Society of Saint Gregory

A very few vigils not only have a specific Liturgy of the Word, but also a set of optional readings and psalms on the same pattern as Easter.

A previous parish priest bought a much cheaper Altar Missal from the USA. Technically he was forbidden to use it, but the only significant difference was in national matters and we still had the battered old Altar Missal to bring out of retirement when needed, though I cannot remember an occasion ...

The Tablet reports, quoting Archbishop George Stack, that, "The translation of the Bible to be used in the new edition of the lectionary for Mass in England and Wales is being amended to use gender-inclusive language where contextually appropriate ... ... a number of adaptations are being made to ...

Nick Baty wrote: ↑Sun Jul 28, 2019 10:03 am I'm presuming that the video ratio was slightly out – otherwise Cardinal Nichols has become shorter and wider!

Or perhaps Southwark cathedral has a taller and narrower aspect than Westminster?

It was good to find the cctv inside the cathedral operating after several years of decline - but the locally vaunted new live diocesan YouTube broadcast failed after about 30 minutes. However, you can view a recording of the entire celebration at https://youtu.be/RWN_MG3nCVk

With yet more relevance to funerals, a version of the Song of Farewell is sung to the Londonderry Air.

At an abbey in NW France, where I have sometimes attended Mass, distribution under both kinds involves intinction, which is not permitted in England & Wales. (Perhpas becuase it smacks of self-administration, which is reserved to the ordained?) On my first visit, not having watched what those in ...

At the recent "Adoremus" congress, on 8 September, Bishop Robert Barron, in one of his keynote addresses picked out the one line in the hymn, “Not in some heaven light years away,” and criticised it on the basis that that heaven is not light years away but is very close to us in the Eucharist. Pe ...

Some months ago, I discovered by chance that - after taking place for a decade or more - weekday services with distribution of Communion had ceased in my parish, even when a neighbouring deacon was available to preside. Regular attendees are of the opinion that this ban had followed the arrival of a ...

Singing at Sunday's (14 Oct.) Canonisation Mass at St Peter's was antiphonal in the extreme - I suspect adopted as a way of working with the vast crowd of people from many nations, rather than from a desire to exhibit a preference. An excellent Order of Service was provided, but no effort was made ...

The criteria for election are listed as "In choosing music, the Liturgy Committee has prioritised repertoire that maximises congregational involvement, drawing on the “Sing the Mass” publication and including works by Irish composers so that our native culture is well represented."

Of course, I'm delighted that those responsible for the current non-Latin texts have decided to use inclusve language for once and admit that non-mascuine persons may be "of goodwill". However, if we are going to examine the minutiae, they'd have had a good excuse in the Gloria, because hominibus is ...

Curious that those responsible for the current English language text for the Mass actually used the inclusive term "people" in that phrase, as opposed to their usual preference for "men".

Steven Markovitz of Allen Organs posts a Tablet Blog on 29 January - "Digital organs are the future - it's time to end the schism".

www.thetablet.co.uk/blogs/1/1128/digita ... the-schism

Yes, of course, the Catechism of the Church is clear about this. "[1669] Sacramentals derive from the baptismal priesthood: every baptized person is called to be a "blessing," and to bless. Hence lay people may preside at certain blessings; the more a blessing concerns ecclesial and sacramental life ...