Society of Saint Gregory

In the parish where I grew up, they once printed the Midnight Mass service booklet which included the words: "God and dinners reconciled" This reminds me of a reader in my parish a few years ago who, very confidently, read 'Lord, you are my portion' as 'Lord, you ate my portion.' I've alw...

As a non-member, I would be sad to lose access to the forum. I feel I have learned a great deal about the liturgy from following the threads. Many of the contributions have helped me to understand/cope with the current liturgical changes, often because people have been honest about the problems. Som...

Our primary school B of G's does not want to support our funding bid. I wondered what was meant by 'support' for the funding bid? I'm a secondary school teacher and we have a fantastic relationship with our local parish but, to the best of my knowledge, we've never fundraised as a school for them. ...

Thank you - it's great to feel confident your questions will be answered. Am I right in thinking that 'et cum spiritu tuo' is a literal translation of a Semittic phrase which presumably the Latin speaking Christians found bemusing until Chrysostom gave it a theological gloss? If so, when I'm repeati...

I''m a bit confused by Northern Tenor's statement that there is a theological difference between 'And also with you' and 'And with your spirit.' Why? What's it got to do with Chrysostom? I'm even more confused by the reference to the laicised priest - unless it's an ad hominem comment?

I wondered if other people had seen this on-line petition and what they thought of it.
http://www.whatifwejustsaidwait.org/
It calls for a grassroots review of the new Roman Missal.