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Dominica V Paschæ – 19 Mai 2019

Ant. ad introitum Cf. Ps 97, 1-2
Cantáte Dómino cánticum novum,
quia mirabília fecit Dóminus;
ante conspéctum géntium revelávit iustítiam suam, allelúia.

Dicitur Glória in excélsis.

Collecta
Omnípotens sempitérne Deus,
semper in nobis paschále pérfice sacraméntum,
ut, quos sacro baptísmate dignátus es renováre,
sub tuæ protectiónis auxílio multos fructus áfferant,
et ad ætérnæ vitæ gáudia perveníre concédas.
Per Dóminum.

Dicitur Credo.

Super oblata
Deus, qui nos, per huius sacrifícii veneránda commércia,
uníus summǽque divinitátis partícipes effecísti,
præsta, quǽsumus, ut, sicut tuam cognóvimus veritátem,
sic eam dignis móribus assequámur.
Per Christum.

Præfatio paschalis.

Ant. ad communionem Io 15, 1.5
Ego sum vitis vera et vos pálmites, dicit Dóminus;
qui manet in me et ego in eo,
hic fert fructum multum, allelúia.

Post communionem
Pópulo tuo, quǽsumus, Dómine, adésto propítius,
et, quem mystériis cæléstibus imbuísti,
fac ad novitátem vitæ de vetustáte transíre.
Per Christum.

Adhiberi potest formula benedictionis sollemnis.

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Allow kneeling during the Communion Rite

Sign this petition to Bishop Nelson Perez, of the Cleveland Diocese:

Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi. As we worship, so we believe. In this dark culture, we need signs, symbols and reverent postures. We need solid and unwavering faith, intense devotion, and courageous witness. Let us kneel before our Eucharistic Lord so that the lukewarm may have their hearts set on fire and the believer may grow in deeper faith, and so that the unbeliever’s heart might be touched, and all the world will know: Jesus Christ is Lord.

Latin and You

Fr. John Zuhlsdorf:

Priests are ordained for sacrifice, which means sacred liturgical worship. That’s our primary activity as priests. We are, first and foremost, liturgical. That means being the best executors of our rites that we can be, not settling for the half-assed or the easy. There is nothing easy about sacred liturgy. It takes effort because everything that we are trying to accomplish through it and obtain from it is hard. We need our worship to be hard. We need it to require something from us, real effort, lest we run the risk of being liturgical parasites.
Fathers, we need you to work on Latin. Yes, it’s going to be hard. What about this thing we are in is easy? Don’t we want more?

Read the whole post here.

Ad Orientem – Facing together toward the Lord

Fr. John Jirak, pastor of the Church of the Magdalen, 12626 E. 21st St. N, Wichita, KS 67206:

Although the priest does not face geographical East when celebrating Mass ad orientem here at Blessed Sacrament, the priest and people worshipping together in the same direction still captures the intended symbolism of Christ’s second coming. It also assists us in elevating our hearts and minds to the One to whom we are offering the sacrifice, recalling the transcendence of God.

The Latin phrase lex orandi, lex credendi (the idea that the way we worship forms our belief) conveys the importance of properly expressed worship. First, when we offer the Mass, we are making present Christ’s own sacrifice, which He made to the Father on our behalf. Thus, the priest stands in place of Christ (in Persona Christi) as he offers the Mass to the Father.

The priest does not offer the Mass to the people, nor the people to the priest; rather, both priest and people together offer the sacrifice of Christ to the Father. When the priest and congregation physically orient themselves in the same direction, the reality of what is happening is more clearly expressed: the priest and congregation are not in dialogue but are together offering their prayers and Christ’s sacrifice to God the Father.

Read Fr Jirak’s full article here.

Pope Emeritus Benedict breaks silence on abuse crisis: full text

Our handling of the Eucharist can only arouse concern. The Second Vatican Council was rightly focused on returning this sacrament of the Presence of the Body and Blood of Christ, of the Presence of His Person, of His Passion, Death and Resurrection, to the center of Christian life and the very existence of the Church. In part, this really has come about, and we should be most grateful to the Lord for it.

And yet a rather different attitude is prevalent. What predominates is not a new reverence for the presence of Christ’s death and resurrection, but a way of dealing with Him that destroys the greatness of the Mystery. The declining participation in the Sunday Eucharistic celebration shows how little we Christians of today still know about appreciating the greatness of the gift that consists in His Real Presence. The Eucharist is devalued into a mere ceremonial gesture when it is taken for granted that courtesy requires Him to be offered at family celebrations or on occasions such as weddings and funerals to all those invited for family reasons.

The way people often simply receive the Holy Sacrament in communion as a matter of course shows that many see communion as a purely ceremonial gesture. Therefore, when thinking about what action is required first and foremost, it is rather obvious that we do not need another Church of our own design. Rather, what is required first and foremost is the renewal of the Faith in the Reality of Jesus Christ given to us in the Blessed Sacrament.

Read Benedict XVI’s full essay here.

St. Michael the Archangel Prayer in Gregorian Chant

From www.ccwatershed.org:

Sáncte Míchael Archángele, defénde nos in proélio, cóntra nequítiam et insídias diáboli ésto præsídium. Ímperet ílli Déus, súpplices deprecámur: tuque, prínceps milítiæ cæléstis, Sátanam aliósque spíritus malígnos, qui ad perditiónem animárum pervagántur in múndo, divína virtúte, in inférnum detrúde. Ámen.

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle, be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly host, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls.

 

GCN Chant Weekend

From The Latin Mass Society of England and Wales website:

An intensive chant course led by Dominic Bevan and Fr Guy Nichols. Singers will be coached to participate in the liturgies of the St Catherine’s Trust Family Retreat, which will be running alongside the Chant Course.

Discounts are available for groups coming from choirs and scholas affiliated to the Gregorian Chant Network.

See HERE for further details and to book.

When:
5th April 2019 16:00 through 7th April 2019 14:30

Location:
Oratory School
Woodcote
Reading, RG8 0PJ
United Kingdom

Contact:
Phone: 07913 481014
Email: info@stcatherinestrust.org

Pope Francis celebrates ad orientem

This morning, Pope Francis leading the way, ad orientem, on the Solemnity of the Annunciation. He is the first Pontiff, since Pius IX to offer the Holy Sacrifice inside of the Holy House of Loreto.