Traditional Latin Mass in Maryland

Some messages are classics. Rev. Paul V. Mankowski, S.J., Professor of Biblical Studies at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, published this article in the Spring 1993 issue of "Faith & Reason" . It is now in the EWTN Library and it still resonates with profound truth. [...] Suppose for a moment that a Catholic comes to believe that the teaching Church is wrong in condemning contraception but right about everything else. How does he judge the Church wrong in the one case? As we have seen, by reference to some standard that is more reliable than the Church. But how does he judge the Church to be right in the other million-and-one instances? Obviously, only in virtue of the same standard by which he found her defective. It is absurd, not to say insane, to claim that one obeys, or is faithful to, the Church in those areas in which he happens to agree with her because "happens to agree" is the operative phrase. If my pocket calculator has prove

For those who are interested, EWTN has a 3-day special with Ralph McInerny at 6:00 AM to 6:30 AM EDT on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday entitled "What Went Wrong With Vatican II." On Thursday during the same time slot, Fr. Gould of the Arlington Diocese will discuss Mount Saint Mary's Seminary and seminary formation . PDT is also posted. No mention as to a re-schedule of this series. Mon: RALPH MCINERNY'S WHAT WENT WRONG WITH VATICAN II: EP 1 Tue: RALPH MCINERNY'S WHAT WENT WRONG WITH VATICAN II: EP 2 Wed: RALPH MCINERNY'S WHAT WENT WRONG WITH VATICAN II: EP 3 Thu: EWTN'S ON VOCATION: MOUNT ST. MARY'S SEMINARY Here is more background on these shows and on the Eucharistic Congress which opens next week .

The New Liturgical Movement >> Ambrosian Notes Whispers in the Loggia >> For Thrill Value, "Gibbet" Trumps the Teacups (Liturgical translations...and not enough of the 250 US Bishops present to pass with a 2/3rds majority)

INTROIT ¤ Ps. 26. 7-9 Green, Semi-double Exaudi, Domine, vocem meam, qua clamavi ad te: adjutor meus esto, ne derelinquas me, neque despicias me, Deus salutaris meus. -- Dominus illiminatio mea, et salus mea, quem timebo? V.: Gloria Patri . . . -- Exaudi, Domine . . . Hear, O Lord, my voice with which I have cried to Thee: be Thou my helper, forsake me not, nor do Thou despise me, O God, my Savior. -- ( Ps. 26. 1). The Lord is my light, and my salvation, whom shall I fear? V.: Glory to the Father -- Hear, O Lord, my voice . . . Tridentine Latin Rite Missal Project

The news has been making its way around the blogosphere ( see RORATE CAELI, for example ). Now, two sources have both confirmed that the Neocatechumenal Way has received final approval of its statutes. Both the Catholic News Agency and Zenit are carrying the story.

Fr. Richard John Neuhaus posts a wonderful essay on "theodicy" and the "God problem ." Any essay that brings in the agonies of Ivan Karamazov is well worth reading! "I try to spell out the implications of that in my book Death on a Friday Afternoon . But that book is not chiefly about theodicy. On that subject, there is another recent book that I would warmly recommend to James Wood and, if he could stifle his flippancy long enough to read it with care, to Bart Ehrman. It is David Bentley Hart’s The Doors of the Sea: Where Was God in the Tsunami? The Doors of the Sea was published in 2005 in the aftermath of the great Asian tsunami that killed an estimated 225,000 people. Throughout his reflection, Hart wrestles with the hauntingly brilliant statement of the theodicy question posed by Dostoyevsky’s Ivan Karamazov. Herewith a few of the things Hart says in this very impressive little book: “God has fashioned creatures in his image so that they might be join

WDTPRS >> Bp. Trautman doesn’t think you are smart enough to understand the proposed new translation of Mass (a very "red" commentary if you will) WDTPRS >> Big move coming up in Rome : Card. Ruini will move on LatinMassNetwork >> The Marian Devotion of St. Anthony of Padua Traditional Latin Mass Propers in English >> Saint Anthony of Padua, Confessor and Doctor of the Church RORATE CAELI >> The President in Rome Whispers in the Loggia >> The Red Roster, '08 Edition (Appointments to Curial posts and more)

Charlotte was Both >> Interviewing the Archbishop (a post linking an interview by John Allen with H.E. Archbishop Edwin O'Brien which is linked immediately below) NCRCafe.org >> Baltimore archbishop demands greater accountability from religious order (John Allen of the NCR has an in-depth interview with the Archbishop on the LC & RC issue) Catholic Review Online >> Hopefully, A meeting of the Minds (posted in the " Thoughts on Our Church " column of June 10th by the Archbishop himself on the LC and linked below earlier today) The New Liturgical Review >> Another Sanctuary and Altar begins the process of re-enchantment and re-orientation (Shawn Tribe)

The New Liturgical Movement >> Video from the first Solemn Mass at Ss. Trinita dei Pelligrini, Rome (Video of the Introit & Kyrie and Offertory by Shawn Tribe) The Recovering Choir Director >> Three recent posts on reviving Gregorian chant, juxtaposed

Each week, H.E. Archbishop O'Brien posts a column called " Thoughts on Our Church " in the Catholic Review. The column always deals with a variety of topical subjects and is posted as a link from this blog when possible (electrical storms notwithstanding!). This week, in a column dated June 10th, His Excellency discusses with us"apostolic movements ": A celebrated and most valuable outgrowth of the Second Vatican Council has been the rise in the number of “apostolic movements” that have sprung up in the Church under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Each centered in a unique spirituality, these movements nourish strongly committed laity with the teachings and sacraments of the Church, thus enabling them to carry out their vocation “to seek the kingdom of God by engaging in tempered affairs and directing them according to God’s will” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 898). Cursillo, Marriage Encounter, Communion and Liberation, Opus Dei and Focolare are s

RORATE CAELI >> Statutes of the Neocatechumenal Way definitively approved L'Osservatore Romano WDTPRS >> L’OssRom: Neo-Cat Stats approved by Holy See (Fr. Zuhlsdorf comments on the story above) WDTPRS >> Excommunicated Bishop Williamson speaks out (a detailed commentary on the "exclusive" story from RORATE CAELI) CNS >> Cardinals Foley, Brady and DiNardo appointed to positions by the Pope (detailed list of appointments to Vatican congregations and councils from Catholic News Service)

Rocco Palmo of " Whispers in the Loggia " discusses the US Conference of Bishops . To cite Mr. Palmo: "In keeping with longstanding tradition, however, no meeting of the body would be complete without some showdown on the liturgy -- a topic that, in recent years, has focused on the approval of a new wholesale translation of the Roman Missal, which current projections seem to be eyeing for implementation in late 2010." Read it here .