Dom Matthew Britt O.S.B. – The World is Quiet Here

The World is Quiet Here

All Souls of the Benedictine Order

14 November 2025 Annual, Chant, Dom Matthew Britt O.S.B., Francine my love, History, Holy Days, Moments in Time

The Dies Iræ is the traditional sequence for Requiem Masses and the Masses of All Souls. While this sequence no longer appears at Mass in the Ordinary Form of the modern Roman Rite, it remains in both the Extraordinary Form and in the Benedictine liturgies – and I note that it is sung during the All Souls Mass at Seattle’s […]

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Five Years Gone

13 September 2025 Annual, Archbishop Paul Etienne, community, Deacon Gary Rose, Deacon James Fish, Dom Matthew Britt O.S.B., Francine my love, History, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Maestra Amy Gallwas, Maestra Victoria Solenberger, Moments in Time, Pope Saint John XXIII parish in Tacoma, Prayer, Rev. Jacob Maurer, Rev. Martin Bourke, Rev. Michael Wagner, Rev. Tuan Nguyen, The Sacred Liturgy

Today marks five years since the final Mass of the parish of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary in Tacoma. These years have been filled with heartbreaking, almost unfathomable loss. This is an annual post, updated only slightly. Much of the language reflects my thoughts and feelings of the day, taken from my journaled notes. Over the past few years, […]

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Day of Wrath, O Day of Mourning!

14 November 2024 Annual, Chant, Dom Matthew Britt O.S.B., History, Holy Days, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, The Sacred Liturgy

Appropriate to today – the Feast of All Souls of the Benedictine Order – we once again have the Dies Iræ, the traditional sequence for Requiem Masses and the Masses of All Souls. Today we pray for the souls of all Benedictine monks, nuns, sisters, and oblates in purgatory. Servant of God Thomas of Celano Most probably written by […]

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Anniversary of the Last Day of Holy Rosary

13 September 2024 2020 - the end of Holy Rosary, Annual, Archbishop Paul Etienne, community, Deacon Gary Rose, Deacon James Fish, Dom Matthew Britt O.S.B., Francine my love, History, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Maestra Amy Gallwas, Maestra Victoria Solenberger, Mary, Moments in Time, Pope Saint John XXIII parish in Tacoma, Prayer, Rev. Jacob Maurer, Rev. Martin Bourke, Rev. Michael Wagner, Rev. Tuan Nguyen, The Sacred Liturgy

This is an annual post, updated only slightly. Much of the language reflects my thoughts and feelings of the day, taken from my journaled notes. Over the past few years, my feelings have mellowed and matured somewhat. It is, however, good to recollect the day. Depart from me, I will weep bitterly; labour not to comfort me. (Antiphon 1 of […]

Day of Wrath, O Day of Mourning!

14 November 2023 Annual, Chant, Dom Matthew Britt O.S.B., History, Holy Days, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Prayer, The Sacred Liturgy

Appropriate to today – the Feast of All Souls of the Benedictine Order – we once again have the Dies Iræ, the traditional sequence for Requiem Masses and the Masses of All Souls. Today we pray for the souls of all Benedictine monks, nuns, sisters, and oblates in purgatory. Servant of God Thomas of Celano Most probably written by […]

Day of Wrath, O Day of Mourning!

14 November 2022 Annual, Chant, Dom Matthew Britt O.S.B., History, Holy Days, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Prayer, The Sacred Liturgy

Appropriate to today – the Feast of All Souls of the Benedictine Order – we once again have the Dies Iræ, the traditional sequence for Requiem Masses and the Masses of All Souls. Today we pray for the souls of all Benedictine monks, nuns, sisters, and oblates in purgatory. Servant of God Thomas of Celano Most probably written by […]

Publication!

28 September 2022 Bishop Peter J. Elliott, Dom Matthew Britt O.S.B., inside baseball, Moments in Time, resources, The Sacred Liturgy

On today’s memorial of Our Lady, Untier of Knots, I’m pleased to announce the long-delayed publication of my Altar Server Manual. It is available in both a regular (server) edition as well as an expanded Trainer Edition. They are available in book shops and Amazon. “Altar servers should be properly trained and properly formed. This manual provides altar servers with […]

Anniversary of the Last Day of Holy Rosary

13 September 2022 Annual, Archbishop Paul Etienne, community, Deacon Gary Rose, Deacon James Fish, Dom Matthew Britt O.S.B., Francine my love, History, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Maestra Amy Gallwas, Maestra Victoria Solenberger, Mary, Moments in Time, Pope Saint John XXIII parish in Tacoma, Prayer, Rev. Jacob Maurer, Rev. Martin Bourke, Rev. Michael Wagner, Rev. Tuan Nguyen, The Sacred Liturgy

This is an annual post, updated only slightly. Much of the language reflects my thoughts and feelings of the day, taken from my journaled notes. Over the past two years, my feelings have mellowed and matured somewhat. It is, however, good to recollect the day. Depart from me, I will weep bitterly; labour not to comfort me. (Antiphon 1 of […]

Day of Wrath, O Day of Mourning!

