Category: Rev. Kyle Mangloña

A Plea for Beauty in the Sacred Liturgy

Archbishop J. Peter Sartain, Cardinal Sarah, Divine Office, Exhortations, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Meditations, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Saint John Paul II, Rants, Rev. Gabriel Mosher OP, Rev. Kyle Mangloña, The Sacred Liturgy

Superman fights for “truth, justice, and the American way!” We should fight for the three transcendentals: truth, beauty, and goodness. The transcendentals were known to the Ancient Greeks, but Catholic theologians quickly baptized them into their study of philosophy and theology. Transcendentals are the timeless and universal attributes of being. They are the properties of all beings, as well as […]

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Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Mary, Meditations, Prayer, Rev. Kyle Mangloña, Rev. Michael Wagner, Saints

Mary’s month of May begins with a day for her husband. Today, celebrated around the world as “International Workers’ Day” is the Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker. There’s poetry to the fact that the month dedicated to the Blessed Virgin begins by putting the focus on her husband, and therefore on their family life. Imagine the Holy Family of […]

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My 12 Favourite Posts of 2017

Annual, Archbishop Alexander K. Sample, Blog Ephemera, Francine my love, Fun, Meditations, Moments in Time, Rev. Caleb Insco F.S.S.P., Rev. Jacob Maurer, Rev. Jerry Sherbourne, Rev. Kyle Mangloña, Rev. Nicholas Wichert

Yesterday, I posted a list of the most popular posts of the past year on this blog. However, the things I like are not always the most popular. I know this comes as a shock. I’ve been charitably described as eccentric, and I’m just going to go with that. During the past twelve months I’ve written some posts that I […]

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Rorate Cæli

Chant, community, Francine my love, Holy Days, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Latin, Maestra Victoria Solenberger, Mary, Moments in Time, Rev. Kyle Mangloña, Rev. Michael Wagner, Seasons, The Sacred Liturgy

This past Saturday, our parish of Holy Rosary celebrated a Votive Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This particular tradition is known as the Rorate Mass, for the first word of its entrance antiphon (Introit): Roráte cæli désuper, et núbes plúant jústum. Aperiatur terra et germinet salvatorem. Drop down dew, ye heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain the […]

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Rorate Mass in the Ordinary Form

Chant, Holy Days, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Mary, Moments in Time, Rev. Kyle Mangloña, Rev. Michael Wagner, The Sacred Liturgy

You are invited to an Advent tradition: a Rorate Mass on Saturday, December 16 at 6:00 AM. I can already hear the questions forming. What is a Rorate Mass? And why on earth would you have one at six in the morning? Well, here’s the FAQ, as the kids say. What is a Rorate Mass? It is a Solemn Votive […]

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