Englishing the Liturgy

Black and white illustration of people in worship with text: "Gather in for AmChurch and busy bodies... Guitars... handshakes... anything but worship of God." Features silhouettes of people praying, playing guitar, and holding hands."

I Am Done…

By Cindy Paslawski | April 9, 2019

I don’t make a practice of leaving the church before the Mass is over. The nuns said we had to stay to the Final Blessing: so it was taught, so it has been done.  I suppose I would leave if the priest preached outright heresy, damned the pro-life movement, or something like that. Al Matt,…

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A statue of Jesus with long hair covering his face, set against a red background. Text reads: "NO! WHAT?? THAT OLD PLAYBOOK AGAIN? WHY?" The statue appears to be in a gesture of distress, emphasizing Catholic themes."

Stravinskas wants to Change the Latin Mass: The Problem isn’t Traditionalists

By Randon LeDescale | February 12, 2017

I came across an article recently suggesting it is time to update the Traditional liturgy. I came to it through a tweet by Phil Lawler that read “How the Extraordinary Form could be made more accessible– if traditionalists would allow it.” The article, written by Fr. Peter Stravinskas, made the argument that both Sacrosanctum Concilium and…

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Cover of "The Wanderer Forum" Volume 1, Number 2 discussing the translation of liturgy. Features a cross and altar with red cloth. Text includes "Englishing the Liturgy" and Latin phrase "Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth."

BAM! Paprocki Drops a Knee on the Head Bob crowd

By John B. Manos | June 25, 2014

Thank God! Do you hear the sound? (bam!) That’s the sound of a knee being dropped. In a pastoral letter, Ars celebrandi et adorandi, given to his diocese on June 22, Bishop Paprocki says it:  “the proper reverence to the Blessed Sacrament is ‘to bend the knee,’ to genuflect.”  THANK GOD! On Bending the Knee Wait! Do you hear the…

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Now That You’ve Heard the New Translations: Why?

By Cindy Paslawski | November 28, 2011

(Editor’s note: The italicized words are the questions asked by an educated 30-something Catholic, who attends Mass regularly.) “Why are they doing this to us? Why are they changing the words of the Mass? What’s the big deal about a few words here and there?” The person asking these questions is a victim of over-preparation…

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