In honour of today's feast and our Holy Father. They don't write them like this any more.
Tu es Petrus, et super hanc petram aedificabo ecclesiam meam. Et portae inferi non praevalebunt ad versus eam: et tibi dabo claves regni caelorum et quodcumque ligaveris super terram erit ligatum in caelis et quodcumque solveris super terram erit solutum in caelis.
Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I shall build my church. And the gates of hell shall not prevail against it: and I shall give thee the keys to the kingdom of heaven.And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven.
Secretive (eg my wife doesn't know I'm writing this blog)
Mendacious (eg my name isn't really Ben Trovato - that comes from an Italian saying: Se non è vero, è molto ben trovato - if it's not true, it's well found (or made up, as we'd say.))
Superficial (I have an interest in almost everything, and can pass myself off as knowing a lot more than I do...)
Self-deluding (my wife probably does know about this blog by now...)
For the record, my kids aren't really called Antonia, Bernadette, Charlie and Dominique either... It would seem unfair to write about them under their true names, so ABCD seemed a good idea. My wife's not Anna either, but again the AB pattern seemed pleasing.
Concerning innovations
-
In The Heresy of Formlessness: The Roman Liturgy and Its Enemy (US HERE –
UK HERE), Martin Mosebach writes of the offended sensibilities of a rock
that has...
Confusion about Sexuality
-
On Wednesday Damon Linker in *The Week* proposed that Pope Francis is
"effectively promulgating two truths". He rightly asserts that Pope Francis
is impl...
Men and the Irish Abortion referendum
-
Not Irish. Not a woman. Two good reasons to keep out of this debate.
But then: Irvine Welsh. Not Irish. Not a woman. (And countless other
non-Irish men o...
A Brief Kitty Update...
-
When Furretti had to be put down, I wasn't sure whether I would get another
cat to keep Miaowrini company.
When I looked after my friend's cats a few year...
Pilgrimage
-
Its that time of the year again when all priests and people of a certain
sort congregate in Paris for the great pilgrimage.
So all there is to do is bin...
Never again Charlie, Isaiah and Alfie.
-
The Italian pro-life organisation, Steadfast Onlus, have published a note
on their Facebook page about an event they held today in Rome,
commemorating the ...
One Baby Boy, So Many Victims...
-
[image: Image result for alfie evans]
As the battle over the life and death of Alfie Evans intensified in the
full glare of the onlooking world, I was amon...
The trouble I've seen
-
(In an earlier version of this post, I said the father of the child was an
atheist. The original Italian, however, says he was a non-believer. I have
corre...
More Bugnini
-
.
I'm occasionally asked why I bang on about the pre-1911 order of things in
the Church. It's because the liturgical archaeologism which guided
liturgica...
The Cross is a Choice for Heaven or Hell
-
The Cross is about the vulnerability of God, it is about God placing
himself into our hands.
In the Crucifixion God is scourged, spat upon, crowned with th...
Chartres 2018!
-
Bonjour, Pilgrims!
Yes, it is that time of year again when the siren bells of Chartres
Cathedral begin their slow but relentless peal of welcome. Will y...
The Battle for the Shire
-
A devout and good young man is keen to join the Society of St Pius X. I can
understand that. I have always wanted to be simply a priest as Catholic
priest...
Confraternity of Catholic Clergy Colloquium 2017
-
I am happy to pass on the following information concerning the forthcoming
Colloquium of the Confraternity of Catholic Clergy. Unfortunately I will
not be...
International declaration on sacred music
-
Here at The New Liturgical Movement
The list of over 200 signatories, of which I am one, Here
Still singing.
Today
Asperges
Mass XVII, Credo I
Marian ant...
Ad Orientem... Please?
-
Last night we went to Mass in the Extraordinary Form at St Charles in Hull.
I am very grateful to Bishop Drainey for allowing this once monthly Mass to
con...
Three thoughts
-
First thought: whatever this Friday brings, don't lose your peace of soul.
Personally, I suspect we can expect the worst. But so what if that happens?
The ...
This blog has now moved
-
Please note that this blog has now moved to: novusmotusoxoniensis.com
Would you please be so kind as to update your links, as this blog will no
longer be ...
Christmas 2015
-
A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE!
(Of course, the Baby Jesus didn't arrive until the Crib was blessed
shortly after I photographed the Crib)
Dịch Vụ Chụp Ảnh Kỷ Yếu Của Kỷ Yếu Hà Nội
-
*Mình thấy nhiều trường nhiều lớp tấp nập đi chụp ảnh kỷ yếu rồi đó lớp bạn
đã chụp chưa !!! Vậy là chỉ còn vài tháng nữa thôi là chúng ta sẽ tạm thời
rời ...
That Letter - Update
-
We now have hundreds of signatures on the letter in support of our priests,
thanks to the many bloggers who carried the letter (see here for a list),
and m...
Manual for Spiritual Warfare – Paul Thigpen
-
Manual for Spiritual Warfare Paul Thigpen Tan Books ISBN 9781618906533 ASIN
B00SZDHHJ6 Like it or not, you are at war. This book is excellent. To be
honest...
Changing The World: One Diaper At A Time.
-
*The most important person on earth is a mother. She cannot claim the honor
of having built Notre Dame Cathedral. She need not. She has built something
m...
-
*CATHOLIC EVIDENCE TRAINING OUTLINES* * Compiled by Maisie Ward*
------------------------------
*No one should attempt to use this book without having ...
Clearing the Decks
-
*To know oneself is a miracle greater than raising the dead. - St Isaac the
Syrian*
Only Christ is the End; everything else is a means. ...
.jpg)
2 comments:
"They don't write them like this any more."
Indeed not...but I think James Macmillan's Tu es Petrus which accompanied the Pope Benedict's entry into Westminster Cathedral was pretty good.
Patricius,
I quite agree. Indeed I might have posted that one had I thought of it. Macmillan is a great contemporary composer.
But I have a special place in my heart for Palestrina's setting, so naturally that was the one that occurred to me.
Post a Comment