Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Credo VII, which is to say Seven

I'm not sure that I knew anything about Credo VII, so this is an exciting image just sent to me from Nick Gale at St George’s Cathedral Southwark.

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Theological Censorship in the 1969 Lectionary (Part 2): Guest Article by Dr. Agnieszka Fromme
This is the second part of an article by Dr Agnieszka Fromme about the theological censorship of certain ideas in the lectionary of the post-Conciliar rite; the first part was published yesterday. Our thanks once again to Dr Fromme for sharing her interesting work with NLM.4. Comparing the LectionariesThe following analysis is part of a broade...

A History of the Popes Named Leo, Part 3: The 10th Century (Leo V-VIII)
This is the third installment of a series on the thirteen papal namesakes of our new Holy Father Leo XIV; click these links to read part 1 and part 2. Four Popes named Leo reigned within a span of about 62 years in the 10th century; their reigns are all quite brief, and their careers for the most part so obscure that the precise dates of some of th...

Theological Censorship in the 1969 Lectionary (Part 1): Guest Article by Dr. Agnieszka Fromme
Our thanks to Dr Agnieszka Fromme for sharing with us this interesting article about theological censorship in the post-Conciliar lectionary. It will be presented in two parts. Jefferson Bible (photo from Smithsonian)Was a “Richer Table of the Word” Truly Set for Us in 1969? A Comparison of the Tridentine Lectionary and the Ordo Lectionum Miss...

The Miracles of St Bernardine of Siena
During the Jubilee year of 1450, Pope Nicholas V canonized the Franciscan St Bernardine (Bernardino) of Siena (1380-1444), who had died six years earlier, and whose feast is kept today. This was an unusually quick process for the era, especially considering how varied the Saint’s career had been; he had preached all over Italy, performed countless ...

Palestrina’s Motet for Papal Coronations, “Hic Nunc Est”
This was spotted on Twitter yesterday, a set of photos from the Mass which formally inaugurated the ministry of the newly-elected Pope Leo XIV, feliciter nunc regnantis. The learned Dominican and the learned Jesuit are speaking about one of the old rituals that was removed from the papal coronation Mass by the post-Conciliar reform. When the faithf...

The Roman Basilica of St Pudentiana
Before the feast of St Peter Celestine was added to the general calendar in the reign of Pope Clement IX (1667-69), May 19th was the feast of St Pudentiana, already attested on this date in the so-called Martyrology of St Jerome in the 5th century. Prior to Pope Clement VIII’s editorial revision of the Tridentine breviary, her name was usually giv...

The Offertory Jubilate Deo, Universa Terra
Shout with joy to God, all the earth, sing ye a psalm to his name; come and hear, and I will tell you, all ye that fear God, what great things the Lord hath done for my soul. allelúja. V. My mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble; I will offer up to thee holocausts full of marrow. This recording of the Offertory of the Fourth Sunday after Easte...

A History of the Popes Named Leo, Part 2: Saints Leo II, III and IV
This is the second installment of a series on the thirteen papal namesakes of our new Holy Father Leo XIV; click here to read part 1.St Leo II reigned for less than 11 months, from August of 682 to June of 683. The most important deed of his pontificate was the confirmation of the acts of the Sixth Ecumenical Council, the third to be held in Consta...

The Feast of Saint John Nepomuk
May 16th is the feast of St John Nepomuk, a priest of the Archdiocese of Prague who was martyred in the year 1393. His family name is variously written Wölflein or Welfin, but he is generally called “Nepomuk” or “Nepomucene” after the town where he was born between 1340-1350, about 65 miles to the southwest of Prague. As vicar general of the archdi...

Latin Mass Society Faith and Culture Conference in London, June 14
The Latin Mass Society, an association dedicated to the traditional Latin liturgy of the Catholic Church, has announced details of their upcoming Faith and Culture Conference. The conference, which forms part of the celebrations to mark The Society’s 60th anniversary, will bring together leading figures from the Church, the arts, and public life to...

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