Porta Caeli: September 2015

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The New Liturgical Movement

Care-Cloths: The Mystagogical Value of Traditional Wedding Customs, Part II - Last week, we looked at the use of coins in traditional Catholic weddings. Now, we look at an ancient veiling ceremony and some of its later usages.Contrib...
1 hour ago
Tea at Trianon

A Brief History of the Business of Public Execution - Being an executioner was hereditary in many places. From *Messy Nessy Chic*: In Paris, when his father died in 1644, Louis Desmorest inherited his fami...
7 hours ago
David Lindsay

Healthy Action - *Spiked* is always either spectacularly wrong or spectacularly right, and Ella Whelan was both the only *Question Time* panellist to oppose Caroline Dinena...
14 hours ago
RORATE CÆLI

Ladaria Will Not Attend Synod- Was He the 'Katechon' Holding Back the Rupnik Rehabilitation? - Today, it was announced that Cardinal Luis Ladaria Ferrer, former prefect of the Dicastery of the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), will not be taking part in ...
20 hours ago
What Does The Prayer Really Say?

Card. Müller advises Bp. Strickland of Tyler NOT to resign. - At kath.net, the German site, there is a story that Card. Müller, former Prefect of the CDF and once Bishop of Regensburg, advises Bp. Strickland of Tyler ...
22 hours ago
De Omnibus Dubitandum Est.

The Pope’s Reign and Ruin - A superbly written article from Brendan Michael Dougherty at National Review which shows real understanding of the subject matter as well as a flair for ...
1 day ago
Edward Feser

The Death Penalty and Genesis 9:6: A Reply to Mastnjak (Guest article by Timothy Finlay) - *Genesis 9:6 famously states: “Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for God made man in his own image” (RSV). This has traditi...
1 day ago
Once I Was A Clever Boy

Accidents of history - *Medievalists.net* has an interesting little article about a number of international boundary curiosities that originate in the medieval era. It can be se...
3 days ago
Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation

William Byrd's Three Masses on the BBC's "Listening Service" - We are celebrating the 400th anniversary of William Byrd's death on July 4, 1623 throughout this year. Of course, it's being celebrated mostly in England...
5 days ago
Offerimus Tibi Domine

24th Sunday of the year - Feast Day of Padre Pio on Saturday *Twenty Fourth Sunday Year A. 10th September* *Mass at 8.30am & 10am. * *Refreshments served after both Masses * *...
5 days ago
British Catholic Blogs

- Saints' Calendar: Twenty-Fourth Week of Ordinary Time 17.9.23 St. Hildegard von Bingen *and* St. Robert Bellarmine 18.9.23 Bl. Józef Kut 19.9.23 St. Janua...
5 days ago
The Muniment Room

Pre-1910 Calendar for Week Beginning 17 September - *Announcement of the Ember Day fasts, the Feast of Devotion and the Indulgence* + 17 *SUNDAY* Sixteenth after Pentecost PLENARY INDULGENCE The Seven ...
6 days ago
Eccles is saved

Fr Spadaro takes up education - Over now to St Bergoglio's Jesuit College, where the head teacher is just introducing a VERY IMPORTANT PERSON to the primary class. HT: Now class, I want ...
6 days ago
Catholic Commentary

Rimini: Meeting 2023 - This August sees the 44th edition of the Meeting for Friendship among Peoples, held in the Adriatic resort of Rimini. Though not strictly speaking an ac...
4 weeks ago
whitesmokeahoy

Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ - The following sermon relates to the Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Matthew Ch.17 v. 1-9), which this year was celebrated on the 6th August....
5 weeks ago
The Thirsty Gargoyle

Hannibal, Cyrus, and lessons in followship - Back in 2003 Toni Morrison met Peter Olson, the then CEO of Random House, at that year’s Book Expo America, and mentioned having watched a documentary on t...
1 month ago
MusicaSacra

Fall Sacred Music Workshop 2023: October 12-14 - Join the Church Music Association of America for an enriching and transformative experience at the Fall Sacred Music Workshop for Chant and Polyphony. Taki...
2 months ago
Smaller Manhattans

Lateen Turkey - Inspired by pix of lateen-rigged fishing craft that my wife linked me to, and other such working boats in the Mediterranean, and the Indian Ocean; and ra...
3 months ago
Laodicea

Equality by C.S. Lewis - I am a democrat because I believe in the Fall of Man. I think most people are democrats for the opposite reason. A great deal of democratic enthusiasm desc...
4 months ago
LAST WELSH MARTYR

CORONATION PRAYER - In celebration of the Coronation of King Charles III, copies of these leaflets were recently distributed in our churches. As well as a message from Card...
4 months ago
AN OUTSIDE VIEW

Ultimate net zero lunacy? - The ultimate net zero lunacy is probably de-carbonising and trying to electrify the entire railway system. In the first place, the railways in total are n...
5 months ago
Roman Christendom

- Good Friday *Quid ultra debui facere tibi, et non feci? Ego quidem plantavi te vineam meam speciosissimam: et tu facta es mihi nimis amara: aceto namq...
5 months ago
Maria Stops Abortion

