St. Gabriel Church in Stamford, CT will offer a Traditional Mass for the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes on this Friday, February 11 at 7:30 pm. It will be Low Mass with organ followed by Rosary and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.
Last Wednesday St Mary’s Norwalk saw a truly memorable celebration of the feast of Candlemas or of the Purification. It was a truly “spectacular” conclusion to a day of dramatic developments on the weather front: snow, sleet, ice, rain and finally fog. Since the preceding evening it had been a open question whether the mass and Martin Mosebach’s talk would have to be cancelled. In the end the decision was taken to proceed and a window of opportunity amidst the a conditions did indeed open up that evening. The impressive congregation which braved the weather to attend the mass and lecture was not disappointed. The Candlemas service including the blessing of candles procession and solemn Mass, was one of the most perfect liturgical experiences we have witnessed. The adverse conditions- the real effort many needed just to get to this mass – seemed to give a new intensity to the worship. The music was, as always, magnificent featuring the premiere of a mass by the choirmaster David Hughes.
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The blessing of the candles.
The blessing of the candles.
The distribution of the candles.
The distribution of the candles.
The procession.
The procession of the faithful proceeds around the side aisles, vestibule and before the sanctuary of the darkened church.
The procession.
The Mass.
Martin Mosebach gave his usual dramatic reading – this time a chapter from the “Heresy of Formlessness.” After having experienced the liturgy of this day, he confessed it may have been the most impressive February 2 of his life. And all this musical and liturgical perfection has come into existence from scratch after the effective date of Summorum Pontificum – at the time of Mr. Mosebach’s last visit to the US just three years ago!
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On Sunday, January 30, Martin Mosebach spoke at the parish of Our Saviour, New York. A solemn high mass preceded his talk. We were heartened by the impressive turnout for both the mass and Mr. Mosebach’s talk. In attendance were numerous seminarians and clergy as well as some well-known represenative of various Catholic media. Mr Mosebach gave a forceful presentation on the Traditional liturgy: how it had been destroyed; its essential features; how it is being recovered; and its significance for the overall liturgical and spiritual life of the Church. The text of the original version of his talk (given at an Archdiocesan conference in Sri Lanka last year) can be found HERE.
On Tuesday February 1, Mr. Mosebach spoke at the New York Goethe Institute in a presentation in English and German with critic Liesl Schillinger of the New York Times Book Review. The weather was terrible, yet attendance vastly exceeded expectations using up all available chairs. 70 or so guests had assembled to hear a discussion of a writer none of whose works of fiction have been translated into English! the response of the audience was enthusiastic. When asked if his Catholic faith influenced his novels, Mosebach replied that undoubtedly it did – but exactly how he could not say. Mr Mosebach has written an essay Catholic Literature making much the same point.
The interior of Our Saviour’s about 15 minutes before mass. As always, each new visit to this church reveals new icons, shrines and adornments. By the time of the start of the mass, there was standing room only.
Father Richard Cipolla gave the sermon.
The music was provided by the schola of St. Mary’s Norwalk.
An enthusiastic audience attended the subsequent talk. Discussions and book signings continued long afterwards.
A successful evening!
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