 20 people last year and now averaging more than 60 homeschoolers, parents and parish school children.

Father Arnold believes the service is a way to help children better understand the…

To call this story heartbreaking is not nearly enough.

Russia’s abortion rate is among the highest in the world, with nearly 70 percent of pregnancies ending in an abortion. The Western Europe abortion rate is about 12 per 1,000 women per year, while in Russia that figure is 54 per 1,000, according to U.N. records on abortion rates.In 2004 there were 100,000 more abortions than births.Further, about 10 to 15 percent of abortions in Russia have complications, leaving about 8 percent of women sterile.And people, the Legislative and Executive branches, are even considering the F.O.C.A. which will bring more of THIS here?

May God help and forgive us all! Saint Michael the Archangel, protect us!

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I have had visitors searching for Retreats or Workshops for priests on Gregorian Chant and other such topics. I would advise anyone seeking help in Sacred Music to first visit Musica Sacra. Here is one example--a Workshop on the Sung Mass in April, 2009. Here is a list of upcoming events. Here is the ad for the Sacred Music Colloquium.

Please bookmark MusicSacra. It is THE place to search first.

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Christus Rex, Te Deum

English version:
Latin version:O God, we praise Thee: we acknowledge Thee to be the Lord.
Te Deum laudamus: te Dominum confitemur. Thee, the Father, all the earth doth worship.
Te aeternum Patrem omnis terra veneratur. To Thee all the Angels, the Heavens and all the Powers,
Tibi omnes Angeli; tibi Caeli et universae Potestates; To Thee the Cherubim and Seraphim cry out without ceasing:
Tibi Cherubim et Seraphim incessabili voce proclamant: Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts!
Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus, Dominus Deus Sabaoth. Full are the Heavens and the earth of the majesty of Thy glory.
Pleni sunt caeli et terra maiestatis gloriae tuae. The glorious choir of the Apostles praises Thee,
Te gloriosus Apostolorum chorus, The admirable company of Prophets praises Thee,
Te Prophetarum laudabilis numerus, the white-robed army of Martyrs, prai…

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The Opus Dei Newsletter arrived today and linked to a marvelous article on the Year of Saint Paul. As always, it is well written and well researched. I urge anyone interested in this personal prelature to sign up for their e-newsletter which is free. The Opus Dei site links to the latest News, and has a nice feature called the Press Room which has many features of interest to journalists. The home page for the United States is located here. This is still one of the most popular "search strings" on this blog.

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I have received a great number of inquiries of interest regarding my posts on the Revised Grail Psalter. As you know if you looked at follow-up stories, I posted the concerns of Jeffrey Tucker of the New Liturgical Movement who is a major force in Musica Sacra.

Today, Mr. Tucker received a response from GIA which will act as the agent for the copyright and the correspondence is posted here. This is of great concern for all of us (or it should be). Open access is mandatory for Liturgical texts that will be used in writing Sacred Music and cannot be the singular property of one agent. Artistic freedom is required so that we obtain the very best music possible to honor God.

Please see this message so you understand what is happening here.

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I have awaited the reaction of Jeffrey Tucker of the NLM on the adoption of the Revised Grail Psalter. He has posted a long article here voicing some serious misgivings. Please read this post. I suppose his entire set of concerns can be summarized in this paragraph:

This of it: A private company using a legal monopoly to sell the Psalms we are mandated to sing at a profit and using the state to crack down on all who attempt to compete or give them away for free? The GIA and the USCCB are playing with fire here. The Reformation was prompted by injustices less egregious. All Catholics must stand up and insist that this must not be allowed to happen. If the Church is going to authorize the Revised Grail, access must be efficient and impartial in the only way it can be: the rights to the texts must be completely open access.Please read the entire article here.

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In Maryland, you are either a Ravens fan, a Redskins fan or an Eagles fan (well, a lot of other NFL teams are also represented; this IS a migratory state encompassing D.C.).

This story will not only appeal to those who are Ravens fans, but to all Catholics. I had heard the new head coach was Catholic. I didn't expect the nice story by Mr. George P. Matysek, Jr.

Harbaugh has fond memories of the nuns who kept him in line. After he clapped erasers on the walls, one punished him by making him write a sentence hundreds of times on the chalkboard. Another made him work as a janitor for two weeks after he scaled a church tower so he could clang the bell.

“Accountability was a big part of it,” said Harbaugh, whose favorite duty as an altar boy was ringing the bells at Mass. We have a lot in common it seems...

A constant search item has been the TV schedule for EWTN. I have decided to try to carry it as often as I can.

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I was not able to watch much of the USCCB Conference but do respect the opinion of John L. Allen, Jr. Here is his "postmortem" on the Plenary Meeting. It will be interesting to watch to what degree Archbishop Burke (soon to be Cardinal Burke, I pray) has on this situation with his increasing influence in Rome. To say that he knows the situation in the U.S. in detail is an understatement.