Entertaining Angels Unaware: 40 Days of Celebrating Mums Choosing Life Day 40! - Danni came to Good Counsel some years ago. She found us through heading past Buckhurst Hill abortion centre on her way to book an abortion somewhere else...
5 months ago
The hermeneutic of continuity

Saint Gabriel - The angels call for our veneration and awe as part of God’s creation. Part of the destructive modernism of the 1970s included advice to Catholic school t...
5 months ago
That The Bones You Have Crushed May Thrill

The Pope Who Won't Be Buried - It has been a long time since I have put finger to keyboard to write about our holy Catholic Faith, something I regret, but which I put largely down to ...
8 months ago
Countercultural Father

A War on Reality (4) - I concluded my previous post in this series by writing* that is why I have called this series of posts A War on Reality, for it is the Devil's war. And I...
8 months ago
The Guild of Blessed Titus Brandsma

Pre-1910 Calendar for 2023 - I have published before a series of blogposts illustrating what the week in church would have looked like to the Catholic in the pew if the liturgical ch...
8 months ago
Cum Lazaro

What's happening on the blog? - It has struck me that, unless I update the blog now, anyone coming to it out of the ether will encounter a post some two years old and think that I ...
9 months ago
Fr Peter's blog

Stoke in Barcelona - Graffitti seen in Pasaje Montserrat De Andrés, near Plaça d'Espanya, Barcelona 19 February 2016.
1 year ago
Sisters of the Gospel of Life

Pro-Life Mass - We are delighted to let you know our Monthly Pro-Life Mass will go ahead this month on the usual 3rd Wednesday of the month and we will also continue to ha...
2 years ago
auntie joanna writes

AND FOR MORE ON THE CATHOLIC YOUNG WRITER AWARD... - ....read here. It's a project initiated by The Keys, the Catholic Writers' Guild of England and Wales, under the Guild's then Master, Antony Tyler CB...
2 years ago
defénde nos in proélio

My favourite bigot - A quick post to warm-up the blogging fingers: it's time to start writing again. While all has been quiet on this blog there have been some excellent ne...
2 years ago
tigerish waters

Last Post - *Sorry for my long absence, I am writing to say that this will be my last post. Google have forced my hand. They have been asking for my date of birth...
2 years ago
Salve Regina

- Wow, I've gained access to my blog again! Maybe something good will be posted here soon!
2 years ago
Mulier Fortis

Progress... - Photos of the clips below... (in case you're squeamish!) I really want to thank all of you for your prayers. The surgery on my first knee took place as ...
2 years ago
Protect the Pope

Learn SEO: A Simple (But Complete) Guide for 2020 -
3 years ago
The Chant Café

Praying with chant - Beautifully and practically, Stephanie Mann writes on praying with Gregorian chant. The post Praying with chant appeared first on Chant Café.
3 years ago
Bridges and Tangents

Visit the new “Pause for Faith” YouTube channel - If you have enjoyed Bridges and Tangents over the last few years, please visit the new Pause for Faith YouTube channel, for live streaming with Fr Stephen ...
3 years ago
Fr Ray Blake's Blog

The Lord’s descent into the underworld - At Matins/the Office of Readings on Holy Saturday the Church gives us this 'ancient homily', I find it incredibly moving, it is about Holy Saturday, about ...
3 years ago
John Smeaton, SPUC director

Northern Ireland bishops must not back unethical compromise making church complicit in radical abortion regime - *The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has called on the bishops of Northern Ireland not to back an unethical compromise which makes t...
3 years ago
St. Conleth's Catholic Heritage Association

Railway Stuff - The Bantry Line To Baltimore and Schull To Clonakilty and Courtmacksharry To Kinsale Mallow to Fermoy Michelstown to Fermoy Cork to Youghal and Cobh Cork ...
3 years ago
Standing on My Head

My Blog and Planned Parenthood - As readers of this blog will know, my main blog and website is now here. I have kept this blog open because it provides a platform to speak to a wider audi...
3 years ago
An Honour and a Responsibility

Death of Supertradmum - Dear Supertradmum, author of the blog Etheldreda's Place, died yesterday. The news was tweeted by Fr Finigan. Please pray for her soul, and for the comfort...
3 years ago
The White Lily Blog

Ida Chooses Love - The film Ida, directed and co-written by Pawel Pawlikowski, was released in 2014 to huge critical acclaim. Shot in black and white under an austere Polish ...
4 years ago
These Stone Walls

Patron Saints for Struggling Souls - If you doubt the work of God in your life, seek a Patron Saint whose life’s struggles resonate with your own. Look for perseverance over piety, and then st...
4 years ago
Caritas in Veritate

The Chaste Fatherhood of the Priest - I happened to be in small talk with a parishioner after Mass on Sunday. The question of hearing confessions in a school that was not only in another paris...
5 years ago
bara brith

International declaration on sacred music - Here at The New Liturgical Movement The list of over 200 signatories, of which I am one, Here Still singing. Today Asperges Mass XVII, Credo I Marian ant...
6 years ago
Enlarging the Heart

Cyril of Alexandria: Christ was carried into the temple… - Christ was carried into the temple, being yet a little child at the breast. And the blessed Symeon being endowed with the grace of prophecy, takes Him in h...
6 years ago
Catholic and Loving it!

