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Thursday 11 December 2014

Pontifical Solemn High Mass From The Throne. Norwich Catholic Cathedral Of Saint John The Baptist. Feast Of All Saints, 1 November 2014.

Pontifical Solemn High Mass From The Throne.

Norwich Catholic Cathedral Of Saint John The Baptist.

Feast Of All Saints, 1 November 2014.

Illustration: THE CHAIRMAN'S BLOG

The following Text is from THE CHAIRMAN'S BLOG

On Saturday, 1 November 2014, All Saints' Day, Bishop Alan Hopes of East Anglia celebrated Mass in The Extraordinary Form in his Cathedral in Norwich, 'from The Throne'.

Various Bishops have celebrated The Traditional Mass in various places, but this is the first celebration by a Bishop in his own Cathedral 'from The Throne', that is, in The Most Solemn Form.

The Nave,

Norwich Catholic Cathedral.

Photo: 29 July 2014.

Source: Own work.

Attribution: "Photo by DAVID ILIFF.

License: CC-BY-SA 3.0"

Author: Diliff.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Bishop Hopes is used to Celebrating the Extraordinary Form Mass; as an Auxiliary Bishop in Westminster, he did this at least annually for The Latin Mass Society for a number of years.

We had been asking for Traditional Masses in Norwich Cathedral [Editor: Norwich's Catholic Cathedral is Saint John the Baptist.] for some time, notably for a Requiem Mass for a couple who were Parishioners and had left money for this purpose. We were therefore delighted when Bishop Hopes told us, after his Appointment to East Anglia, that he would break the ice by celebrating an Extraordinary Form Mass there, himself.

Norwich Catholic Cathedral

of Saint John the Baptist.

Photo: 25 June 2009.

Source: This file was derived from:

Roman Catholic Cathedral, Norwich (2)

- geograph.org.uk - 1399627.jpg

Author: O

riginal: Nigel Chadwick;

Derivative work: Rabanus Flavus.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Wednesday 10 December 2014

Solemn High Mass (Usus Antiquior). 1100 A.M, Christmas Day. Saint Mary's, Chislehurst, Kent.

Solemn High Mass

(Usus Antiquior).

1100 hrs.

Christmas Day.

Saint Mary's,

Chislehurst,

Kent.

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28 Crown Lane,

Chislehurst,

Kent BR7 5PL.

Tel: 020 8467 3215.

Fax: 020 8325 9627.

Email: office@stmarysrc.org

Website: www.stmarysrc.org

The Rorate Mass. The Votive Mass Of Our Lady In Advent.

An excellent account of a Rorate Mass can be found at RORATE CAELI

Altar, with Violet Cloth and Antependium, for the Season of Advent,

prepared for the Celebration of a "Rorate Mass",

in which the Rorate Caeli is sung.

Photo: 3 September 2011.

Source: Own work.

Author: Kaiser Guilherme II.

(Wikimedia Commons)

The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.

The Rorate Mass got its proper name from the first word of the Introit (Entrance antiphon): "Rorate caeli désuper et nubes pluant justum". "Shower, O heavens, from above, and let the skies rain down righteousness". We know Gaudete Sunday and Laetare Sunday, which also got their names from the Introit. Before the Liturgical changes post-Vatican II, this Mass was celebrated very early in the morning on all Saturdays. In some areas, it was celebrated on several, or even all, weekdays during Advent (The Votive Mass of Our Lady in Advent).

The Rorate Mass is a Votive Mass in honour of The Blessed Mother for the Season of Advent. It has a long tradition in The Catholic Church, especially in German-speaking countries. The Masses have to begin in the morning, when it is still dark, due to winter-time, and are said by candlelight.