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Papal Liturgies televised on EWTN SOLEMN MASS OF CHRISTMAS AT MIDNIGHT WITH POPE BENEDICT XVI FROM ROME (LIVE) 2 hrs Solemnity of the Birth of Our Lord: Midnight Mass with the Holy Father from St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Wed 12/24/08 6:00 PM ET & 3 PM PT Thu 12/25/08 8:00 AM ET & 5 AM PT Thu 12/25/08 4:00 PM ET &1 PM PT URBI ET ORBI FROM ROME: POPE BENEDICT'S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE TO THE WORLD (LIVE) 1 hr From St. Peter's Square. Join the Holy Father for his inspiring Christmas Day message to the world on the celebration of Christ’s birth. Thu 12/25/08 6:00 AM ET & 3 AM PT Thu 12/25/08 10:00 PM ET & 7 PM PT Fri 12/26/08 3:00 AM ET & 12 AM PT Fri 12/26/08 5:00 PM ET & 2 PM PT VESPERS OF THANKSGIVING 2008 (LIVE) 90 mins The Holy Father will preside at the first vespers of thanksgiving at the year's end in St. Peter's Basilica. Wed 12/31/08 12:00 PM ET & 9 AM PT Wed 12/31/08 5:00 PM ET & 2 PM PT

The Hermeneutic of Continuity >> Biblia Clerus The New Liturgical Movement >> Details about the Papal Liturgies This Christmastide

WDTPRS >> Pope Benedict annoyed at studied prelatial indifference? (the title comes from a story by Damian Thompson who first announced the essential comments of Cardinal Castrillon at the impromptu press conference; whether this is fact remains to be seen as Fr. Zuhlsdorf states) WDTPRS >> PREVIEW: A GREAT new publication from Angelus Press! WDTPRS >> QUAERITUR: Gregorian Masses and Gregorian Masses and Gregorian Masses (the use of "Gregorian Rite" has caused confusion; this is a helpful review) The New Liturgical Movement >> More historical photographs of the Papal Liturgy (Shawn Tribe)

I tip my hat to Amy Wellborn who has a link to this marvelous blog . The Benedict in America blog is a treasure trove of information, has all his Papal addresses in the US, and links to lots of other great items. It is a chronology of his entire visit. Creative Minority Report : Wonderful Story About a Sick Boy and the Pope The New Liturgical Movement : Most Impressive Papal Event The New Liturgical Movment : Pope Benedict Speaks to Youth About Liturgical Prayer WDTPRS : Brick by brick...ring kiss by ring kiss

The New Liturgical Movement : Gregor Kollmorgen ponders " A New Development in Papal Liturgy - Mayb e " (fascinating, if true) WDTPRS : You HAVE to see this photo from The Holy Whapping The Recovering Choir Director: More on the Colloquium 2007 Mass videos per Aristotle A. Esguerra The New Liturgical Movement : Dominican Rite Announcements (and a new blog added to my Blogroll !) The New Liturgical Movement : Liturgical Images from Spain Charlotte Was Both : Thinking about the Pope

A great many of you are trying to find the Mass Readings for the Papal Mass at Nationals Stadium. Please check the EWTN website here . You will notice on the right under, "Words," a link that reads " Liturgical Texts for the Apostolic Visit ." Clicking this will give you the PDF version. Your browser may also be able to view the pages in HTML. I believe this is from the Vatican and has the Vespers service and all liturgies. There are also the words of Pope Benedict to be said at "Ground Zero."

Shawn Tribe of The New Liturgical Movement has a really nice article on the " conversi ad Dominum " motif that Pope Benedict has been practicing as he celebrates Mass . His Holiness does not always use the " ad orientem " posture for Mass but makes do with what the situation allows. Shawn shows this in a very nice photoessay that demonstrate what the Holy Father is saying in a manifest way. The Benedictines have taken the "hint!"

Charlotte Was Both : Thanks, Carl (in reference to Carl Olson) The New Liturgical Movement : Update on Papal Reservations regarding Large Concelebrations Traditional Latin Propers In English : Saint Julia Billiart

Traditional Latin Mass Propers in English for Easter Wednesday WDTPRS : Cistercian monks of Holy Cross sign Major Record Contract to Sing Gregorian Chant WDTPRS : Saint Dismas, the Good Thief AmericanPapist : New Legionary of Christ Director Meets with Pope Shouts in the Piazza : Benedictine Ain't the Word for It

Gregor Kollmorgen of The New Liturgical Movement has some "insider" information from Father Sean Finnegan of Heralds of the Gospel as to why the Papal Liturgies have changed so noticeably. Read his take on this here . Father John Zuhlsdorf of WDTPRS has posts (a) updating info on the Holy Father's new pastoral staff , (b) a marvelous article on Cardinal Arinze, Prefect of CDWDS, and his take on inculturation , and (c) a " quaeritur " concerning whether failing to put water in the chalice with the wine makes the consecration invalid .

Jeffrey Tucker of the New Liturgical Movement has found a gem: the Divine Office is now online ! Note that I have added this link to the menu on the right to my Blogroll and Favorite Websites under " Divinum Officium ". Father John Zuhlsdorf has found an entry on Sandro Magister's blog in which the gentleman decries the TV coverage of Papal Liturgies. Read more here .

There are two great stories today that are really "must" reads . The first is posted by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on " What Does The Prayer Really Say ?" and pertains to outdoor Papal Masses . The second is posted by New Catholic on " Rorate Caeli " and brings great news on what seems to be a "permanent solution" to the TLM in "EWTN-land" as he calls it. Run, don't walk to these sites!