Ad Orientem... Please? - Last night we went to Mass in the Extraordinary Form at St Charles in Hull. I am very grateful to Bishop Drainey for allowing this once monthly Mass to con...
7 years ago
The Society of Such Pious Gents

Reconciliation rumours - I haven't posted for almost a year, but there has been some speculation that the Society of Such Pious Gents will reconcile with Rome. I therefore thought ...
7 years ago
+ Stella Maris +

A Generous and Comprehensive acceptance of the Pope's Response to the Synods on the Family - The blog Rorate Caeli, famous for its, sometimes very strict, conservatism, has posted a very positive and well-written review of the Pope's response to th...
7 years ago
The Sensible Bond

Three thoughts - First thought: whatever this Friday brings, don't lose your peace of soul. Personally, I suspect we can expect the worst. But so what if that happens? The ...
7 years ago
St Mary Magdalen Choir Brighton » Learning to sing the Introit for 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Factus est Dominus

Music List for 3rd Sunday in Lent - INTROIT : Oculi Mei (P.252 Gregorian Missal) MASS XVII GRADUAL : Exsurge Domine (P. 254 Gregorian Missal) – Female voices Tract – I have lifted up my eye...
7 years ago
Musings of a Scottish Catholic Teuchtar

A Story From The Mother Church Of Antioch -
7 years ago
Etheldredasplace

Archives and Forum - At this point, I have not set up an archives link, as this blog will remain "up". The link to the forum will be on the new blog under "forum" at the top me...
8 years ago
Religion Law Blog

Goodbye and God Bless - I began this Blog back in 2008 when Religious Discrimination laws were just being introduced in Britain and I have enjoyed using it to explore the developm...
8 years ago
The Catholic Whistle

Agen Bola Terpercaya : Pedro's Clause Price has Decreased - Striker Barcelona, yakni Pedro Rodriguez tampaknya tak akan membela 'The Catalans' lagi musim depan. Agen Bola Terpercaya Mania303.net mendapatkan informa...
8 years ago
Catholic Book Reviews

That Letter - Update - We now have hundreds of signatures on the letter in support of our priests, thanks to the many bloggers who carried the letter (see here for a list), and m...
8 years ago
Dolphinarium

In support of our priests, our families and our Church - You may have seen the recent letter from more than 450 priests in support of the Church’s teaching on marriage. We would like to invite you to sign the let...
8 years ago
Godzdogz

What I did in the summer… Hospital Chaplaincy - The bread and butter issues in life are what really matter, not so much the added extras. At least, that is what I took from my student placement this su...
8 years ago
LINEN ON THE HEDGEROW

REQUIEM MASS FOR RICHARD COLLINS - A Requiem Mass for Richard Collins will be held on Tuesday 21st October at 12 noon at St David's and St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Dew Street, 9 ...
8 years ago
+ In Hoc Signo Vinces +

El Camino con Padre Joe y Señor McSorley - My dear friend Fr Joseph Lappin and a colleague of his, Mr McSorley a teacher at St Thomas Aquinas High School in Jordanhill, are walking the 500 miles of ...
9 years ago
Spirit of Teuchtar II

catholicteuchtar2 -
9 years ago
Forest Murmurs

Moving on - Blog continues here!
9 years ago
Thoughts from a Catholic Oasis

At last William Oddie has given expression to what many of us feel now about Benedict XVI - See his post at the Catholic Herald site, if you have not yet had the courage to say it.. Thank you Dr Oddie for your honesty. At least I now feel I am not...
10 years ago
Jubal's Review

Weekend Roundup - Sunday, 31st of March. 2013. At the Birmingham Oratory (EF 1100) the* Mass in E* of Leonce de Saint-Martin. At Brentwood Cathedral (OF 1100) Vierne's *Mess...
10 years ago
Fr Paul Johnson

Perfect for Corpus Christi -
12 years ago
Lacrimarum Valle

Congratulations - ...to the Royal couple HRH Prince William Windsor, and Kate Middleton: Duke & Duchess of Cambridge. And here's hoping that the Lady will be dressed as s...
12 years ago
Reclaiming Vatican II

Back, by dope demand - You didn’t think I’d gone, did you?
13 years ago
Priests on the Rails

Happy Easter - SURREXIT DOMINUS VERE! ALLELUIA! We wish you all a happy and blessed Easter. May God be with you.
13 years ago
The Expectation of Our Lady

Dom Prosper Gueranger on Our Lady's Expectation: - This feast, which is now kept not only throughout the whole of Spain but in many other parts of the Catholic world, owes its origin to the bishops of the t...
13 years ago
The Path Less Taken

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Pellegrinaggio | crossing the Ponte Sisto

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Gregorian Chant Network

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THE NORTH WALES CATHOLIC

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A Reluctant Sinner

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Monstrous Regiment of Women

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our lady of the rosary church choir

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