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The Novus Ordo Rite of Marriage—Revisiting the Eldest Child of the Reform (Part 2)
Couples approaching the sacrament should carefully reflect on the choice before them: which rite is more in harmony with the substance of marriage and…
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Anthony Jones
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Tying Up Loose Ends & Weekly Roundup
Before we come to the Weekly Roundup and various other features, I’d like to start with some reflections that follow up on last week’s post.
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Peter Kwasniewski
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The Novus Ordo Rite of Marriage—Revisiting the Eldest Child of the Reform (Part 1)
Postconciliar reformers made several changes to the rite of marriage, deemphasizing the sacrament’s legal reality and its primary purpose
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Anthony Jones
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1934: Tenebrae in Slovakia, Easter in Hungary
An Englishman witnesses the vigorous popular liturgical life of interwar central Europe
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Peter Kwasniewski
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Gregorian Chant: Music of the Holy Spirit (Part 3) + List of Resources
Further examples of the perfection of this ideal liturgical music — and recommended websites for instruction, recordings, and scores
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Peter Kwasniewski
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Does a Priest Need Permission to Offer the Traditional Latin Mass?
A game-changing realization: Paul VI neither legally mandated the new Mass nor altered the imprescriptable rights of the old missal
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Peter Kwasniewski
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Why Are Some Churchmen So Opposed to the Return of the Latin Mass? (Conclusion)
Psychological, spiritual, and theological reasons for the resistance — as well as reasons for hope in a true springtime of tradition
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Peter Kwasniewski
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Why Are Some Churchmen So Opposed to the Return of the Latin Mass?
An analysis, in two parts, on the occasion of the twelfth anniversary of Francis’s pontificate
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Peter Kwasniewski
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A Little “St. Patrick” of Our Times: Fr. Patrick Fox, True Custodian of Tradition
Remembering a priest who never said the Novus Ordo but remained faithful for decades to the TLM and to the flock who loved it
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Peter Kwasniewski
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A Glossary of Catholic Terms, Part 2
From "neoscholastic reductionism" to "usus antiquior," learn the definitions of unfamiliar terms as well as new aspects of familiar ones
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Peter Kwasniewski
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A Glossary of Catholic Terms, Part 1
From "acolyte" to "motu proprio," learn the definitions of unfamiliar terms as well as new aspects of familiar ones
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Peter Kwasniewski
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Emerging from the Liturgical Cave
Stages on the way: from Novus to Vetus; from 1962 to pre-1955
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Peter Kwasniewski
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