tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20313717704400100462024-02-24T19:28:28.776+11:00Psallite Sapienterזמרו משכיל • zammerû maśkîl • ψάλατε συνετως • psallite intellegenter • canite erudite • sing ye wisely • chantez vous avec intelligence • lobsinget ihm klüglich • sing ye praises with understandingJoshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.comBlogger2278125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-28599958112225921842024-02-24T19:24:00.006+11:002024-02-24T19:27:06.502+11:00"Ukraine's Freedom Has Not Yet Perished, Nor Has Her Glory" Ще не вмерла України ні слава, ні воля.Thus the first line of the Ukrainian national anthem; and despite all the evils inflicted on Ukraine by the barbarous Russian hordes, still she stands firm, and these words remain true. Today marks the second anniversary of the Russian invasion; and while lamenting the terrible loss of life, all decent right-believing people still look to Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-41243839502479626172023-12-25T00:37:00.002+11:002023-12-25T00:38:54.348+11:00Merry Christmas MMXXIIICum enim quietum silentium contineret omnia, et nox in suo cursu medium iter haberet, omnipotens sermo tuus de cælo, a regalibus sedibus... prosilivit. — Sap. 18, 14-15For while all things were in quiet silence, and the night was in the midst of her course, thy almighty word leapt down from heaven from thy royal throne. — Wisdom 18:14-15******Thine all-powerful Word, O Lord, leapt Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-47116006045597903752023-05-04T20:35:00.010+10:002023-05-13T12:14:31.706+10:00A Litany for King Charles on the Eve of the CoronationOn the eve of the Coronation, of your charity pray for King Charles III; the following litany may prove appropriate - having located the original document I have corrected some misprints and omissions (and since amended yet a few more):A Litany for King CharlesCf. Litanies royales pour dire durant les processions en tout temps (1622) [mutat. Ludovicum in Carolum]Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison. Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-67476170094326667442022-11-20T19:34:00.002+11:002022-11-20T19:50:50.357+11:0024th and Last Sunday after Pentecost: A Beautiful GiftMost unexpectedly, Mass this evening for the 24th and Last Sunday after Pentecost was a Missa cantata, expertly sung by a cantor, who chanted the Gregorian Propers and led the congregation in the Asperges, Mass XI (Orbis factor), Credo I and the responses. This was a beautiful gift from God to yet more bless his people!Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-73908005755843512102022-11-07T21:29:00.017+11:002022-11-13T15:30:58.709+11:00 The Manner of Hearing MassFor some years, I have found the most convenient way to hear Mass, since there is only a monthly Latin Mass here, is to split the difference between hearing Sunday Mass at my nearby parish church (which is quite orthodox, and even features the use of incense) and having to drive for hours to go to the Mass in the Extraordinary Form. The way I do this is by attending my local parish Mass, and Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-80982587668761369072022-09-11T20:55:00.007+10:002022-09-18T22:20:52.723+10:00May the Queen Rest in Peace; God Save the KingThis most famous Coronation Anthem is evidently based upon the following Magnificat antiphon, used in the Roman Breviary on the Saturday before the 7th Sunday after Pentecost:Aña. Unxérunt Salomónem Sadoc sacérdos et Nathan prophéta, regem in Gihon, et ascendéntes læti dixérunt: Vivat rex in ætérnum. (Cf. 3 Reg. 1, 45)Traditionally sung after High Mass in England:V. Dómine, salvum fac regem Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-25236500011726158672022-06-19T19:47:00.007+10:002022-06-19T19:54:40.484+10:00 If High Mass is Too ShortIf High Mass is too short, to begin with, a vernacular hymn can be sung beforehand, during the procession of the sacred ministers and servers from the sacristy, out through its exterior door, down along beside the outside of the church and in through the great west doors (or, during inclement weather, down one of the side aisles to the back of the church), then up the central aisle to the altar. Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-25131304056169989842022-05-07T19:25:00.002+10:002022-05-07T21:41:05.309+10:00Votive Matins in Time of WarWhilst Ukraine and her heroic people and armed forces continue to give the Russian bear a bloody nose, cease not to pray for the victory and deliverance of Ukraine – and to this end, I have drawn up the following Votive Matins in Time of War:Ad Matutinum Votivum in Tempore Belli(Totum secreto) Pater noster, qui es in cælis, sanctificétur nomen tuum: advéniat regnum tuum: fiat volúntas tua, sicut Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-67868801340572080742022-03-24T20:27:00.008+11:002022-03-26T20:04:38.927+11:00Papal Consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of MarySaviour of the world, save Russia – from all the wickedness of her tyrannical government, from all her mad dreams of empire and unjust domination, from all her shameful prostitution of the Gospel and supposedly orthodox Christianity in the service of a junior antichrist, from all her cynical perversion of the truth into lies, from all the endemic lawlessness, impunity, thuggery, amorality and Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-29625256767157849892022-03-15T20:25:00.007+11:002022-03-26T19:36:53.948+11:00Canon of Supplication to the All-Holy TheotokosI have been praying, each day, for the deliverance of Ukraine from the wicked war waged against her, a Canon of Supplication to the All-holy Theotokos (available online as part of the Rite Chanted in Time of Attack by Aliens, after the propers used at the Divine Liturgy and before eight very long and rather vaguely-worded prayers); the translator notes that it comes from The Great Euchologion or Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-43248485574798519292022-03-10T22:08:00.004+11:002022-03-12T22:19:06.573+11:00Again and again in peace let us pray to the Lord!Of your charity, pray for Ukraine; I have drawn up the following litany from the special petitions being used at the Divine Liturgy by priests of the Ukrainian Catholic Church here in Australia, as exemplified by the services for Cheesefare [see the video recording from 6:19 to 7:05] and Meatfare [see 40:40 to 42:10] Sundays at St Andrew's, Lidcombe, NSW:A Litany for Ukraine in Time of Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-22645980388362097232022-02-26T21:52:00.004+11:002022-03-05T20:50:51.987+11:00Victory in Spite of All TerrorI have often wondered however what would have happened if two hundred thousand German storm troops had actually established themselves ashore. The massacre would have been on both sides grim and great. There would have been neither mercy nor quarter. They would have used Terror, and we were prepared to go all lengths. I intended to use the slogan “You can always take one with you.” — Sir Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-48281890075784369042022-02-26T10:56:00.003+11:002022-03-04T22:56:13.823+11:00Prayer for the Deliverance of Ukraine in Time of InvasionPray that even now the unjust onslaught of Russian armed forces may be defeated, and Ukraine delivered!Prayer for the Deliverance of Ukraine in Time of InvasionAdapted from the Great Book of Needs[If at the Divine Liturgy:] After the Augmented Litany, the Holy Doors are opened, and the deacon (or priest) exclaims:Let us attend, and with compunctionate hearts, having inclined the knees of our Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-20425498253997952712022-02-24T21:33:00.007+11:002022-02-24T21:45:02.866+11:00God Save Ukraine"There is no purgatory for war criminals. They go straight to hell, ambassador."— Ukraine's UN ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya to Russia's UN ambassador Vassily Nebenzia, at the UN Security Council, Wednesday 23rd February 2022.While we must hope that even the most hardened sinner would repent and be saved ere they die, lest they go straight to hell, realistically there is a but a scant chance Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-61449053581170170592022-02-20T13:39:00.007+11:002022-02-20T13:43:40.904+11:00Four Responsories Suitable to the TimeUkraine is threatened with imminent war; pray for that beleaguered nation, that war be averted even now – herewith, as food for prayer, four very suitable responsories from those in the Breviary for the month of October, when the lessons at Matins are taken from the Books of the Machabees, and the responsories reflect their anxious concerns:Responsory 1. (V. Ps. 58, 12)R. Congregáti sunt inimíci Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-22099042198490543852022-02-12T16:50:00.006+11:002022-04-19T13:59:29.811+10:00Prayers for Peace and to Avert War in UkraineAs it appears events may be approaching a crisis, of your charity pray that Russia will not invade Ukraine, that the scourge of war even now be averted: Prayers for Peace and to Avert War in UkraineCf. Ecclus 50, 24. 