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Tag Archives: liturgy
Choral Evensong
It is remarkable that Choral Evensong has survived as a weekly broadcast by BBC Radio for a hundred years. It is all the more remarkable since Evensong as a Sunday evening service had begun a rapid decline over fifty years … Continue reading
Red cassocks
Some of you will remember the scuffle some years ago, when scarlet cassocks were declared to be the privilege of Chaplains to the Monarch here in the UK – and choirs of the Chapels Royal/ This caused a certain amount … Continue reading
… and finally!
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
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
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
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
“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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Tagged Catholic Church, Christianity, Gregory Dix, history, liturgy, Protestant, puritan, worship
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Holy Week restored by Pope Pius XII
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
The Ordinariate – eight years on from that article …
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
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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