Quote of the Day.

I don't do a "quote of the day". But if I did, it would be this one. I saw this on Fr. Z's blog.

All this despite the fact that Archbishop Annibale Bugnini’s “euchological pluralism and rubrical flexibility” (his prodigality with forms of prayer and his leniency with liturgical rules), advocated over a supposedly rigid “fixism,” displaced the traditional collects from the Mass, promoted a radically simplified ceremonial that tires the eye and deadens the imagination, and introduced a three-year lectionary that contains too much spread out over too long a period to shape a pious memory effectively.

I am tired of hearing how wonderful the three year/two year cycle is when people defend the Novus Ordo. If you like the Novus Ordo better than the Traditional Mass, then fine. But I have never understood the position that more Scripture readings at Mass is better. Folks in the pews know less than they ever did, despite it being handed to them in greater spoonfulls.

New hand Missals available in September

I saw this on the Catholic Company today. You can pre-order a revised novus ordo hand missal and it will come in September. The price is $74.95. The website won't let me show you a picture here because it is copyrighted. Its ridiculous. Here is the link: Daily Roman Missal, Third Edition

In other news - I heard from someone *who definitely knows* that any new English edition of the Liturgy of the Hours is a long way off. In other words, don't hold your breath. If you want a more traditional Divine Office hopefully Baronius will come through for us shortly. There is also the African edition too.

Where are the new Hand Missals?

You would think, wouldn't you, that given the fact that most dioceses around the English speaking world are preparing the flock for the new Novus Ordo translation that we would have hand missals by now on the market.

But we don't! No missals for you!

Look at this quote I found on the Catholic Truth Society's website (UK):

People's Missals - Daily and Sunday Missals. The Bishops' conference has yet to invite publishers to produce people's Missals, but CTS does intend to bid for the right to publish these, and will look to produce a Daily Missal and a Sunday Missal, to be available from Advent 2011.

Someone needs to get on this in the USA....asap. Priests/parishes can already order their new altar edition, but there is no better way to educate the people than by putting it in their hands.