A Meditation on the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass

Who can doubt anymore the heavy price paid by Our Lord Jesus Christ for our sins?

Consecration of Bishop Dominic Vendargon

FIRST MALAYAN BISHOP VENDARGON CONSECRATED aka FIRST MALAYAN BISHOP

Vatican Confirms Freedom of Priests to Celebrate TLM

Vatican confirms freedom of priests to celebrate Extraordinary Form whenever they like – no need for 'stable group'
Damian Thompson
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Good news from Rome: the Vatican has further underlined the freedom of priests to celebrate Mass in the Extraordinary Form whenever they choose. Two important points have been clarified by Ecclesia Dei, which will make it more difficult for the English, Welsh and above all Scottish bishops to stall the implementation of Summorum Pontificum:

1. A priest does NOT have to be approached by a “stable group” of the faithful in order to schedule a PUBLIC celebration of the Extraordinary Form – he may choose to do so, for example, in order to introduce his parishioners to this ancient form of the Roman Rite. Or because it’s his aunt’s birthday. Any reason, really.

2. A Mass in the Extraordinary Form may replace a regularly scheduled Mass in the Ordinary Form.

You can find more details of the Ecclesia Dei ruling here, on the excellent New Liturgical Movement blog. I do hope that priests will be encouraged by this document to exercise their full rights under Summorum Pontificum. I know of several instances in which British bishops are trying to undermine the Pope’s wishes, though I’m not going to go public where it would make the situation worse. But it is common knowledge that the situation is particularly serious is Scotland, where EF Masses are extremely rare and official claims that there is no demand for them need to be scrutinised very carefully, shall we say. More on that later.

Meanwhile, traditionalist priests and seminarians should take heart. Your hour is coming.

Pope Benedict Asks For Greater Composure in the Liturgy

From the NLM:

Last Sunday, the Holy Father visited the Italian cities of Viterbo with its papal palace, where the first papal conclave was held, and Bagnoregio, birthplace of St Bonaventure, about whom Pope Benedict wrote his habilitation treatise (which is being published these days, for the first time in its original version, as the second volume of his opera omnia). In Viterbo, he celebrated Mass in the Faul Valley, immediately below the walls of the papal palace. According to several reports in the Italian press (cf. here, here or here), at lunch that day with the local bishops, the Holy Father made some interesting remarks about the attitude of the faithful attending that Mass. While they are not new or surprising, they certainly bear highlighting. According to the reports, Benedict XVI explained to the bishops present that "he desires a greater composure in the liturgies, in which, he finds, applause and acclamations are out of place." In that sense he commended Sunday's celebration, because the more than ten thousand faithful attending "were very devout and composed." In this, the faithful also followed an invitation made through the speakers installed for the occasion "not to applaud and to remain recollected."

Silver Jubilee of Rev. Fr. Daniel Couture

Here are some pics, again stolen from Kenny's Facebook :D

Blessing of the new St Pius X Priory

Here are some news from nearby Singapore:

The Sacrament of Confirmation will be administered by Bishop Fellay next Saturday, 22 August.

The following is the programme of 22 and 23 August., when Bishop Fellay is in Singapore:

22 August, Saturday
9.30 a.m.: Blessing of the Chapel; Confirmation; Solemn High Mass

23 August, Sunday
8 a.m.: Pontifical Low Mass
10 a.m.: Silver Jubilee Solemn High Mass of Father Couture
Afternoon: Potluck; Conference by His Lordship (Sentosa Golf Course)

St. Pius X Priory, 286 Upper Thomson Road, Singapore.

Photos stolen from Kenny's Facebook: