tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150187272026-10-11T07:00:00.173-04:00New Liturgical MovementRichard Chonakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02327763839418228519noreply@blogger.comBlogger18092120tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15018727.post-8950672541100978482026-10-11T07:00:00.000-04:002026-10-11T07:00:00.169-04:00The Feast of the Holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council
In the Byzantine tradition, today is the commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council, the second held in the city of Nicaea, at which the Iconoclast heresy was condemned, and the sacred images restored to their rightful places for the veneration of the Christian faithful. The definitive decree on the veneration of images was promulgated at the seventh session of Second Gregory DiPippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13295638279418781125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15018727.post-70384778729054172842026-10-10T08:00:00.000-04:002026-10-10T09:56:30.466-04:00Dr. Kwasniewski’s Lectures in Netherlands, Belgium, and England, Oct. 24-31I will be giving the following four lectures in Europe between Oct. 24 and Oct. 31, and hope to meet NLM readers at the events. Please come up and introduce yourself!“The Thomistic Virtue of Religion: From Sacred Order to Mystical Union”Saturday, October 24, 2026Nijmegen, NetherlandsFilosofie & Geloof (Philosophy & Faith) Study Day, 9:30am to 7pmSymposium on Ethics and the Human Peter Kwasniewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02068005370670549612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15018727.post-58935668887009371102026-10-09T15:45:10.303-04:002026-10-09T15:46:05.740-04:00St John Henry Newman’s Church in OxfordTo celebrate the feast day of St John Henry Newman, here are some pictures I took of the famous university church of Oxford, St Mary’s, while I was there in August of 2019. St John Henry was appointed vicar of this church in 1828, and became very popular as a preacher; it was also here that John Keeble, on July 14, 1833, preached the famous sermon titled “National Apostasy”, an event which NewmanGregory DiPippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13295638279418781125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15018727.post-69294316193735254422026-10-09T08:00:00.000-04:002026-10-09T08:00:00.170-04:00The Priest’s Final Prayers before Holy Communion, Part 3Lost in Translation #171
After finishing the Perceptio Corporis tui, the priest prays:
Panem caelestem accipiam, et nomen Domini invocabo.
Which I translate as:
I will take the heavenly Bread, and I will call upon the name of the Lord.
This declaration is an adaptation of Psalm 115, 13 (see below), with “heavenly Bread” replacing “the Chalice of salvation.” And “heavenly bread” (panis Michael P. Foleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02649905848645336033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15018727.post-73212184846441781442026-10-08T16:30:00.000-04:002026-10-08T17:07:56.211-04:00“The Myth of Post-Conciliar Decentralization” - A New Video from Unam Sanctam CatholicamOur friend Phillip Campbell, author of the blog Unam Sanctam Catholicam, has just put up a new video on his YouTube channel, titled “The Myth of Post-Conciliar Decentralization,” which is very much worth your time. His point is that the common telling that the Church was decentralized by the reforms enacted after the most recent ecumenical council is just that, a myth - not in the sense made Gregory DiPippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13295638279418781125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15018727.post-67761495431286545152026-10-08T08:00:00.000-04:002026-10-08T08:00:00.192-04:00The Festival of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, October 13-15th, Eastbourne, EnglandDavid Clayton and Andrew Goldstein will speak on the theme: Beauty, Truth and GoodnessI look forward to attending and speaking at the annual festival of the Anglican Ordinariate of England, Wales, and Scotland. The three-day program is shown here.I will give three presentations on art in the liturgy, with particular reference to what forms might be appropriate for this Use of the Roman Rite; how David Claytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07041908477492455609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15018727.post-60427785628146642592026-10-07T16:00:04.117-04:002026-10-07T16:03:09.257-04:00Pope Pius XI on the Holy RosaryFor many years, it has been our custom to mark today’s feast with an excerpt from one of Pope Leo XIII’s eleven encyclicals on the Holy Rosary, but this year, I happened to come across the only one on the same subject by Pope Pius XI (1922-39). Ingravescentibus malis was issued on the feast of St Michael the Archangel in 1937, and would be Pius’ very last encyclical, even though he lived for Gregory DiPippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13295638279418781125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15018727.post-90454064579163426542026-10-07T08:00:00.000-04:002026-10-07T08:00:00.111-04:00A Cardinal’s Liturgical Ordo from 1681Of the three books I examined in Milwaukee, in many ways this was the most fascinating: a liturgical ordo for the year 1681 (MDCLXXXI), owned by a cardinal, as the beautifully gold-stamped white leather cover indicates, and as a hand-written message on the inside cover confirms: the book belonged to “Cardinal Altieri (Paluzzo Degli Albertoni), cardinal in 1664, bishop of Porto... died 29 June Peter Kwasniewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02068005370670549612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15018727.post-74322149473847087042026-10-06T15:30:00.000-04:002026-10-06T15:30:00.116-04:00The Charterhouse of Pavia
