Pray for the Conclave

For the Conclave, the Collect of the Votive Mass pro eligendo:

Supplici, Domine, humilitate deposcimus: ut sacrosantæ Romanæ Ecclesiæ concedat Pontificem illum tua immensa pietas; qui et pio in nos studio semper tibi placitus, et tuo populo pro salubri regimine sit assidue ad gloriam tui nominis reverendus. Per Christum.

We entreat Thee most humbly as suppliants, O Lord, that Thy boundless mercy may give the holy Roman Church a Bishop whose loving care in our regard will always be pleasing to Thee, and may be constantly honoured by Thy people for the glory of Thy name for his beneficent rule. Through Christ our Lord.

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Fr Mawdsley, the Holocaust, and the Traditional Mass

'Catholic Unscripted' have a released a full session with me talking about these matters. If you don't know about the context this may or may not be of interest, but it is a response to an internet sensation, which needs a response, and a wider problem of people in the Traditional Movement being sucked into conspiracy theories and antisemitism.

Here it is.

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Requiem for Pope Francis

A beautiful Mass in Corpus Christi, Maiden Lane, celebrated by Fr Alan Robinson and accompanied by the Southwell Consort, who sang Victoria's Requiem. (Cardinal Nichols had given a general permission for Requiems to be celebrated for Pope Francis during the Octave, and celebrated one himself the same day.)

The Jews and the Liturgical Reform: in the Homiletic and Pastoral Review

Venerating the Cross on Good Friday (St Mary Moorfields, London)

This month I have an article in the Homiletic and Pastoral Review. It takes its start from a 1961 Memorandum sent to the Holy See, Anti Jewish Elements in Catholic Liturgy by the American Jewish Committee, which was intended to influence the reform. 

Until the conclusion of the paper I keep the question of the validity of those concerns separate from my main question: did the reformers of the Consilium act on them?

The short answer is 'no'. I was myself surprised to discover this, but the evidence is quite clear. I encourage readers interested in the subject to read my paper which sets out why I come to that conclusion in full.

Briefly, there are three main indications that the Consilium was not guided by this document.