Tag Archives: liturgy

… and finally!

Posted on 24/10/2025 by Scott Anderson

To conclude this series some observations on matters related to the celebration and presentation of the liturgy. Reservation of the Blessed Sacrament In mediaeval England the Blessed Sacrament was reserved in a pyx, suspended over the High Altar of the … Continue reading →

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THE PRESENT OPPORTUNITY part 4

Posted on 20/10/2025 by Scott Anderson

THE SETTING The Mass was photographed in the church of the Holy Trinity, Dorchester, Dorset.  This small Gothic Revival Church, built in the 19th century to the designs of Benjamin Ferry, was originally a parish church of the Church of … Continue reading →

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THE PRESENT OPPORTUNITY part 3

Posted on 16/10/2025 by Scott Anderson

The deacon goes to the foot of the altar steps, bows to the altar and ascends to the centre. The Celebrant remains seated at the sedilia. The clerk moves the Missal to its position left of the corporal and the … Continue reading →

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THE PRESENT OPPORTUNITY

Posted on 12/10/2025 by Scott Anderson

A PRESENTATION IN PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE MASS CELEBRATED ACCORDING TO DIVINE WORSHIP – THE MISSAL OF THE ORDINARIATES With the creation of the Ordinariates for receiving Anglicans into the full communion of the Catholic Church, together with the publication of … Continue reading →

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Puritans and Protestants

Posted on 26/08/2025 by Scott Anderson

“The truth is that the English puritan’s crusade against all forms of sensuous beauty in worship has had more effect than we realise upon our notion of the worship of the primitive church. It disconcerts us to find that that … Continue reading →

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Holy Week restored by Pope Pius XII

Posted on 19/03/2024 by Scott Anderson

The introduction to Holy Week in my 1962 Roman Missal (Suumorum Pontificum edition, published 2012 by Baronius Press) gives a splendid account and justification for the sweeping reforms to the celebration of the Holy Week rites, authorised by Pope Pius … Continue reading →

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The Ordinariate – eight years on from that article …

Posted on 02/03/2024 by Scott Anderson

While clearing out in preparation for my move back to the UK later this year, I came across an article in the Catholic Herald, written in August 2016 by Damian Thompson entitled ‘The Ordinariate Mk II.’ It seems to me … Continue reading →

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Language and translation

Posted on 01/09/2023 by Scott Anderson

Just after writing my last post I came across this ‘Translator’s note’ at the beginning of a 1954 edition of ‘Introduction to the Devout Life’ by St François de Sales. Fr Michael Day, an Oratorian, writes: The present translation into … Continue reading →

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The language of liturgy (2)

Posted on 24/08/2023 by Scott Anderson

It was decided early on that the Ordinariates, created to receive Anglicans wishing to enter into the full communion of the Catholic Church, should have liturgical books which expressed their Anglican patrimony. Divine Worship Daily Office (Commonwealth Edition) expresses it … Continue reading →

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Music in the liturgy – in France

Posted on 16/08/2022 by Scott Anderson

One of my kind readers has asked me to continue the article I wrote last week by describing and comparing the music we use in the liturgy in France. Please realise that my observations are limited to this diocese and … Continue reading →

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