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Since the announcement that the USCCB has chosen the Revised Grail Psalter of Conception Abbey, I have been swamped with searches for more information. Here is what I know:

The Revised Psalter comes from hereThe Rector makes reference to the work as the first item in this news reportAbbot Gregory Polan seems to be the motive force (see above)Adoremus in its November edition makes comments on this Psalter hereThe rights to the Psalter belong to Conception Abbey. The USCCB had been in contact and negotiations with Conception Abbey and apparently had worked out arrangements regarding copywritten material.In short, it is unlikely that "open versions" of this are available at present. Bishop Serratelli did say that the Psalms captured the original Hebrew exquisitely and that the sung versions were beautiful. I will update this if I hear more, but the New Liturgical Movement is likely to break this news.

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Here is the link to this beautiful website. If you want to give a Christmas gift to your Pastor and your priests, I can think of nothing better. Note that plans are in the works for instructional videos in a number of other languages. This is covered in the story by the New Liturgical Movement.

Check the site! It is marvelous: http://www.fsspdvd.com/

This is a MAJOR story so I am linking to two blog posts. The first is from Shawn Tribe of the NLM and the second is from Fr. John Zuhsldorf of WDTPRS. The new DVD made by the FSSP in conjunction with EWTN instructing priests in saying the Usus Antiquior is now available. Read the two reactions here...it is amazing!

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Following up on a post from yesterday, I found the official announcement, made today, by the USCCB Office of Media Relations:

Bishops Approve Icel Gray Book Translation of the Proper of Seasons and Revised Grail Psalter

BALTIMORE—The U.S. bishops approved the ICEL Gray Book Translation of the Proper of Seasons November 11, at their General Assembly in Baltimore, in a 189-30 vote. The bishops also approved the Revised Grail Psalter by the Monks of Conception Abbey for liturgical use in the United States in a 203-5 vote.

The Committee on Divine Worship placed the Gray Book edition of the Proper of Seasons, the Mass prayers for special parts of the liturgical year like Advent and Lent, before the bishops at their June 2008 meeting in Orlando, but the vote taken was inconclusive. After a subsequent mail ballot was sent to the Latin rite members of the conference who had not voted, the translation did not receive the necessary two-thirds approval. The bishops proposed modifications, which…

Rocco has posted the statement written by Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, President of the USCCB, with the consultation of all the US Bishops. After congratulating the new President-Elect, Barack Obama, the document goes on to say, in part:

The fundamental good is life itself, a gift from God and our parents. A good state protects the lives of all. Legal protection for those members of the human family waiting to be born in this country was removed when the Supreme Court decided Roe vs. Wade in 1973. This was bad law. The danger the Bishops see at this moment is that a bad court decision will be enshrined in bad legislation that is more radical than the 1973 Supreme Court decision itself. In the last Congress, a Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) was introduced that would, if brought forward in the same form today, outlaw any “interference” in providing abortion at will. It would deprive the American people in all fifty states of the freedom they now have to enact modest restraints an…

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A kind friend informed me that there is a weekly TLM being celebrated at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Gainesville, VA at 12:30 PM. I have added this Mass to the TLM Mass menu to the right and corrected other locations where TLM's are listed on this blog.

Thanks for the kind note! My prayers go with you for your request.
D.v.

UPDATE: At the Bishop's Meeting, two significant votes passed. The vote to approve the "Gray Book" (as amended) passed by 187 - 30. The vote to ask Rome for recognitio of the revised "Grail" (CARG) Psalter to be used in place of the NAB 1970 Psalter also passed. The Grail Psalter is updated and familiar to those who read the Liturgy of the Hours; it is used in many other English-speaking countries.

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Thomas Peters has found the "mother lode" and posted it on American Papist. The map is by an enterprising Youth and Young Adult group and shows every Diocese in the U.S. with the hyperlink to the (Arch)Diocesan home page.

It is truly a remarkable feat! I give a "shout out" to the Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry, Diocese of Columbus. Note that some areas are enlarged especially in the Northeast where there are more Dioceses.

Paxetbonum!

Rocco Palmo has another exclusive on a story which will appear in the Catholic Review, the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. The author of the article is His Excellency, Archbishop Edwin O'Brien, and the article deals with the Freedom of Choice Act. Read this important article here. Here is just a snippet:

A threat to all life, this legislation would also have a terrible impact on Catholic and other pro-life healthcare providers. Of particular note:
FOCA trumps state laws that protect rights of providers (e.g. Catholic hospitals, pharmacists, etc.) to conscientiously object to performing abortions if such state laws are seen to in any way “interfere” with a woman’s decision to have an abortion.FOCA undermines the freedom of religion upon which our country was founded.I pledge that we will join with other all law-abiding religious and public interest groups in taking every action necessary to resist this blatant attempt to stifle the consciences of those who con…

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Thanks and may God bless you all!

To those who returned...




And to those who didn't...




We owe our lives and our country to YOUR sacrifice!

I watched part of the morning session on EWTN. As a reminder, day 2 is being shown tomorrow beginning at 9 AM EST and again at 2 PM.

Rocco Palmo, as always, does a masterful job summarizing the feel of the Conference and the topic that everyone feels in a palpable fashion: will the Bishops handle the "subtleties" of "Faithful Citizenship" more directly if at all? This is a great read as always.

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Special Note: The Fall Plenary Session of the USCCB Conference in Baltimore, MD is being televised live on EWTN from 9 AM EST and again at 2 PM EST on Monday and Tuesday. Here is a link to the EWTN announcement.

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