Annibale Bugnini The main author of the Novus Ordo by Michael Davies “We must strip from our Catholic prayers and from the Catholic liturgy everything which can be the shadow of a stumbling block for our separated brethren that is for the Prostestants.” - Archbishop Annibale Bugnini, main author of the New Mass, L'Osservatore Romano, March 19,...
Ecce Panis Angelorum, Behold the Bread of Angels, Factus cibus viatorum, Made the Food of wayfarers, Vere panis filiorum, Truly the bread of children, Non mittendus canibus. Not to be given to the dogs. In figuris praesignatur, Presignified by figure, Cum Isaac immolatur, When Isaac was [to be] immolated, Agnus Paschae deputatur, The Paschal Lamb was assigned, Datur manna patribus. Manna was given to the Fathers. Editor writes... Happy Feast everyone! ...
Editor writes... Among the suggestions for ideas on how to best utilise the blog as we approach its closure in July, nobody suggested this one - an open forum for bloggers to post their thoughts on ... whatever! Still, that doesn't mean we can't have said open forum, so voila! If this one proves popular,...
Le Forum Catholique reports: Notre-Dame de Chrétienté, the association that organizes a large pilgrimage to Chartres every year at Pentecost, has recorded a participation rate in 2023 that has never been equaled in the past. No less than 16,000 pilgrims are preparing to travel from Paris to Chartres on May 27, 28 and 29. Neither the motu proprio Traditionis...
Blogger, RCA Victor (USA) writes... "...I’d like to discuss how traditional Catholics (i.e. Catholics) can speak convincingly (not to mention charitably and patiently) to “mainstream” Catholics about why the Novus Ordo is a poverty-stricken, basically anti-Catholic liturgy that should be shunned. I know we just had a topic on the “Stated Purpose of the New...
Editor writes... First things first; as I promised in the May newsletter, Holy Mass will be offered for all our supporters and benefactors, as we close our apostolate. I invited Father Linus Clovis (left), to offer this Mass. In fact, he has promised to offer two novenas of Masses. The first from 1st June 2023 to...
Martin Blackshaw writes... Given the ruthless ferocity with which certain diocesan bishops are implementing Traditionis Custodes, Pope Francis’s war on the Traditional Latin Mass, I thought it opportune to write a little piece reminding Catholics of the illicit nature of the New Mass of Paul VI, both in its origin and its departure from the...
Editor writes... News started to come through to me earlier this evening that Archbishop Nolan has further reduced the TLMs in Glasgow, by suppressing the Mass in the Immaculate Heart of Mary parish in Balornock. I asked around to see if it really was "news" or simply rumours. Sources, Sources, Sources, was the theme of...
From Tradidi Quod et Accepti... The priests of the Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP) of St. Joan of Arc in Post Falls, Idaho, announced in their parish bulletin today that Fr. Josef Bisig, the rector of the Fraternity’s seminary in Nebraska, will be arriving in our town to give a talk on Saturday, April 29....
From One Mad Mom... While she just came on my radar, I have a lot of issues with Alessandra’s ideas, but this one is solidly hypocritical and pretty much gossip, detraction, and slander rolled into one. I’m sure in her mind she’s just fighting for the little guys, but the problem is, the little guys...
