Lost Feasts and Principles from the Pre-1955 Roman Missal
The Roman Calendar in 1954: The Last Year of Wholeness.
The Roman Calendar in 1954: The Last Year of Wholeness.
With apologies to the faithful Flannery O’Connor and with no apologies whatsoever to the weirdo Jesuit Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Advent could be summarized as “everything that rises must converge.” Within the rhythm of the Advent season, the 4th Sunday stands as a moment of concentration and convergence. From the beginning, the season forms the…
Editor’s note: the Oath against Bad Movies was taken by Catholics on Sunday within the Octave of the Immaculate Conception as part of the Confraternity known in America as the “Legion of Decency.” This and other similar confraternities arose after the 1920s attempt by Hollywood to impose evil images (euphemism: “p-rnography”) on the public in…
The Church, as she leads us through Advent, does so with a pedagogy at once sober and exultant, marked by a rhythm that quickens as the great mysteries draw near. From the 1st Sunday, when the Lord is announced as still distant yet surely coming, the liturgy – Mass and Office – presses forward with…