The Rad Trad

While Mr. Grump was unable to attend a Holy Thursday Mass last week, and thus was deprived of his usual immediate occasion of Triduum-relate...

Please pray for the soul of Fr. Linus Desantis, OFM, who I recently discovered died during Mass in December. One might say that in my own...

"If any man be devout and love God, let him enjoy this fair and radiant triumphal feast. If any man be a wise servant, let him rejo...

Our old friend, Mister Maestro, has an interesting pair of articles on the ritual symbolism of the old vesperal Mass of Holy Saturday. ...

First, let me say that contrary to many contemporary opinions the old Holy Saturday liturgy was  not  at the wrong time. It was at an un...

The day began with traditional Vespers. The antiphons during the psalms alternated between the Annunciation and Holy Friday. After the J...

Today's Pre-Sanctified Mass is one of the oldest, if not the oldest, liturgical rites in the Roman Church. A "Mass" without a...