It is a fact that may not appear obvious but the use of silk or even cotton is not approved for the liturgy. Continue reading “Why the Catholic Church does not allow the use of silk for the liturgy”
Why the Church prescribes the use of linen for the liturgy, instead of cotton
It is a fact that may not appear obvious but the use of cotton or silk is not approved for the liturgy. Continue reading “Why the Church prescribes the use of linen for the liturgy, instead of cotton”
Why does the Church cling to Latin, a dead language?
For one reason, precisely because it is dead! Continue reading “Why does the Church cling to Latin, a dead language?”
Why the priest in the 1962 Low Mass says certain parts up loud and others silently
In the course of past centuries the ceremonies of the Holy Mass organically grew to what have now in the 1962 Solemn High Mass, i.e. the High Mass with deacon and subdeacon. Continue reading “Why the priest in the 1962 Low Mass says certain parts up loud and others silently”