tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150187272024-03-27T19:54:41.966-04:00New Liturgical MovementRichard Chonakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02327763839418228519noreply@blogger.comBlogger16786120tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15018727.post-89168303153140128702024-03-27T12:00:00.001-04:002024-03-27T12:00:00.246-04:00The Mass of Spy WednesdayAs I noted in articles published yesterday and the day before, the Gospel of Holy Monday was originally John 12, 1-36, and that of Holy Tuesday was originally John 13, 1-32. This meant that the Passion of St Luke, which has always been the Gospel of Spy Wednesday, would originally have been the first retelling of the Passion during the Roman Holy Week, after the Mass of Palm Sunday. (As I have Gregory DiPippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13295638279418781125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15018727.post-27223939071227763962024-03-27T08:08:00.004-04:002024-03-27T10:19:17.098-04:00A New Setting of the Stabat Mater by Peter KwasniewskiJust in time for Holy Week, Peter has posted to his YouTube channel a recording of his setting of the Stabat Mater, which was premiered by the ensemble His Majesty’s Men on Saturday, August 12, 2023 at St John Cantius Church, Chicago. Although the Stabat Mater hymn is not officially a part of the liturgy of Holy Week, it has long been customary to sing it as an offertory or communion motet; at StGregory DiPippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13295638279418781125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15018727.post-37563352572394929612024-03-26T14:00:00.094-04:002024-03-26T19:10:42.344-04:00The Mass of Holy TuesdayIn the oldest lectionary of the Roman Rite, ca. 650 AD [1], the Gospel of Holy Tuesday is not the Passion of St Mark, as it is today, but John 13, 1-32: Christ’s washing of the disciples’ feet (1-11), His words to them immediately afterwards (12-20), the revelation of Judas as the betrayer (21-30), and Christ’s declaration that “Now the Son of man is glorified, etc.” The Divine Office preserves aGregory DiPippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13295638279418781125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15018727.post-84585314101862825152024-03-26T08:00:00.052-04:002024-03-26T16:05:50.599-04:00Workshops in June for Composers, Conductors and Choristers, with Sir James MacMillanThis June, the Catholic Sacred Music Project, run by Peter Carter, offers three separate residential workshops on the beautiful campus of Princeton University in New Jersey. They will be led by a stellar team of composers, conductors and composers: Sir James MacMillan, Gabriel Crouch, Paul Jernberg, Dr James Jordan and Dr Timothy McDonnell. In the week of June 9-15, the CSMP Composition InstituteDavid Claytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07041908477492455609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15018727.post-8738886529099143642024-03-25T12:40:00.012-04:002024-03-26T19:08:04.993-04:00The Mass of Holy MondayAt the Mass of Holy Monday, three of the four chant propers, the introit, gradual and communion, are taken from the same Psalm, the thirty-fourth. (The tract, Domine, non secundum, is not proper to this Mass, since it is sung on most of the Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays of Lent, and for the last time on this day.) Like most of the texts from the Psalms which speak in the person of a man Gregory DiPippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13295638279418781125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15018727.post-5139587952120178252024-03-25T08:00:00.009-04:002024-03-25T12:32:33.643-04:00New Printing of “The Liturgical Rosary”I wish that I could wish my readers a blessed feast of the Annunciation, but this year, as happens often enough, the feast is catapulted to the Monday after the Easter Octave, so, April 8. Nevertheless, our Byzantine brethren continue to observe it, and a Marian post does not seem unfitting.Back in October 2023, I announced at NLM the publication of Arouca Press’ unique devotional book The Peter Kwasniewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02068005370670549612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15018727.post-13446622863907424862024-03-24T18:16:00.011-04:002024-03-25T06:37:48.150-04:00Passiontide 2024 Photopost (Part 2)As always, we are very grateful to all everyone who has shared their photographs of their churches veiled for Passtiontide, and two very nice sets of rose-colored Laetare vestments. We are looking forward to see pictures of your Palm Sunday liturgies. Please send them in to photopost@newliturgicalmovement.org, and remember to include the name and location of the church, and any other information Gregory DiPippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13295638279418781125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15018727.post-32757370081356241732024-03-24T08:19:00.000-04:002024-03-24T08:19:05.676-04:00Palm Sunday 2024A blessed Palm Sunday to all our readers - don’t forget to send your photos to photopost@newliturgicalmovement.org!When the people had heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, they took palm branches, and went forth to meet Him; and the children cried out, saying: This is He that is come for the salvation of the people. He is our salvation, and the redemption of Israel. How great is He whom the Gregory DiPippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13295638279418781125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15018727.post-42748432007370575352024-03-23T14:34:00.000-04:002024-03-23T14:34:05.511-04:00Palm Sunday 2024 Photopost RequestHoly Week is upon us, so please send photos of your Palm Sunday services, whether in the OF or EF, Ordinariate or any Eastern Rite, etc., to photopost@newliturgicalmovement.org; don’t forget to include the name and location of the church, and any other information you think important. I would also ask people as much as possible to send the pictures as zipped files, which are a lot easier to Gregory DiPippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13295638279418781125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15018727.post-61147000638589315312024-03-23T09:10:00.001-04:002024-03-23T18:40:24.859-04:00Passiontide 2024 Photopost (Part 1)Here is our first photopost of your churches with the crosses and statues veiled for Passiontide. There will definitely be at one more in this series before we move on to Holy Week, and there is always room for more, so feel free to send yours in to photopost@newliturgicalmovement.org, and remember to include the name and location of the church, and anything other information you think important.Gregory DiPippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13295638279418781125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15018727.post-41765089344987945232024-03-22T07:45:00.000-04:002024-03-22T07:45:00.135-04:00The Mass of Passion FridayAs I noted earlier this week, the fifth Sunday of Lent marks an important shift in emphasis in the Roman liturgy. The first part of the season is largely concerned with penance, and lessons for the catechumens as they prepare to be baptized at the Easter vigil. The liturgy of the fifth week focuses much more on the Lord’s Passion, which is why by the end of the ninth century, the term “Fifth Gregory DiPippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13295638279418781125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15018727.post-27016526195031057572024-03-21T15:15:00.005-04:002024-03-21T15:18:43.931-04:00If You Gild It, They Will Come — A Restoration Project of the Canons Regular of St John CantiusFr Joshua Caswell is the superior general of the Chicago-based Canons Regular of St John Cantius, who are, I am sure, well known to our readers for their work in the promotion of beauty in the liturgy. We are very grateful to him for his kind permission to reprint this article about this outstanding restoration project at the church of St Peter in Volo, Illinois, about 50 miles northwest of theirGregory DiPippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13295638279418781125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15018727.post-36849491713513816292024-03-21T08:15:00.002-04:002024-03-21T09:08:25.070-04:00A Sequence for the Feast of St BenedictFor the feast of St Benedict, here is the Sequence which is sung at his Mass by those Benedictines who use Missale Romano-Monasticum. It is first documented in a missal printed for the use of the Monte Cassino Benedictine congregation in 1506, and was later adopted by some other congregations, including the Cluniacs. The opening words were originally “Laeta quies – the happy rest”, since March 21Gregory DiPippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13295638279418781125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15018727.post-37422743838520748322024-03-20T14:00:00.000-04:002024-03-20T14:00:00.134-04:00Another Chant for the Byzantine Liturgy of the Presanctified
Now the powers of heaven invisibly worship with us, for behold, the King of Glory entereth! Behold, the mystical sacrifice, being perfected, is carried forth in triumph. With faith and love, let us come forth, that we may become partakers of eternal life, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia! (Recording made last year at the Greek-Catholic cathedral of St George in Lviv, Ukraine.)
Нынѣ Силы Небесныѧ съGregory DiPippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13295638279418781125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15018727.post-14471042147748754572024-03-20T08:00:00.000-04:002024-03-20T08:00:00.153-04:00Superb Recordings of the Hymns of PassiontideIn October of last year, the choir of Westminster Cathedral released an album titled Vexilla Regis: A sequence of music from Palm Sunday to Holy Saturday. Among the 21 tracks are these two genuinely outstanding recordings of the hymns for Passiontide Vexilla Regis and Pange lingua; the whole album has also recently been made available on a YouTube playlist. Both of these were were written byGregory DiPippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13295638279418781125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15018727.post-69324371863432865082024-03-19T14:00:00.004-04:002024-03-19T14:13:34.107-04:00A Contrafact of the Salve Regina for St Joseph In the study of Gregorian chant, the term “contrafact” is used to mean the replacement of one text by another, while keeping the same or similar music. For example, in St Thomas’ Office for Corpus Christi, most of the musical parts are contrafacts of pieces from earlier Offices. Here we see the beginning of the Magnificat antiphon of First Vespers, “O quam suavis”, and in the margin, the note “Gregory DiPippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13295638279418781125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15018727.post-76386189051996597232024-03-19T08:00:00.049-04:002024-03-19T08:00:00.133-04:00Catholic Education Foundation Seminar 2024: The Role of the Priest in Today’s Catholic School
July 16-18, at the Athenaeum of Ohio (the seminary of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati).Fr Peter Stravinskas of the Catholic Education Foundation is once again offering this excellent three-day seminar, intended primarily for bishops, priests and seminarians, entitled The Role of the Priest in Today’s Catholic School.For further information: call 732-903-5213 or email fstravinskas@hotmail.com.The David Claytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07041908477492455609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15018727.post-21308821065340687002024-03-18T08:00:00.111-04:002024-03-18T10:56:24.474-04:00The Cutting Edge: Priest Posts 1966 Video as Response to “Mass of the Ages”Episode 3 of The Mass of the Ages, “Guardians of Tradition,” was premiered at the Pickwick Theater in Chicago on March 9, to immense acclaim. (You can read my initial thoughts about it here.) It is one of the finest films yet produced about the traditionalist movement, showing the diverse international appeal of the traditional rites across races, classes, cultures, countries. The film, Peter Kwasniewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02068005370670549612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15018727.post-80802078225943564082024-03-17T08:00:00.013-04:002024-03-18T11:33:44.631-04:00Passiontide in Other Western RitesTwo years ago, I wrote an article about the Saturday of the Fourth Week of Lent, the last day before Passiontide begins, in which I noted that the custom of joining the last two weeks of Lent as a liturgical period distinct from the rest of the season is unique to the Roman Rite, and that “the specific … character of this period is older than its formal nomenclature.” Even though Passion Sunday Gregory DiPippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13295638279418781125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15018727.post-45732134231246939162024-03-16T16:45:00.001-04:002024-03-16T16:45:30.873-04:00Photopost Request: Passiontide Veils 2024Our next photopost series will be of your churches with the Crosses, statues and paintings veiled for Passiontide. Please send your pictures to photopost@newliturgicalmovement.org for inclusion; remember to give us the name and location of the church, and always feel free to add any other information you think important. It’s not a bad idea to include a shot or two of the church before the veils Gregory DiPippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13295638279418781125noreply@blogger.com0