15 November 2021 Annual, Chant, Dom Matthew Britt O.S.B., History, Holy Days, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Prayer, The Sacred Liturgy

Appropriate to today – the Feast of All Souls of the Benedictine Order – we once again have the Dies Iræ, the traditional sequence for Requiem Masses and the Masses of All Souls. Today we pray for the souls of all Benedictine monks, nuns, sisters, and oblates in purgatory. Servant of God Thomas of Celano Most probably written by […]

Anniversary of the Last Day of Holy Rosary

13 September 2021 Annual, Archbishop Paul Etienne, community, Deacon Gary Rose, Deacon James Fish, Dom Matthew Britt O.S.B., Francine my love, History, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Maestra Amy Gallwas, Maestra Victoria Solenberger, Mary, Moments in Time, Prayer, Rev. Jacob Maurer, Rev. Martin Bourke, Rev. Michael Wagner, Rev. Tuan Nguyen, The Sacred Liturgy

Depart from me, I will weep bitterly; labour not to comfort me. (Antiphon 1 of Monastic Lauds for the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows) One year ago today, Archbishop Paul Etienne celebrated the final Mass of Holy Rosary parish in Tacoma. Tomorrow is the Feast of The Exaltation of the Holy Cross, and the following day is the Feast […]

Day of Wrath, O Day of Mourning!

14 November 2020 Annual, Chant, Dom Matthew Britt O.S.B., History, Holy Days, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Prayer, The Sacred Liturgy

Appropriate to today – the Feast of All Souls of the Benedictine Order – we once again have the Dies Iræ, the traditional sequence for Requiem Masses and the Masses of All Souls. Today we pray for the souls of all Benedictine monks, nuns, sisters, and oblates in purgatory. Servant of God Thomas of Celano Most probably written by […]

Sorrows

15 September 2020 2020 - the end of Holy Rosary, Archbishop Paul Etienne, community, Deacon Gary Rose, Deacon James Fish, Dom Matthew Britt O.S.B., Francine my love, History, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Maestra Amy Gallwas, Maestra Victoria Solenberger, Mary, Moments in Time, Prayer, resources, Rev. Jacob Maurer, Rev. Martin Bourke, Rev. Michael Wagner, The Sacred Liturgy

Depart from me, I will weep bitterly; labour not to comfort me. (Antiphon 1 of Monastic Lauds for the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows) Two days ago, Archbishop Paul Etienne celebrated the final Mass of Holy Rosary parish in Tacoma. Perhaps appropriately, today is the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows. In his blog, his excellency had this to […]

Day of Wrath, O Day of Mourning!

14 November 2019 Annual, Chant, Dom Matthew Britt O.S.B., History, Holy Days, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Prayer, The Sacred Liturgy

Appropriate to today – the Feast of All Souls of the Benedictine Order – we once again have the Dies Iræ, the traditional sequence for Requiem Masses and the Masses of All Souls. Today we pray for the souls of all Benedictine monks, nuns, sisters, and oblates in purgatory. Servant of God Thomas of Celano Most probably written by […]

Altar Server Training at Holy Cross

21 September 2019 Dom Matthew Britt O.S.B., Holy Cross Church in Tacoma, Rev. Ron Knudsen, Very Rev. David Mulholland

Holy Cross, Tacoma Today for the first time, I trained Altar Servers at a parish other than my own. I’d offered many months back at a “Quadrant meeting” for the staffs of our local parishes. So far, one parish has taken me up on the offer, Holy Cross. So this morning, I spent two hours with their servers. We got […]

Day of Wrath, O Day of Mourning!

14 November 2018 Chant, Dom Matthew Britt O.S.B., History, Holy Days, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Prayer, The Sacred Liturgy

Appropriate to today – the Feast of All Souls of the Benedictine Order – we once again have the Dies Iræ, the traditional sequence for Requiem Masses and the Masses of All Souls. Today we pray for the souls of all Benedictine monks, nuns, sisters, and oblates in purgatory. Most probably written by Servant of God Thomas of Celano near […]

The Extraordinary Form and Mutual Enrichment

28 November 2017 Dom Matthew Britt O.S.B., Latin, Meditations, Moments in Time, Pope Benedict XVI, Rev. Caleb Insco F.S.S.P., Saint Joseph Parish in Tacoma, The Sacred Liturgy

This morning for the first time I served at a public Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. It was a votive Mass of Saint Joseph, celebrated at Saint Joseph church in Tacoma by the Rev. Caleb Insco, F.S.S.P. This is only the second time I’ve served at the Vetus Ordo, and I was extremely nervous. Throughout the […]

Day of Wrath

14 November 2017 Chant, Dom Matthew Britt O.S.B., History, Holy Days, The Sacred Liturgy

Appropriate to today – the Feast of All Souls of the Benedictine Order – we once again have the Dies Iræ, the traditional sequence for Requiem Masses and the Masses of All Souls. Today we pray for the souls of all Benedictine monks, nuns, sisters, and oblates in purgatory. Most probably written by Servant of God Thomas of Celano near […]

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