It’s here. And it’s beautiful. (2)

Some quick observations:

It’s basically an expanded version of the Blessed Be God prayer book, which, presumably, was a shortened form of this book. It includes the Ordinary of the Latin Mass, Sunday Prime and Compline for morning and evening prayer, Sunday Vespers, the complete Mass propers for all Sundays and major feasts of the year, the Requiem Mass, tons of devotions. In short, it’s everything trads could ever want in a prayer book that isn’t a hand missal focused primarily on liturgical texts for every day of the year.

We are about to witness what might be a once-in-a-lifetime event on Wednesday: the solemn consecration in the traditional rite of a new Catholic parochial church here on American soil.

For those who wish to pray the Office in solidarity w/the SSPX in St. Mary's, a thread: (2)

Tomorrow evening, per the rubrics for the consecration of a church, the relics of the saints will be exposed on the high altar. All clergy present will chant Matins of the martyrs as a solemn vigil of preparation. (cont)

Mon, 5/1/23:

Today is the feast of Ss. Philip and James, App, under the 1954 (double of the II class) rubrics. Proper Mass. Red. Proper Mass. Gloria. Paschal Alleluia. Credo. Preface of the Apostles. Ite. (cont) (2)

No commemorations/additional prayers at Mass.

For the 1954 Office, festal office. Matins of 3 nocturns/9 lessons (1 nocturn = Epistle of James as in the proper [feast falls outside 4th week after Easter]). Red. Psalms from the common of apostles. Te Deum. (cont)

Sun, 4/30/23:

Today is the 3rd Sunday after Easter under the 1954 (semi-double Sunday) and 1962 (II class Sunday) rubrics. Proper Mass. White. Gloria. Paschal Alleluia. Credo. Preface of Easter. Ite. (cont) (2)

Under 1954, commemoration of St. Catherine of Siena, V, and of the octave of St. Joseph. No commemorations are permitted today under the 1962 rubrics. (cont)

Sat, 4/29/23:

Today is the feast of St. Peter of Verona, M, under the 1954 (double) and 1962 (III class) rubrics. Proper Mass. Red. Gloria. Paschal Alleluia. Credo (1954 only; for the octave of St. Joseph). Preface of St. Joseph (et te in Festivitate [54])/Easter (62). Ite. (ct) (2)

Under 1954, commemoration of the octave of St. Joseph at Mass. No 3rd prayer. No comms/additional prayers under 1962.

Ordinary votive Masses/daily Requiems are not permitted today under both sets of rubrics. (cont)

Someday, someone needs to write a book on the abject failure of the Catholic apologetics movement (Keating, Akin, Catholic Answers, etc.) of the late 80s and 90s. That entire movement was predicated on the notion that we would always have an (ostensibly) "conservative" pope. (ct) (2)

W/o JP2, that movement would have been DOA. Even during B16's pontificate, we started to see the fundamental error of relying on Biblical prooftexting to convince Protestants of the truth of Catholicism, esp. in wake of the sex abuse scandal. (cont)

Thurs, 3/9/23:

Today is the feast of St. Frances of Rome, Wid, under the 1954 (double) rubrics. Mass Cognovi of a holy woman not a virgin w/proper collect. White vestments. Gloria. Tract. Omit Credo. Preface of Lent. Ite. Comm and Last Gospel fo the Lenten feria. (cont) (2)

If a 2nd (low) Mass is said today, it is of the Lenten feria. Violet. Proper Mass. Omit Gloria. No Tract. Omit Credo. Preface of Lent. Prayer over the people. Benedicamus. Comm of St. Frances of Rome. Station church at Our Lady in Tratesvere. (cont)

Wed, 3/8/23:

Today is the feast of St. John of God, C, under the 1954 (double) rubrics. Proper Mass. White vestments. Gloria. Tract. Omit Credo. Preface of Lent. Ite. Commemoration and Last Gospel of the Lenten feria. (cont) (2)

If a 2nd (low) Mass is said in parish churches, it is of the Lenten feria. Proper Mass. Violet vestments. Omit Gloria. Tract w/genuflection. Omit Credo. Preface of Lent. Benedicamus. Commemoration of St. John of God. Station church at St. Cecelia. (cont)

Tues, 2/7/23:

Today is the feast of St. Thomas Aquinas, C & D, under the 1954 (double) rubrics. Proper Mass. White vestments. Gloria. Tract. Credo (for feasts of doctors). Preface of Lent. Ite. Commemoration and Last Gospel of the Lenten feria. (cont) (2)

If a 2nd (low) Mass is said in parish churches, it is of the Lenten feria. Proper Mass. Violet vestments. Omit Gloria. No Tract. Omit Credo. Preface of Lent. Benedicamus. Comm of St. Thomas Aquinas. Station church at St. Balbina. (cont)

Thread:

Let's say you're an average American Catholic parishioner around the year 1909 or so. You go to Mass on Sundays and days of obligation. You observe the fasts. You baptize your children and teach them the Faith. (cont) (2)

If you're not in a large city, your Sunday Mass is probably a low Mass. While some of your more affluent coreligionists might have one of these newfangled things called a "hand missal," you spend your time at Mass praying the Rosary or reading out of a prayer book. (cont)

Thurs, 1/13/22:

Today is the octave day of the Epiphany under the 1954 (double major) rubrics. Mass as on Jan 6 w/proper orations and Gospel. White vestments. Gloria. Credo. Preface of the Epiphany. Proper Communicantes for Epiphany in the Canon. Ite. (cont) (2)

Under the 1962 rubrics, the title of today's observance has been changed to the Commemoration of the Baptism of Our Lord (II class), due to the focus of today's Gospel. The texts for the Mass and Office remain as they were for the octave day of the Epiphany. (cont)

Thurs, 10/7/21:

Today is the feast of the Holy Rosary of Our Lady under the 1954 (double of the II class) rubrics, renamed Our Lady of the Holy Rosary in 1960 (II class). Proper Mass. White vestments. Gloria. Credo. Preface of Our Lady (et te in Festivitate). Ite. (cont) (2)

At Lauds and at low Mass only, commemoration of St. Mark, P & C, under both rubrics. Under the 1954 rubrics, commemoration of Ss. Sergius and companions, Mm, at Lauds and at low Mass only. (cont)