For the feast of Saint Bruno, the founder of the Carthusian Order, here are some pictures from Nicola of one of the most beautiful of the order’s monasteries, that of Pavia in Lombardy, about 8 kilometers north of the city. It was founded by the Duke of Milan, Gian Galeazzo Visconi, in 1396, partly to fulfill a vow made by his wife for a safe childbirth, partly as an expression of the Gregory DiPippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13295638279418781125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15018727.post-103560585831470192026-10-06T07:30:00.000-04:002026-10-06T07:30:00.195-04:00On Gothic Art, Part 1The art of pilgrimageIn this and another post next week, I want to look at the Gothic style of Christian art: where it came from, what makes it theologically and artistically distinctive, and how to recognize it in practice through a series of examples. Part 2, next week, turns to the later Gothic masters, the point at which the style begins its transition toward the Renaissance, and the David Claytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07041908477492455609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15018727.post-75843958359302817212026-10-05T11:18:05.460-04:002026-10-06T07:29:55.473-04:00Why Translation MattersIn the post-Conciliar Rite, yesterday was the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, and in the current year of the three-year cycle of Sunday readings (A), the Gospel was Matthew 21, 33-43, the parable of the vineyard owner. In the Roman Rite, a slightly longer version of this Gospel, going to verse 46, is read on the 2nd Friday of Lent. This is retained in the same place in the post-Conciliar Rite, but Gregory DiPippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13295638279418781125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15018727.post-28972010095280463152026-10-04T14:00:00.000-04:002026-10-04T15:31:41.074-04:00A Proper Hymn of St Francis of AssisiThis year the Church marks the 8th centenary of the death of St Francis of Assisi, which took place later on the evening of October 3rd, 1226. Following the ancient (and indeed pre-Christian) principle that feasts begin on the preceding evening, his feast is assigned to today, October 4th. Here is a very nice recording of the hymn for 2nd Vespers of the proper Office composed for him shortly Gregory DiPippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13295638279418781125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15018727.post-88769294273172411982026-10-03T08:00:00.000-04:002026-10-03T08:00:00.115-04:00The Book of Hours of Marguerite of Orléans (Part 2)This is the second set of images from one of the finest Books of Hours in the vast collection of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Département des Manuscrits, Latin 1156B), made around 1430 for a noblewoman named Marguerite of Orleans (1406-66). The first set was published on Thursday, and contained an example of the calendar pages, the images accompanying the Little Office of the Gregory DiPippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13295638279418781125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15018727.post-66193491323299105652026-10-02T15:00:00.000-04:002026-10-02T15:00:00.110-04:00The Vespers Hymn for the Feast of the Guardian Angels
A very nice alternation of chant and polyphony, by the Ensemble Venance Fortunat. The English translation is that of Alan Gordon McDougall (1896-1965).
1. Custodes hominum psallimus angelos,
Naturae fragili quos Pater addidit
Coelestis comites, insidiantibus
Ne succumberet hostibus.
Angel-guardians of men, spirits and powers we sing,
Whom our Father hath sent, aids to our weakly frame,
Gregory DiPippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13295638279418781125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15018727.post-3339136330173117072026-10-02T07:00:00.000-04:002026-10-02T07:00:00.112-04:00The Priest’s Second Prayer for Holy Communion
Lost in Translation #170
After praying the Domine Jesu Christe, the priest prays:
Perceptio Corporis tui, Domine Jesu Christe, quod ego indignus sumere praesumo, non mihi proveniat in judicium et condemnationem: sed pro tua pietate prosit mihi ad tutamentum mentis et corporis, et ad medelam percipiendam: Qui vivis et regnas cum Deo Patre in unitate Spiritus Sancti Deus, per omnia saecula Michael P. Foleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02649905848645336033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15018727.post-90162357944247874172026-10-01T16:00:06.810-04:002026-10-01T16:14:42.111-04:00The Book of Hours of Marguerite of Orléans (Part 1)A good way to start the Marian month of October is by enjoying this particularly glorious Book of Hours, since the principal text in any such book is always the Little Office of the Virgin Mary. This particular example was made around 1430 for Marguerite, a daughter of Louis I, duke of Orleans, born in 1406, who was countess of Vertus and Etampes from 1420 until her death in 1466. The repertoire Gregory DiPippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13295638279418781125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15018727.post-77664704512067134652026-10-01T08:00:00.000-04:002026-10-01T08:00:00.270-04:00“The Mystery of the Orthodox Liturgy”: A New Video about the Byzantine RiteIn February, we shared news of the publication of a handbook for the Byzantine Rite, entitled “The Divine Services of the Orthodox Church with Commentary”, from St Symeon of Thessalonica Press, a catechetical resource designed to guide both clergy and laity more deeply into the Orthodox liturgical cycle. St Symeon Press has recently released another very useful catechetical resource, a video Gregory DiPippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13295638279418781125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15018727.post-3117221725813430292026-09-30T16:15:00.000-04:002026-09-30T16:15:00.196-04:00St Jerome’s Lion
There are very few episodes of what we might call a legendary character attached to the figure of St Jerome, at least in part because we have so much authentic information about his life from his own incredibly prolific pen. The Golden Legend gives only one such story in its account of him, which explains why a lion became his most distinctive attribute in art.
“One evening, when Jerome was Gregory DiPippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13295638279418781125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15018727.post-82379454470790182272026-09-30T08:00:00.000-04:002026-09-30T08:00:00.193-04:00Photos of a Missale Romanum Printed in Antwerp, 1616As mentioned last week, my visit to Milwaukee gave me the opportunity to view several rare books in a friend's collection. Today I will share some photos of a Missale Romanum printed in Antwerp in 1616; brief commentary will be offered in the captions. Although not in order, let's begin with the Canon page:The viewer will see wormholes present throughout.The title pageFirst Sunday of AdventThe Peter Kwasniewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02068005370670549612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15018727.post-71902344653691940412026-09-29T14:00:00.000-04:002026-09-29T14:00:00.115-04:00St Michael in the Apocrypha
The Archangel Michael is mentioned three times in the book of Daniel, once in the Apocalypse, and once in the Epistle of St Jude, and these are all of his Biblical appearances. Both New Testament authors introduce him quite abruptly, taking it for granted that their readers already know who he is. “And there was a great battle in heaven, Michael and his angels fought with the dragon…” (Apoc. 12,Gregory DiPippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13295638279418781125noreply@blogger.com0