Rorate Mass and Gaudete Sunday Photopost 2023 (Part 3)

We continue with your photos of Advent liturgies, especially Rorate Masses; in this post, we also have a bit of the Ambrosian Rite, the feast of the Immaculate Conception, and some very nice rose-colored Gaudete Sunday vestments. The number of contributions has been truly incredible, and there will be at least two more posts in this series, but there is always room and time for more, so please feel free to send in yours to photopost@newliturgicalmovement.org. Remember to include the name and location of the church, and remember that you are doing great work in preserving our authentic liturgical heritage, and evangelizing through beauty!  

Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe – LaCrosse, Wisconsin

Solemn Rorate Mass, celebrated in the presence of His Eminence Raymond Cardinal Burke, who founded the shrine while he was bishop of LaCrosse (1994-2003).  

St Benedict – Chesapeake, Maryland (FSSP)

Most Precious Blood of Jesus – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (ICRSP)

Photos by one of our favorite photographers, Mrs Allison Girone.

Tradition will always be for the young!

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Rorate Mass Photopost 2023 (Part 2)

The response to our photopost request for Rorate Masses has been overwhelming, and there will definitely be at least two more posts in this series... not to mention the fact that Gaudete Sunday was only yesterday, so hopefully, photos of rose-colored vestments will be arriving soon. There is always room and time for more, so please feel free to send in photos of any and all of your Advent liturgies to photopost@newliturgicalmovement.org; don’t forget to include the name and location of the church, and any other information you think important.

In this post, we also have Spanish blue vestments for Immaculate Conception, and pictures of a Mass in the Ordinariate Rite, all good signs of the steady recovery of our authentic Catholic liturgical traditions. The good work of evangelizing through beauty continues apace!

Nuestra Señora del Pilar – Guadalajara, Mexico (FSSP)

Tradition will always be for the young!

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Gaudete Sunday and Rorate Mass Photopost 2021 (Part 3)

The good work of evangelizing through beauty carries on! There will definitely be at least two more posts in this series, bring us up to five for the second year in a row. I will do my best to get them all done within the next two days, and a notice will be posted for the Christmas liturgies, but in any case, there’s always room for more. If you have any more photos you’d like to contribute to this series, please send them to photopost@newliturgicalmovement.org, and make sure to include the name and location of the church, and any other information which you think important. As always we are very grateful to all our photopost contributors. Prope est jam Dominus: venite, adoremus!

St Mary’s Oratory – Wausau, Wisconsin (ICRPS)

Feast of the Immaculate Conception

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Gaudete Sunday and Rorate Mass Photopost 2021 (Part 2)

For our second Gaudete Sunday and Rorate Mass post, we have photos from four different countries, including Spain, where the feast of the Immaculate Conception is traditionally celebrated with blue vestments. Special kudos go to the photographers of the Rorate Masses here! There will definitely be at least two more posts in this series, so there is always room for more - please send photos to photopost@newliturgicalmovement.org, and remember to include the name and location of the church, and any other information you think important. Prope est jam Dominus; venite, adoremus!

St Mary of Redford – Detroit, Michigan 

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The Meeting of the Lord Celebrated in L’viv

On the Julian Calendar, yesterday was the feast of the Meeting of the Lord, as the Presentation of Christ is called in the Byzantine Rite. As one final photopost for the feast, here are some images and video of the celebration at the parish of the Annunciation to the Mother of God in L’viv, Ukraine, which was sung by the Kliros choir. Great Vespers with Litiya started at 11 pm, followed by an break for agape, then Matins and Divine Liturgy, ending at 5 am.

Part of the singing of Psalm 103 at the beginning of Vespers; more videos are available at the parish’s website.

Here we can see the loaves of bread prepared for the blessing at litiya. These are the cut up and distributed to those present at the end of Vespers.

A reader chants the six Psalms at the beginning of Matins.

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