25Pray ye to the God of all, that he may grant us peace in our days for ever.Prayer for Peace.Lord Jesus Christ, who didst say unto thine Apostles: “Peace I leave with you, my Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-50527503907688804422022-01-06T18:53:00.002+11:002022-01-06T18:53:18.468+11:00A Prayer on the Solemn Feast of the Epiphany of the LordAt thy birth, O Jesus, a star of wondrous splendour shone forth in the Eastern skies, and led to Bethlehem the Magi, those envoys of far-distant, pagan peoples, even as the Angel, bathed in heavenly light, was summoning to thy manger the shepherds, as representatives of the chosen people. For the Gentiles, as well as the Jews, must needs recognize in thee, a poor and helpless Infant, the AlmightyJoshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-28581670677127986162021-12-24T22:51:00.001+11:002021-12-24T22:51:05.035+11:00Merry Christmas 2021Christ is born! Glorify him!Christmas! the wondrous Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ, both God and man, the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity, the Eternal Word incarnate for our salvation, who liveth and reigneth for ever and ever, who is and ever shall be the Victor over sin, Satan, death and hell."the Light shineth in darkness" — St John i, 5This is now the third Christmas of the pandemic, Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-91057884907510278292021-10-09T10:10:00.004+11:002021-10-09T10:27:18.032+11:00Shortest Composite ProperThe variable chants, lessons and orations that comprise the Proper of the Mass vary widely in length; out of curiosity, I have assembled the shortest of each of them, taken from the Roman Missal of 1962 (in the case of the chants, this involved counting the notes of each) into a shortest composite proper, illustrative of the minimum required – which in the case of the chants and lessons, amounts Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-61264372191494017002021-08-15T11:00:00.003+10:002021-08-15T11:01:21.625+10:00Consecration to Our Lady Queen of the Angels - Fifth AnniversaryParticularly at this time, it is wise to redouble one’s prayers and consecrate oneself to Our Lady, as the Queen of Angels Latin Mass Community of the Archdiocese of Hobart first did five years ago; for convenience, here are some suitable forms to employ:Aña. Ave, Regina cælorum, Ave, Domina Angelorum:Salve, radix, salve, porta,Ex qua mundo lux est orta:Gaude, Virgo gloriosa,Super omnes Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-46888147036549887422021-02-14T22:32:00.005+11:002021-02-16T22:11:10.327+11:00When Not to Say "Amen"Especially at Low Mass, sometimes the overeager faithful reply Amen when they ought not.The priest begins the prayers at the foot of the altar by making the sign of the Cross, saying In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen. No one, neither the server(s) nor the rest of the congregation, replies here - the priest himself says the Amen.When the priest recites the Introit, he readsJoshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-9518974388272332902020-10-07T14:35:00.008+11:002021-08-23T19:04:28.625+10:00Prayers in Time of Universal ContagionEver since the end of February, I’ve been praying for deliverance from the present pandemic, and have over time developed a sort of litany for daily use, derived from various traditional prayers, as follows (first in Latin, then in English) – note, that in Latin you don’t say “the city of N” but instead “the N* city”, where N* is the adjectival form of N; similarly, Latin prefers to use an Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-85772631895251302020-07-02T16:51:00.004+10:002020-07-02T17:41:59.890+10:00Visitation, Dominican Rite
Today the Dominican Breviary and Missal supply excellent proper prayers, different to the Roman orations, for the feast of the Visitation of Our Lady. (I take the translations, with alterations, from The Saint Dominic Missal, published in 1959.)
The Collect:
Omnipotens et misericors Deus, majestatem tuam suppliciter exoramus, ut sicut Unigenitum tuum per visitationem et salutationem Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-11264103015514126232020-04-07T21:21:00.002+10:002020-04-07T21:21:48.690+10:00Vindication!
I predicted that Cardinal Pell would be exonerated, as he today has been by unanimous judgement of the High Court of the Commonwealth of Australia.
Those guilty of perpetrating this gross miscarriage of justice – biassed parties in the media, and persons of questionable motives in the police force, prosecutors and judiciary of Victoria – ought be shamed and themselves investigated for their Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-41518114088009422962020-04-04T19:16:00.003+11:002020-04-04T20:49:42.210+11:00Banal Insipid Prayers
I was initially delighted that at long last the lawful authorities in Holy Mother Church had noticed a glaring omission in the modern Roman Missal – the absence of any Votive Mass in Time of Mortality (that is, by Pestilence and Plague) – and had issued a new Mass in Time of Pandemic, for the professed purpose of "implor[ing] God to bring an end to this pandemic" (A peste perambulante, Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.com0