Traditional Latin Mass in Maryland

This is excellent news! His Excellency, the Most Reverend R. Walter Nickless of Sioux City, Iowa, feels as we do that "black" is appropriate as a liturgical color for expressing "mourning, penitence, sorrow and solemnity ." I am delighted that he feels this way. An entire generation or two has grown up without black vestments! While I am at it, TURN BACK YOUR CLOCKS ONE HOUR TONIGHT if you are in the "Daylight Savings Time Zone." Mass begins on time, whether you arrive an hour late or not!

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The Dies Irae is an essential part of the Requiem Mass for the Dead in the Traditional Latin Rite. Here it is linked to the Fisheater's website . Here is a part of the Requiem Mass : The priest, dressed in a black cope, will greet the coffin at the door of the Church, sprinkling it with Holy Water, and intoning the De Profundis (Pslam 129) and the Miserere (Psalm 50). The Introit asks that eternal rest be given to the departed, and the Collect asks that God deliver his or her soul. The Epistle will be a reading of I Thessalonians 4:13-18, in which St. Paul speaks of death. After the Gradual, a Tract asking absolution from every bond of sin on the part of the deceased is intoned, followed by the glorious Sequence, the Dies Irae. The Gospel will be a reading of John 11:21-27, the story of St. Martha's profession of faith that her brother, Lazarus, will rise again. The Offertory prayer asks Jesus C

This post by Fr. Zuhlsdorf strikes me as a fitting tribute to those we honor today: All Saints . To take a snippet from this post by Bishop Vasa: None of us have ever been confronted with such a dramatic choice but for these Old Testament heroes it came down to this, “ Your faith or your life .” In a positive sense, using Pope Benedict’s words, the question would be: “ In what do you hope? ” We are edified, in the best sense of that word, by the witness, the martyrdom, the courage of Eleazar and companions. We could cite many such examples from the early years of Christianity. Even in our own day, the numerous saints canonized by Pope John Paul II, many of them martyrs, is a testimony to the fact that faith-filled courage is not dead. It is a testimony that hope is not dead. When I consider the courage of these Old Testament figures and the firm witness of other saints and martyrs I would honestly have to say of myself, “I am a coward!” There are many times when fear impedes me f

Father John Corapi, SOLT, has asked all Catholics to pray a rosary novena (9 consecutive days) commencing Monday, October 27th, 2008 , to Our Lady of Victory for the cause of LIFE. We should ask Our Lady to assist our Nation in electing those candidates who will promote the cause of LIFE in all its stages in the elections to be held on November 4th. How to pray the Rosary Prayer to Saint Michael the Archangel Rosary for Life - Mysteries of the Rosary for Life from the USCCB (Sun & Wed: Glorious; Mon & Wed: Joyful; Tue and Fri: Sorrowful; Thu: Luminous) Joyful Mysteries for Life (Saturday) Our Lady of Victory, pray for us!

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The three-part series of YouTubes containing the sermon of Fr. John Corapi, SOLT on abortion can be found here . Father has now placed an MP3 containing the entire sermon which can be sent to radio stations or via emails. It is at this location . Finally, EWTN will play the sermon: Also EWTN will air Eleventh Hour Election Alert as a special on Nov. 3 at 5:30pm EST and Nov. 4 at 11:00am EST - so let anybody you know who doesn't have a computer! Just a reminder, clocks are turned BACK one hour this weekend to Standard Time in the U.S.-- "Spring forward; Fall back" !

Father John Corapi, SOLT, has asked all Catholics to pray a rosary novena (9 consecutive days) commencing Monday, October 27th, 2008 , to Our Lady of Victory for the cause of LIFE. We should ask Our Lady to assist our Nation in electing those candidates who will promote the cause of LIFE in all its stages in the elections to be held on November 4th. How to pray the Rosary Prayer to Saint Michael the Archangel Rosary for Life - Mysteries of the Rosary for Life from the USCCB (Sun & Wed: Glorious; Mon & Wed: Joyful; Tue and Fri: Sorrowful; Thu: Luminous) Sorrowful Mysteries for Life (Friday) Our Lady of Victory, pray for us!

This has been popping up a great deal lately. I invite those who have questions like this to first put the term in the "blog search engine" in the upper left corner. They would have come across this entry from July . Once again, several pronunciations are possible depending upon "classical" or "liturgical" Latin differences. I pronounce the name, Day'-OH VO-Len'-Tay (although the liturgical Latin could render the second name, VO-Len'-Tee).

This is one I have answered before on several occasions, but the Google "search string" is totally critical for locating the answer. To my knowledge, there is NO site online that has the daily LATIN readings for the TLM. It just doesn't exist as yet. However, a good Deacon has a site with the English Translations of the TLM for most days. Today, October 30th, and yesterday were Ferial Days, so only information on the saint was provided. However, here is an example of the readings for the Mass for Saints Simon and Jude for earlier this week . Note that you can subscribe to the RSS output for this site, or use the widget he provides. For English readers, it is a marvelous apostolate!

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Okay, this is NOT hyperbole. This article by His Excellency, Bishop Robert Finn, is THAT good . God has graced Kansas City, MO!