Day: March 2, 2010
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The Genius of the Roman Rite, by Keith Pecklers SJ
The author, Professor of Liturgy at the Pontifical Gregorian University and Professor of Liturgical History at the Pontifical Liturgical Institute in Rome, is a well-known writer and speaker; and he has done us all a service with this timely book. It should be required reading for anyone concerned with the forthcoming new Missal, translation for…
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Anyone You Know Here?
You’ve seen the dustup over whether the “What If We Just Said Wait” petition counts for much. Thanks to Graham Wilson for tallying up the following.
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How, Pray Tell, Did We Name Our Blog?
Lex orandi lex credendi, the slogan goes. The law of prayer is the law of faith. The way we pray determines what we believe. Liturgy comes before doctrine. Here in Collegeville we’ve long supported the vernacular. Already in 1951 we renamed Orate Fratres, our liturgical journal, Worship. And now we’d like to think…
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Coming Soon: New Missal Chants Online
Last week the National Association of Pastoral Musicians did the studio work for a very exciting project: recording of the English chants of the upcoming English missal. All the chants for texts approved by the Holy See were recorded. I am project manager, and Fr. Anthony Ruff, OSB, directed the singers.