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A New Feast

10 June 2016 Cardinal Sarah, inside baseball, Moments in Time, Pope Francis I, Saints, The Sacred Liturgy

Vatican Radio is reporting that Pope Francis has raised the Memorial of Saint Mary Magdalene to the rank of a Feast. This puts the celebration of the “Apostle to the Apostles” on par with those of the men to whom she announced the Resurrection. In a letter announcing the change, the Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the […]

Corpus Christi Retrospective Part 2:
In Procession

03 June 2016 community, Holy Days, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, inside baseball, Latin, Pope Benedict XVI, Rev. Michael Stinson F.S.S.P., Rev. Nicholas Wichert, Saint Joseph Parish in Tacoma, The Sacred Liturgy

An anonymous bishop once famously prescribed a remedy for many of the problems facing the modern Church with the words “less jabbering – more processions“. He was not wrong. In one sense, of course, processions form the structure of the entire liturgy: we begin with an entrance procession (introit), and there are processions for the Gospel, the offertory, and perhaps […]

Corpus Christi Retrospective Part 1:
Ad Orientem

02 June 2016 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 […]

The Visitation

31 May 2016 Annual, Divine Office, inside baseball, Mary, Prayer, Rants

Mary’s month of May draws to a close with the Feast of the Visitation. This feast celebrates the visit of Mary, pregnant with Jesus, to her cousin Elizabeth, pregnant with John the Baptist (Luke 1:39-56). So this feast is a celebration of the very first Christian community, consisting of two pregnant mothers and their unborn children. Saint Luke’s account culminates […]

Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity

29 May 2016 community, Holy Days, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Rev. Michael Stinson F.S.S.P., Rev. Nicholas Wichert, Saint Joseph Parish in Tacoma, The Sacred Liturgy

Depending on what calendar you use (Ordinary Form or Extraordinary Form), and whether or not it is a Holy Day of Obligation in your diocese, today(or last Thursday) is (or was) the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi). Happy Corpus Christi! Whereas Holy Thursday is a celebration of the institution of the Eucharist, Corpus Christi is […]

Practice and Celebration

28 May 2016 Holy Days, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, inside baseball, The Sacred Liturgy

This weekend we’re having what we call a “churchy” weekend. In just a few hours, I’m heading over to the parish to run a morning training for new and transferring Altar Servers. After lunch, rehearsals for the Corpus Christi Mass and Procession begin. In the church today, we’re also hosting some youth pilgrims coming to the Holy Door, Adoration, Benediction, […]

Eucharistic Procession through the Streets of Tacoma

23 May 2016 2015 transitions - Holy Rosary / St. Joseph, community, Holy Days, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Latin, Moments in Time, Rev. Michael Stinson F.S.S.P., Rev. Nicholas Wichert, Saint Joseph Parish in Tacoma, The Sacred Liturgy

A Medieval Eurcharistic Procession

This coming Sunday my parish will participate in an outdoor Procession of the Blessed Sacrament following the Noon Mass. The Masses that weekend will be celebrated Ad Orientem. This will be the fourth year we’ve taken Jesus through the streets of Tacoma and amongst His people. If you are anywhere in the area, I hope you will consider joining us. […]

Exult!

26 March 2016 Chant, Holy Days, Prayer, The Sacred Liturgy

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Maundy Thursday:
Do This in Memory of Me

24 March 2016 Annual, Holy Days, Polyphony, Prayer, The Sacred Liturgy

The Season of Lent comes to its end this evening, as we celebrate the Mass of the Lord’s Supper. This celebration commemorates the institution of the Eucharist, the source and summit of Church life. Unlike most Protestants, the Catholic and Orthodox (and others of the Apostolic Tradition) believe that God is really there, wholly present in the consecrated bread and […]

Schedule for Holy Week, 2016

21 March 2016 community, Divine Office, Holy Days, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, The Sacred Liturgy

The following is the Holy Week schedule for the parishes of Holy Rosary and Visitation in Tacoma. There’s a lot there. One thing to bear in mind is that the Holy Triduum is essentially one giant liturgy (with some serious overnight breaks) that begins with the Introit of the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday, continues through the […]

Tenebræ

21 March 2016 Divine Office, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Seasons, The Sacred Liturgy

This Wednesday evening at 8:00pm, our parish of Holy Rosary will celebrate a Tenebræ service. You are most welcome to join us. What is Tenebræ? The word itself is Latin for “shadows”. It is a Holy Week service tied to the prayers of the Liturgy of the Hours, being a concatenation of Matins and Lauds, anticipated the night before. In […]

A Day in the Life of a Monastery

21 March 2016 Chant, community, Divine Office, Saints, The Sacred Liturgy, Vocation

For the Feast of Saint Benedict.

Hosanna! Hosanna to the Son of David!

19 March 2016 Annual, Chant, Holy Days, Seasons, The Sacred Liturgy

This weekend, Holy Week begins with the Sunday of Lord’s triumphal entry into Jersusalem – Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion. Although Good Friday is coming – the Passion and the Crucifixion are coming – for the moment, this moment, joy resounds as our King arrives in His city. In most parishes throughout the world, the principal Mass is celebrated […]

The Saints Valentine – and Cyril and Methodius

14 February 2016 Divine Office, Moments in Time, Saints

The feast of Saint Valentine was removed from the Roman calendar during the reforms of 1969. It seems a shame, since this is one of a vanishingly small number of saint’s feasts that have remained in the secular culture. It seems to me that it could be used as a touchstone for the new evangelization. Mind you, he’s still in […]

Sunday Lenten Vespers

11 February 2016 Chant, community, Divine Office, Holy Rosary Parish Tacoma, Rev. Nicholas Wichert, Seasons

If you live in the area, please join us as we celebrate Vespers every Sunday during Lent at 6:00pm at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, Tacoma. Sunday Schedule for Lent: Mass: Noon to 1:15 PM Adoration: 1:15 PM to 6:00 PM Vespers: 6:00 PM to 6:30 PM

Faith and Reason

28 January 2016 Annual, Bishop Robert Barron, Divine Office, Meditations, Prayer, Rev. Bryan Dolejsi, Saints

Faith and reason are like the two shoes you wear on your journey. You get a lot farther with both than just one. (J. Michael Straczynski) Today is the Feast of the Universal Doctor of the Church and one of my name Saints, Thomas Aquinas. When (certain) people, told of my conversion, said to me “oh, you’re Catholic – you […]

Some Thoughts on the Divine Office

21 January 2016 Divine Office, Prayer

Over the years, some people have asked me why I prefer the (ancient) monastic Divine Office to the modern Liturgy of the Hours. Let me hasten to assure you that both are equally valid. Both are the prayer of the Church, for the Church. Indeed, to these we could add the Extraordinary Form’s Divinum Officium, the various Eastern rites, as […]

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