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A form of worship service laid down in advance and often taking the form of a standard pattern.
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Meaning of clapping at the end of mass
At the parish I'm visiting (within the archdiocese of Vancouver), after singing the recessional hymn (during which the cross, the priest and the altar helpers walked along the nave to the front of the ...
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The priest/preacher's prayer before the sermon/homily -- what is it and why do the ECLA (and others) do it?
Tried to put the gist of this in the subject.
Often in my tradition (ELCA), the preacher will say a quick prayer before preaching; often it's the "May the words of my mouth.." prayer, or ...
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According to critics of the 1970 Missal of St Paul V, what specifically was good about it?
On https://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2022/04/best-quotes-on-liturgy-by-joseph.html I saw that then-Cardinal Ratzinger said
There is no doubt that this new missal [after Vatican II] in many ...
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What are similar movements exist between Easter Celebrations in the Novus Ordo and the Extraordinary form of the Mass?
Since we'll probably never have a TLM Mass at my parish for any of the Easter celebrations, I wanted to ask what the differences would be, but the differences seem to be too many to enumerate so I ...
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How do the 1962 Holy Week ceremonies compare to the 1954 ones?
How do the 1962 Holy Week ceremonies, initiated by Pius XII's 1955 Holy Week reforms, compare to the 1954 ones?
cf. FIUV's
PP 14: Holy Week Reform of 1955, Part I - General Comments
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RCIA scrutiny reading
When there is an RCIA elect in the mass to receive the Rite of scrutiny. Can the priest choose the gospel of the liturgical year that is different from the Gospel the Rite indicate. We only have 1 ...
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After Ministeria Quaedem, who may be a Subdeacon for a Missa Solemnis?
In a Missa Solemnis there is a celebrant, a deacon, and a subdeacon. However, the minor order of subdeacon was suppressed by Pope Paul VI in the motu proprio Ministeria Quadem in 1972. Nevertheless, ...
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What is the nature and format of a Lenten Penitential Service in the Catholic Church?
Close to the Lenten season in the Catholic Church, I frequently see announcements for a Lenten Penitential service in Catholic parish weekly bulletins and websites, which is on a weekday, and seems to ...
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How long has it been a custom to bow at the mention of the Incarnation?
I asked a question a few years ago and it was mentioned in a anecdote concerning the devil from 1374 that people were genuflecting at the mention of the incarnation
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Where did the layout of protestant worship come from?
Most protestant churches I have attended (from a wide degree of protestant denominations) have a very specific setup in the layout of their service. It generally goes like this:
About 5 Worship Songs
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Is communion in the hand a liturgical abuse?
This question is specific to the Novus Ordo in the Roman Catholic Church. Communion in the hand is not allowed in the Extraordinary Form.
It seems that receiving communion in the hand is a liturgical ...
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Do Any Protestant Churches do Stations of the Cross?
I was reading this question and wondering how Protestants, in general, would react to a Catholic Stations of the Cross service. I'm not sure of the history of the idea of the Stations of the Cross, ...
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Why is there not a Liturgical Feast in honour of the Father within the Catholic Church?
Why is there not a Liturgical Feast in honour of the Father within the Catholic Church?
The Catholic Church is trinitarian in thought and belief. Yet She has no liturgical celebration in honour of the ...
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Are any written instructions to deal with accidental spilling of the Blessed Sacrament of Blood of Christ on the Altar or aisle?
One comes across, during the Liturgy, occasions where the Holy Communion slips from the hand of the Celebrant while it is being administered to the faithful. He carefully picks it up and restores to ...
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Need help understanding something from the dubia around Traditionis Custodes
The last point that the Bishops got in response about Traditionis Custodes was:
A parish priest or chaplain who is authorized to celebrate the traditional Mass but must also celebrate the ordinary ...
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Are there Catholic Churches in any part of the world which have the Tabernacle fixed in the middle of the church?
Of late, there has been a controversy in the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church of Kerala, Southern India which follows the oriental rite. It comes after a decision by a recent Synod that the celebrant of ...
