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Jubilate Deo!

02 April 2019 Chant, Latin, Prayer, resources, The Sacred Liturgy

In April of 1974, Pope Saint Paul VI issued a small book called Jubilate Deo containing various Latin chants. Copies were sent as “a personal gift” to all the Bishops of the world. In the accompanying letter from the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship, we read, In presenting the Holy Father’s gift to you, may I at the same time […]

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Introíbo ad Altáre Dei – the Prayer and the Posters

28 March 2019 inside baseball, Latin, resources, The Sacred Liturgy

At our parish of Holy Rosary, the clergy and servers pray Psalm 43 (42) before Mass in the narthex. Well, since we were forced to move to the auditorium this past November, we pray it in the hallway outside. This psalm begins with the antiphon, “I will go to the altar of God”, or in Latin, “Introíbo ad altáre Dei”. […]

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Rorate Mass Resources – in the Ordinary Form

12 December 2018 Chant, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, inside baseball, Latin, Mary, resources, The Sacred Liturgy

Last year about this time, our parish of Holy Rosary celebrated a Rorate Mass in the Ordinary Form. And what, pray tell, is a Rorate Mass? The name comes from the opening words of the Entrance Antiphon, Rorate cæli desuper, Latin for “Drop down dew, ye heavens”. The Rorate Mass is a Solemn Votive Mass in honor of the Blessed […]

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Antiphony Reborn: Singing the Mass Propers

17 August 2018 Chant, Divine Office, Exhortations, Latin, Maestra Victoria Solenberger, Msgr. Andrew Wadsworth, Pope Francis I, resources, Rev. Jacob Maurer, Sacred Liturgy Conference, The Sacred Liturgy

Does Sunday Mass in your parish start with a hymn? Why? Did you know that the Church actually provides scripture to be read or sung during the entrance of the Priest and servers? This, my friends, is the Entrance Antiphon or, to give it its traditional name, the Introit. In a talk he gave at the recent Sacred Liturgy Conference, […]

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Vesting Prayers

29 March 2017 Exhortations, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, inside baseball, Prayer, resources, The Sacred Liturgy

One of my volunteer positions at my parish is that of MC and Altar Server coordinator. Since I started in that position, we’ve made any number of changes. One of the simplest and most profound, though, was the reintroduction of Vesting Prayers. And what are they? In the immemorial tradition of the Roman Rite, certain prayers were recited while vesting […]

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