The part of a church service that varies with the season or feast We go to the High Mass, with plainsong propers sung by the Ritual Choir Good That which is morally right; righteousness A mysterious balance of good and evil Proper Characterized by appropriateness or suitability; fitting The pr...
The Ave Maria Bell: still 2100. On the way out of Rome I spotted a rare 6 hour clock! I’ve written about them elsewhere during this sojourn. On the way to my last Mass here. Yesterday and today for my Roman Donors. At the airport, lots of people. I think many are finishing crui...
“…mystagogy, of incessant intercession, of penance, of fasting, of weeping for one’s own sins and those of all humanity…” Come to think of it, those are also present in the TRADITIONAL ROMAN RITE. Not so much in the Novus Ordo, however. I wonder how we could recover those highly...
Later morning Masses are known among parish priests as the “Sleep-In-But-Not-Really Mass.” Attendees of these Masses are not early risers, but they also don’t plan to sleep in all day. After all, these people have things to do — Monday’s almost here! But they do want to sleep...