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In a previous post, we described the 1951 changes to the Propers for the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Here, we return to the 1570 Roman Missal and its implicit endorsement of the Eastern tradition that Our Lady “fell asleep in the Lord” before being assumed body and soul into Heaven. We also coordinate this belief with the devotions to Our Lady in the city...

We’ve just wrapped up a tremendous summer here at the Catholic Institute of Sacred Music and are looking forward to the next!The rich liturgical environment of the Catholic Institute of Sacred Music immerses students in the Church’s treasury of sacred music – Gregorian chant and sacred polyphony – in the context of the sung celebration of the Roman rite (both usus antiquior and ...

The thirteenth of August is the feast of St Hippolytus, an officer of the guards in the prison where St Lawrence was held, whom the latter converted to Christianity. He is said to have taken the body of Lawrence for burial; reproved for this by the Emperor Decius, and threatened with torture and death, he answered “May I merit to be a likeness of the blessed martyr Lawrence, who...

St Clare died on August 11, 1253, at the age of 59. The pope at the time, Innocent IV, had known her personally for many years, and had even come with his court to the church of San Damiano in Assisi, the first Franciscan women’s house, which Clare had ruled over for many years, in order to be present for her funeral. The story is told that he had such a high regard of her sanct...

The following guest article by Ignacio Gallardo Tampe will be published in three parts. This study aims to elucidate the differences between the Second Eucharistic Prayer and the so-called Anaphora of Hippolytus, which are often erroneously spoken of as if they were identical. Furthermore, this article intends to provide a critical analysis of current liturgical praxis and the n...