One of my friends said to me recently that she was told by someone at the Latin Mass that she goes to in her Parish that the laity aren’t supposed to make the responses at Mass, but are supposed to participate only inwardly and silently. This troubled me, for the first document promulgated by the [...]
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Active Participation in the Latin Mass
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Active Participation, DeMusica Sacra, Latin Mass, Pray the Mass, Vatican II on December 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The Primate Is Arrested
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski, Communism, Courage, Heroism, The Primate on December 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Our Lady of Czestochowa
Continuing the beautiful story of the heroic resistance of the Polish Church to the onslaught of Communism, we chronicle the arrest of the Primate, Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski.
On the Feast of St.Ladyslaw, patron of Warsaw, the Cardinal offered Mass for his seminarians early in the morning. The date was Friday, September 25th, 1953. That evening he [...]
Active Participation At The Latin Mass
Posted in Uncategorized on December 6, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Thumbing through a copy of the beautiful new edition of The New Roman Missal (1962) published by Baronius Press, I found the following quote:
“…every liturgical celebration, because it is an action of Christ the Priest and His Body, which is the Church, is a sacred action surpassing all others.” (SacrosanctumConcilium,7)
This was a particular joy for [...]
The New Liturgical Movement
Posted in Uncategorized on December 2, 2007 | 3 Comments »
This morning’s Mass in our parish was a particularly meaningful and beautiful one. It marked for us the return of the Mass our Holy Father has called the extraordinary form of the Roman rite.
For many it is simply known as the Latin Mass or Tridentine Mass. I must confess that although I had prayed for [...]
An Act of Dedication
Posted in Uncategorized on December 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This blog is dedicated to Our Lady, Mother of The Polish Nation. It is an act of gratitude that seeks to tell in some way the beautiful story of a Polish nation that stood fast in the twentieth century against attempts by both the Nazi’s and Soviet Communists to eviscerate her national heritage.
It is also the story [...]
Christmas Lessons from Nowa Huta
Posted in Uncategorized on December 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In 1949, the Soviets decided to build what they deemed a “workers’ paradise” in a town on the outskirts of Krakow. This new town was part of their campaign to break down the resistance of middle-class Krakowians to the Soviet program for Poland, a program that entailed the denial of one thousand years of Polish [...]
Our Lady and the Primate: The Soviet Onslaught Begins
Posted in Uncategorized on December 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
After his ingress into Gniezno. the new Archbishop began his program of renewing the national spirit in preparation for the thousand-year anniversary of Polish Christianity. The focus of his plan would be complete entrustment to Mary in the struggle for to preserve an endangered national faith.
Soviet soldiers being heckled by a crowd.
Radiating a tender love [...]
Our Lady of Czestochowa and the Primate: Part Two
Posted in Uncategorized on December 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
After the war, Fr. Wyszynski returned to his home diocese of Wloclawek. Whereas, before the war, he had been greatly drawn to academic work, Providence was about to mark his destiny as that of a pastor and father to the nation. As always, his heavenly Mother would accompany him on each stage of the journey.
Our [...]
The Black Madonna and the Destiny of the Polish Nation
Posted in Uncategorized on December 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Who is the “Black Madonna of Czestochowa”? What is her place in the hearts of the Polish people and of the Polish nation? What part did she play in defending the faith and culture of Poland in the second half of the 20th century? These are but a few of the points we will be [...]
Our Lady of Czestochowa and the Primate: Part One
Posted in Uncategorized on December 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
On August 3rd, 1924, Stefan Wyszynski (pronounced Shteh-fahn Vih-shinski) was ordained to the holy priesthood by Auxiliary Bishop Wojciech Owczarek in the chapel of the Blessed Virgin in Wloclawek’s Cathedral.
Bishop Wyszynski
Immediately after his ordination, he travelled to Czestochowa in order to be able to offer his first Solemn Mass before the miraculous icon of Our [...]