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Were priests just dressed in secular garb in the early church?
I was reading about the gift that President Biden gave to Pope Francis and wondering what a "Fiddleback Chasuble" was. What I stumbled upon on wikipedia was this interesting tidbit that it ...
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What is a "St. James" liturgy mass as opposed to a "St. John Chrysostom" liturgy mass?
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I recently went to a Lebanese festival at a Maronite church and was curious about the difference between that Eastern Catholic Rite and the Melkite rite. When asking about Maronites, I got ...
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Why are missionary priests allowed to fumble over liturgies in the vernacular?
Traditiones Custodes states that
... possess a knowledge of the Latin language sufficient for a thorough comprehension of the rubrics and liturgical texts, and be animated by a lively pastoral ...
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What norms, instructions, permissions and customs are there that do not conform to Traditionis Custodes?
This bullet point in Tradionis Custodes has me super confused:
Art 8. Previous norms, instructions, permissions, and customs that do not conform to the provisions of the present Motu Proprio are ...
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Has the Catholic Church issued any guidelines in relation to the language(s) to be used by churches?
India is a country which boasts of rich cultural heritage including a large number of languages. In addition to the ancient Indo-Aryan language Sanskrit,India has 21 modern languages along with 19,...
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How to not awkwardly bow to thurifer during Mass?
I've been going to the extraordinary form of the Mass (i.e. Latin Mass) for about a year now, every time I go I keep meaning to write down the questions I have and ask them here, so this may be the ...
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What are the Catholic Church's instruction on kneeling down in prayer in churches?
In Catholic churches where pews are in place, one rarely notices the faithful kneeling down in prayer except perhaps during the Prayer of Consecration . In fact, in earlier times, the faithful would ...
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Can the gloria and sanctus be replaced at the Mass with some other hymn or song?
Can the gloria and sanctus be replaced at Mass with some other liturgical hymn or song?
Or can they be partially modified?
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Finding Ancient/Byzantine Greek texts used by choirs from Mount Athos
Recently I came across some recordings of choirs from different monasteries in Mountain Athos (e.g. Vigil of the Holy Cross or just collections of chants from Vatopedi monastery). Where could I find ...
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How have Eastern liturgies changed in the past century?
In the Latin Church, the Liturgical Movement and the Second Vatican Council resulted in broad liturgical changes.
To what extent has liturgy changed in the Eastern churches during the past 50 to 100 ...
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Master of Ceremonies wears purple at High Masses according to the Extraordinary Form of the Mass?
Master of Ceremonies wears purple at High Masses according to the Extraordinary Form of the Mass?
I can recall reading in some liturgical book that the Master of Ceremonies (MC) had the privilege of ...
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What do we know about Arian liturgy?
I've done a lot of googling but can't turn up any information about what Arian liturgy was like. Apparently the "Mozarabic rite" in Spain is connected somehow to traditional Arian liturgy.
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How is the idea of the ritual purity implemented in the Catholic Church?
How is the idea of the ritual purity implemented in the Catholic Church? We know that in the Old Testament priests needed to be ritually pure in order to perform rituals. How is this idea implemented ...
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Can a priest say Mass for himself?
May not get a response in time but our pastor's first name is Joseph and I was wondering on the Feast of St. Joseph the worker, May 1st, can we request our pastor to offer the Mass intention in his ...
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According to Catholicism, is it permitted for a priest to employ the Benedictio Deprecatoris prayer to stop the spread of the coronavirus?
In our daily living, the Church has given us a treasury of prayers from everything to blessings of various object such as holy water to exorcisms against the evil spirits that possess people. There is ...
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Why the differences between the Maundy Thursday Mandatum and the Eucharist?
The two links below are examples of many, many Roman Catholic resources explaining the origin, significance, and liturgical format of foot washing (The Mandatum) which takes place during Maundy ...
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Whence did 'with the Holy Spirit' get added to the prayer "One is Holy, One is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Amen"?
