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I’m giving up bad liturgy for Lent
That’s it. It’s a late Lenten resolution but this Lent, I am giving up bad liturgies. I’ve had enough of it. All of it. The ad-libbed Eucharistic Prayers, the casual sauntering around the Altar, the...
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Mass is the Anti-Sacrifice
From Chris Haw’s ‘From Willow Creek to Sacred Heart: Rekindling My Love for Catholicism‘, pp. 119 – 123: In “the sacrifice of Mass” we find that there is no more need for sacrifice. The Lamb was slain,...
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Council of Trent on the Sacrifice of the Mass: A Summary
1. In the Old Covenant, God ordained that sacrifices be offered but these were but signs, and so God ordained that “another priest should arise, according to the order of Melchisedech, our Lord Jesus...
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If Masses Were Men…
I went to my second ever Latin Mass. And I’m pleased to report that it was slightly less disorientating than the first time. (See My First Latin Mass for all the disorientating weirdness.) But it was...
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How St Joseph Was Added to the Canon
A week or so ago, Pope Francis announced that the name of St Joseph would be added to the Intercessions in the Eucharistic Prayers. After the consecration, we will now hear “…with the Blessed Virgin...
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Sacrifice of the Mass? (Answering ‘Nothing in my Hand I Bring’)
I wrote a post critiquing Ray Galea’s book on Catholicism. What I didn’t tell you was that Transubstantiation was simply one section in one chapter on the Mass in what is actually quite a small book....
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Why are Young Evangelicals Getting High?
via The Christian Pundit (click for link) An article has been floating around my little corner of the interwebs of late: Young Evangelicals are Getting High.In it, the Christian Pundit reports that...
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Catholics and Baby Food
Can I be honest? Horribly, brutally and probably quite untactfully honest? The hardest thing about becoming Catholic isn’t the opposition from Protestants, the weakening of friendships, the moving...
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No, the Liturgy is Not Feminised
One common complaint you hear among Catholics, particularly the more traditionally inclined, is that the liturgy has been feminised, or become effeminate. Recently, Dr. Taylor Marshall (who, by the...
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How Jane Austen Got Me into the Latin Mass
A couple of months ago, I started going to the Traditional Latin Mass. From the get-go, I was intrigued. I found it both incredibly appealing but also deeply unsettling, and I didn’t know what to make...
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7 Types of Catholic Nerds & Where to Find Them
Pic from the very Catholic and fantastically geeky Son of Bosco (click through for link – well worth it!) Since becoming Catholic, I’ve discovered that Catholicism is a particularly favourable...
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All I Want For Christmas is No Fake Snow
Christmas is only two sleeps away! Here in Sydney, it’s hot, sticky and humid — the opposite of what you think of as a typical Christmas… You’d think I’d be used to it by now. I’ve only ever known...
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Catholics and Baby Food
Can I be honest? Horribly, brutally and probably quite untactfully honest? The hardest thing about becoming Catholic isn’t the opposition from Protestants, the weakening of friendships, the moving...
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Bless This Chocolate: How M&Ms & the Eucharist Got Me Saying Grace
I’ve never been very good at saying grace. Scrap that, I’ve always been dreadful at praying grace before meals, particularly with my family. They aren’t practicing Christians so we never did it. When...
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