Traditional Latin Mass in Maryland

The Chrism Mass was held Monday, March 17th in our Archdiocese at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore . Today, His Excellency Archbishop Edwin O'Brien in his column, " Thoughts on Our Church " writes a beautiful column for his brother priests and for all of us . Th e last several years, as each very special Chrism Mass approaches, I have found food for the soul in a 2002 Chrism Mass homily offered by Baltimore’s proud native son Bishop Victor Galeone of St. Augustine. I thought I should share it with you and am grateful to my good friend, the Bishop of St. Augustine, for permission to do so: "I’d like you to come back with me to the spring of 1974 – back to the town of Andahuaylas, high in the Andes Mountains. At the time, I was serving as a missionary in Peru. This particular Sunday afternoon, I was visiting our sick parishioners in the town hospital. In the men’s ward, I came across Oswaldo – a Lutheran minister who was visiting from Lima. He had taken i

As you may know, last week Fr. John of WDTPRS released the Passion of Saint Matthew as a Podcazt just before Palm Sunday . It had the Passionalia --all three parts were sung by him. It is archived last week on this blog. Today he has released again the Podcazt for the Passion of Saint John before Good Friday . Just wanted you to know it is available in MP3! Finally, some of you are stopping by and failing to find my prior post on the Latin readings for the Triduum ! As I stated just a few days ago, only a written Missal (like the new Baronius F.S.S.P. edition, Summorum Pontificum ) will have ALL the approved text . The next best thing is from the Tridentine Latin Rite Missal Project . I haven't checked all the text word for word, but the "post-1955 links" should "be close to rendering" what has been approved by Summorum Pontificum . That is not a guarantee, however. Note also that this is a work in progress.

Jeffrey Tucker of The New Liturgical Movement has a thoughtful and probing article on the music chosen for Mass . It is well worth reading ! Here is a snippet: People simply did not know or care that the Roman Rite comes with its own music that is part of the structure of the liturgy. The New Mass was rushed out as a text alone, rather than an entire liturgical package that included music as part of the structure, as much as the readings themselves. Vatican II said that that the chants of the Mass are to assume the primary role, but, in practice, this instruction became a dead letter. And, yes, I am aware that the problem predates 1970, but the complete loss of consciousness took place within the last decades. Many are working right now to repair the damage and recapture what has been lost, using the Graduale Romanum as the guide. But bad habits are hard to break. Musicians just aren't accustomed to considering which Mass they are instructed to do. For example, let's say t

The New Liturgical Movement has the full Holy Week schedule for the Church of Our Saviour, Park Avenue in New York . This is the site of Father George William Rutler's Meditations on the "Seven Last Words" each Good Friday. RORATE CAELI has a photoessay on Palm Sunday in the Philippines . Father John Zuhlsdorf of WDTPRS has an MP3 Podcazt of part of Saint Augustine's Sermon on the Lord's Passion. This is in Latin, of course .

I checked my favorite website, MassTimes.org and found several new TLM Masses I thought I 'd list on this blog's menu bar to the right . To discover these, I entered MassTimes.org, used a search string beginning with a local zip code and stipulated "Latin" as being the preferred language . It returned both the Latin Novus Ordo Masses and those Masses listed as being in the Extraordinary Form . Here is the full complement . I now have listed Georgetown University which has the TLM being celebrated on Sundays in Copley Crypt during the school year, and both St. Lawrence and St. Catherine of Siena in Virginia. Please email me if you have any corrections, if one of the Churches listed obtains a website or if special events are taking place. I am happy to post this information.

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 .

Father John Trigilio of "The Black Biretta" gives a "shout out" to Monsignor Guido Marini, who is now at the helm for Papal Ceremonies . The gorgeous copes and mitres of old have now "reappeared" in papal ceremonies. Rocco Palmo of " Whispers in the Loggia " has a very nice story on the opening of the first Catholic Church in Qatar . As always, Rocco includes photos. Father John Zuhlsdorf of " What Does the Prayer Really Say " has a brief photoessay on the TLM Mass on Palm Sunday at Assumption Grotto in Detroit . There is much more in the way of photos at " Te Deum laudamus !" Finally, many of you (my Sitemeter told me so!) will be searching for the Latin for " Usus Antiquior " liturgies this week including the Mass on Holy Thursday, Good Friday's Passion, the Easter Vigil Mass and Easter Sunday Mass. To my knowledge, there is no complete and up-to-date listing of these online that are in full accordance w

Updated on 19 March 2008: Haugen's Mass of Creation will NOT be used. See here ! The NLM has corrected the original post on receiving new information. Shawn Tribe of the New Liturgical Movement has at least three stories that caught my eye this evening : Upcoming FSSP Ordinations in Nebraska to be performed by Cardinal Castrillón Hoyos. Possibly to be aired on EWTN . The Passion According to Johann Sebastian Bach . Sanctus for the Pope's Mass: Haugen's Mass of Creation . Please check the NLM site for these stories!

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!