Stephen Patrick Wilson found this bit of anti-Catholic doggerel in a book called “Persecution of the Catholic Church in the Third Reich,” published in 1940. “Go bury the delusive hopeAbout His Holiness the Pope.For all he knows concerning RaceWould get a schoolboy in disgrace.Old, muddled...
that practiced by Bach) was somehow a radical departure from Catholic liturgical traditions. While there may be some significant differences, it seemed clear to me that these statements were mostly false. As you point out, the Ordinary of the Mass and...
a.Public celebration of the Eucharist in the Roman Catholic Church and some Protestant churches. b.The sacrament of the Eucharist. 2.A musical setting of certain parts of the Mass, especially the Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei. ...
From his own words Newman, after his conversion, demonstrated a love of the Holy Catholic Mass that he never expressed for the invalid Protestant Anglican service: To me nothing is so consoling, so piercing, so thrilling, so overcoming as the Mass, said as it is among us. I could attend...
Welcome to 52 Masses. Thanks for joining me. My name is Daniel Markham. I’m a lifelong practicing Catholic who worships at St. Gerald in Oak Lawn, Illinois. I have also been writing professionally for almost 30 years. Now, these two biographical data points have collided. ...