In Western Christian worship, there is a part where the faithful say "One is Holy, One is Lord, Jesus Christ, (together) with the Holy Spirit, to the glory of God the Father. Amen."
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What measures do Catholic dioceses take at Mass during viral outbreaks?
What changes are made at Masses around the world because of outbreaks like the Covid-19/Coronovirus outbreak? For the last two weeks I've noticed a few changes, but we don't do communion in both ...
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Under what conditions does the Catholic Church explicitly call the laity extraordinary ministers?
Under what conditions does the Catholic Church explicitly call the laity extraordinary ministers?
Extraordinary ministers are seen in almost every parish. For the most part, they help the parish ...
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Is it permitted for a priest say a Mass of Pope Pius V for new saints while employing the prayers taken from the Mass of Paul VI?
Is it permissible for a priest say a Mass in the Extraordinary Form for new saints (canonized after 1962) while employing the prayers (Opening Prayer or Collect, Prayer over the Offerings and the ...
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Why is this music chosen for a Catholic Mass?
At 06:00 in this video (Levithögmässa. 23 november 2019, Göteborg) of Mass in the Extraordinary Form, some special music is performed. Why would anyone choose what I refer to as "concert music" for ...
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Do Anglicans use Latin anymore? If so, how much and for what?
Hi so I'm a Latin student and I was just wondering.
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Best wishes for a good week at the end of the mass?
The concluding rites of the holy mass in the ordinary form are somehow like this:
If they are necessary, any brief announcements to the people follow here.
Then the dismissal takes place. The ...
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What musical liturgical melodies could Jesus have sung in the synagogues of his day?
What musical liturgical melodies could Jesus have sung in the synagogues of his day?
Do any possible examples still exist, based on historical evidence?
Have any musically inclined historians ...
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Was Eastern-Orthodox liturgical music influenced by Islam?
If you ever went to an Eastern-Orthodox service, well... their music sounds like Islam to me. It's very different from Western Christian music that is typically accompanied by an organ (even known ...
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What is the norm for celebrating First Friday/Saturday Novena Masses on Holy Days of Obligation?
When First Fridays or First Saturdays fall on Solemnities (like All Saints is on Friday in 2019), do people usually punt the devotions to the next month or pack them into the same day?
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What should a seminarian who is commanded to distribute communion do? [closed]
What is a seminarian suppose to do if his superior commands him to distribute communion regularly and there is no real necessity for him to distribute communion? Should he be disobedient?
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Are devotional materials in Slavic-speaking Orthodox countries typically translated today?
When rereading the Russian classic The Way of the Pilgrim, I was somewhat surprised to come across a passage which implied that a pocket copy of the Gospels intended for personal devotional reading ...
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Are there any Catholic directives (rubrics) from the 17th to 19th century about what to do/pray/think during Eucharist Adoration?
Are there any Catholic directives (some kind of manual or rubrics) from the 17th to 19th century about what to do/pray/think during Eucharist Adoration?
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What are the "common-place utensils" that SSPX says occur in a Novus Ordo mass?
In "What is wrong with the Novus Ordo Missae?" on the official SSPX website, the following statement is made (emphasis mine):
Let us first examine the elements of the Novus Ordo Missae. ...
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Are there any Catholic medieval directives (rubrics) about what to do/pray/think during Eucharist Adoration?
Are there any medieval (from the 5th to the 15th century) directives (some kind of manual or rubrics) about what to do/pray/think during Eucharist Adoration?
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Where can I find the Graduale Romanorum in Latin or Croatian in physical format?
I've been looking for the official Graduale Romanorum which sanctions which hymns, chants, etc. are allowed to be performed during Mass.
Unfortunately, I could only find the Latin version in digital ...
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What non-canonical texts do Eastern Catholic liturgies use?
There are some books considered to be canonical by (some) Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Churches, but not by the Latin Church. E.g. 3+4 Maccabees.
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Since when has white wine been used in the Catholic mass?
In any Catholic mass I attended (in Germany) white wine was used for the holy Eucharist. There are some plausible practical reasons for that. But, as far as I know, red wine was the normal wine in ...
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