Saturday, November 28, 2015

The Beginning of Advent

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A beautiful day, materially and spiritually: for this evening marks the beginning of Advent. At the parish OF Vigil Mass, it was good to si...
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Saturday, November 7, 2015

Cistercian Elevation Chants

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UPDATE: I have made a more accurate transcription of all three elevation chants. The Cistercian Rite retained down to the liturgical chan...
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Saturday, October 31, 2015

Christus Rex Pilgrimage Diary

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This year, I kept note of my experiences on the Christus Rex Pilgrimage… on which the following are based. I flew out of Tasmania to Vi...
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Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Off on Pilgrimage

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Tomorrow I head off to Ballarat, there to embark on the annual Christus Rex Pilgrimage to Bendigo. It is the 25th Pilgrimage, and will be m...
Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Nativitas tua Dei Genitrix Virgo

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The Magnificat antiphon for the Feast of Our Lady's Nativity, Nativitas tua Dei Genitrix Virgo , is a translation of the Apolytikion of...
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Monday, August 31, 2015

The Divine Praises – II

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Following some thought, it strikes me that the late lamented Fr Bouyer was correct in suggesting that further additions to the Divine Prais...
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Wednesday, August 26, 2015

The Divine Praises

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A quick internet search turns up the well-known text of the Divine Praises, along with a note attributing its origins to Fr Luigi (Louis? o...
Sunday, August 9, 2015

A Prayer before Mass

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Since this evening I will be assisting at the monthly Missa cantata in Launceston, here is a short prayer (dating from at least 1745), whi...
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Sunday, July 5, 2015

Launceston Latin Mass Update

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Tonight, Fr Rowe – my former parish priest in Perth, W.A., who is visiting again, having been in Hobart for a conference – offered our mont...
Wednesday, June 10, 2015

June and July EF Masses in Launceston

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On Sunday evening the 7th of June, we had our latest Missa cantata in Launceston: it was a beautiful Mass. Fr Suresh preached powerfully o...
Saturday, May 9, 2015

Cancellation

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Owing to the unavailability of choir members, etc., it has been decided to cancel the May Latin Mass in Launceston. The next Mass will be c...
Monday, April 6, 2015

Launceston Easter Sunday EF Mass

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Fr Suresh again came North to celebrate our second monthly Missa cantata.  While some were absent (it being Easter, and holiday time; a...
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