New Liturgical Movement

1 week ago | newliturgicalmovement.org | Gregory DiPippo

Thou, o Lord, didst command us to be partakers of Thy Son, sharers of Thy kingdom, dwellers in Paradise, companions of the Angels; ever provided we keep the sacraments of the heavenly host with pure and undefiled faith. And what may we not hope of Thy mercy, we who received so great a gift, that we might merit to offer Thee such a Victim, namely, the Body and Blood of Our Lord, Jesus Christ?

1 week ago | newliturgicalmovement.org | Gregory DiPippo

This is the second part of an article by Fr Jean-Pierre Herman on the blessing of oils, which is traditionally celebrated at the Mass of the Lord’s Supper, and the recent reforms thereof; the first part was published on Tuesday. The French original was published on Sunday on the website of the Schola Sainte-Cécile as a single article.

1 week ago | newliturgicalmovement.org | Gregory DiPippo

It is worthy and just that we should always give Thee thanks, Lord, holy Father, eternal and almighty God, through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, Who willed to suffer for the impious, and be unjustly condemned for the wicked; Who forgave the praying thief his crime, promising him Paradise by His most agreeable will, Whose death wiped away our crimes, and resurrection brought us justification.

1 week ago | newliturgicalmovement.org | Gregory DiPippo

We are grateful to Dr Michael Coughlin, Professor of Theology at Saint John’s Seminary in Boston, for sharing with NLM this review of Monsignor Stefan Heid’s book Altar and Church: Principles of Liturgy from Early Christianity. Mons. Heid is a priest of the archdiocese of Cologne, Germany; he has taught liturgy and hagiography at the Pontifical Institute for Christian Archeology in Rome since 2001, and has been rector since 2020. The book may be ordered through CUA Press or Amazon. Msgr.

1 week ago | newliturgicalmovement.org | Gregory DiPippo

In the Missal of St Pius V, there is a very small number of days on which two Scriptural lessons are read before the Gospel: the Wednesdays of the Embertides, of the fourth week of Lent and Holy Week, and Good Friday. As I have described elsewhere, these readings are actually part of a block which is inserted into the Mass between the Kyrie and the collect, consisting of three separate elements: 1. a collect, introduced by “Oremus. Flectamus genua. Levate.”; 2. a Scriptural reading; 3.