Category: Cardinal Sarah

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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Ad Orientem Training

Cardinal Sarah, Francine my love, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, inside baseball, Moments in Time, Rev. Jacob Maurer, Rev. Michael Wagner, The Sacred Liturgy

At our parish of Holy Rosary, we sometimes celebrate Mass on the High Altar. This method, where for much of the Eucharistic prayer the Priest and the people are facing the same direction, is known as ad Orientem. For many years, we have celebrated Mass this way at the Solemnity of Corpus Christi and at least one Sunday in Advent. […]

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Corpus Christi Retrospective Part 1:
Ad Orientem

Cardinal Sarah, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, inside baseball, Pope Benedict XVI, Rev. Nicholas Wichert, The Sacred Liturgy

This year my parish continued its tradition of celebrating our Corpus Christi Masses on the high altar. This obviously means that rather than facing the congregation through much of the Mass, the priest is facing the same direction they are: towards the altar, toward the tabernacle, towards the Lord. This way of celebrating the Mass is called Ad Orientem, which […]

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