New Liturgical Movement

Lost in Translation #168 After the commingling and the Agnus Dei the priest silently prays the following: Domine Jesu Christe, qui dixisti Apostolis tuis: Pacem relinquo vobis, pacem meam do vobis: ne respicias peccata mea, sed fidem Ecclesiæ tuæ; eamque secundum voluntatem tuam pacificare et coadunare digneris: Qui vivis et regnas Deus per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen. W...

We are now in the midst of an octave that contains three feasts of the Virgin Mary, her Nativity on September 8th, her Holy Name on the 12th, and the Seven Sorrows on the 15th. The historical starting point of this arrangement is of course the first of these, which was imported into the Roman Rite from the Byzantine tradition at the end of the 7th century, along with three other...

St. Basil the Great praying during the Holy Anaphora (source)A guest article by Pan. Papadimitriou, PhD“Having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret”, Mat. 6:5–6“While the Secret prayer is being performed” (St. Gregory of Nyssa, 4th c.)“The first [prayer] silently/secretly”, 19th Canon, The Council of Laodicea (364 A.D.)A characteristic feature of the Orthodox is th...

Advent is considered the start of the Roman Rite’s liturgical year as a matter of logic and convention, but is not formally designated as such in the liturgy itself. In the Byzantine Rite, on the other hand, the liturgical year has a formally designated beginning on September 1st, a custom which has its origin in an ancient Roman cycle of taxation known as the Indiction. This wa...

At St Benedict Abbey, Still River, MA I am happy to promote the New England Sacred Music Workshop 2026, offered in conjunction with St Benedict Abbey. The workshop focuses on both chant and polyphony, offering expert tuition for singers, and talks on the connections between sacred music and the liturgy. The setting is beautiful Still River, near Harvard (not to be confused with ...