Traditional Latin Mass in Maryland

May you all have a blessed and faith-filled Holy Week! Thomas Peters of AmericanPapist reports that Father Michael J. McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, was recognized for his "heroic virtues" by the Holy Father . Father John Zuhlsdorf of " What Does the Prayer Really Say ," shows the new Papal Cross used by the Holy Father this morning . Whether this implies that the Pope John Paul II cross has been completely retired is not known.

Here is what I have posted; these are links to previous posts: Latin Mass Readings for Palm Sunday (1955 form; Palm blessings seem to have changed) Saint Alphonsus Church, Baltimore, Maryland Saint James the Greater Church, Charlestown, WVA The Masses in DC can be found by selecting from the menu to the right. Note I have the TLM links for the Churches in DC and suburban Maryland. These links should have info on TLM Masses for Palm Sunday and for Easter in the Church bulletins. The links are to the Church websites. If you can't find information there, please go here; DC Catholic posted a summary of the Easter Masses in DC . In an update, he also linked to Franciscan and Dominican liturgies.

Patrick Archbold on his Summorum Pontificum blog has a nice story on the F.S.S.P. in Wyoming. He received the story from Dr. Kwasniewski, a Professor at Wyoming Catholic College .

This site, The Tridentine Latin Rite Missal Project, carries the readings for the Latin Mass according to the 1955 Missal . I have checked the Blessing of Palms according to the new Baronius " Summorum Pontificum Missal" used by the F.S.S.P. and these readings vary greatly from those in the older Missal . I would stick with a written Missal for guidance. With regard to the Palm Sunday Mass itself, the Introit, Collect, Epistle, Tract, etc. appear to be identical to the Baronius Missal (although I cannot vouch for precise translations as I did not check word for word) . One big change in the Summorum Pontificum approved 1962 Missale Romanum is that the Passion of Saint Matthew is shortened to 26.: 36-75; 27.: 1-66. The 1955 version begins at Matthew 26: 1-75 so is far longer. Check Fr. Zuhlsdorf's blog to hear the Passionale which he has on MP3 . It is glorious!

Father Zuhlsdorf of WDTPRS carries this story from Zenit on His Eminence Justin Cardinal Rigali and the TLM at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia . Here is the opening sentence of the story : Since Benedict XVI has said that the Mass celebrated according to the 1962 Roman Missal promulgated by Blessed John XXIII should be available to those who prefer it, seminarians should be taught to say it, says Cardinal Justin Rigali. Father Z. has more as well as his customary commentary !

I saw this story on the New Liturgical Movement and Jeffrey Tucker, in turn, noted it on Amy Wellborn's blog . The press release is from Wake Forest University : March 13, 2008 Samuel Weber, associate professor of early Christianity and spiritual formation at the Wake Forest University Divinity School, was invited to compose original chant settings that will be performed during the Pope’s visit to Washington, D.C., April 15 – 20. The chants will be sung during Evening Prayer at 5:30 p.m. April 16 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception with Pope Benedict XVI presiding, and during a private mass with the Holy Father at the Apostolic Nunciature (Papal Embassy) the following morning. "I am deeply honored to have a small part to play in the preparation of this vesper service,” says Weber. He composed original chant melodies for the antiphons, which are scriptural verses sung before and after the Psalms and Canticles of Vespers. Peter Latona, Ba

Thomas Peters of AmericanPapist reports that Archbishop Burke has pronounced "two more" excommunications meaning "five" in two days. Go to his site for details! Jeffrey Tucker of the New Liturgical Movement has a thoughtful post on the attitude and the sociological details of those of us who watched the virtual disappearance of the "Latin Mass" in the 60's . He entitles his post, "Were the Catholic People Happy About the Abandonment of the Old Mass?" Yes, I was there and lived through it if you wondered about that...

Father John gives us a full explanation in WDTPRS in an at length post . He summarizes the story as follows: In a way, the change to stabiliter and non vult strengthen the rights of lay people in this regard. I don’t really understand the ramifications of the juridical sounding habitualiter (a dreadful Latin word). Yes, you have that right. On one portion, at least, the Canon lawyers may be involved ... Update: This portion of his interpretation is very meaningful and comes near the end: In article 7, non potest ("cannot") is not non vult ("does not want"). There is a big difference between not wanting to do something and not being able to do something. We are all able to do things we would prefer not to do. So, if a priest is capable, if a bishop is capable, but does not want to do something for the requests of lay people, the matter goes to Rome. In other words, if the cleric is capable, and the means are there, there is even less excuse not to rec

New Catholic of RORATE CAELI points out that Gianni Cardinale in " Avvenire " publishes the story today that the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum has been finally published in the official gazette of the Holy See, the Acta Apostolicae Sedis (dated September 7, 2007). Here are some pointed changes: A subtitle was given to the motu proprio: « De uso extraordinario antiquae formae Ritus Romani » ("On the extraordinary use of the ancient form of the Roman Rite"); In article 1, the word «conditiones» was replaced with the more correct form «condiciones» , with no change in meaning ("conditions"); In article 3, the word «plerumque» was replaced with «habitualiter» (our translation remains "habitually"); In article 5, § 1, «continenter» was replaced with «stabiliter» , avoiding the notion that the group of faithful would have to be continuous in a certain parish - it only has to exist in a stable, but not necessarily in a permanent and continuo

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