Society of Saint Gregory

Such anomalies will continue to appear as long as the Humpty Dumpty school of translation holds sway in Rome - any multi-syllabic English word that looks a bit like a Latin one is obviously a translation of it - especially, though not in this case, if it ends in "-ion"! "Un-favourites...

Can anyone throw any light on how this came about? Not I, but it might help if someone could explain exactly what "Hosanna in the highest" means - - is it " the very best form of Hosanna!" (sort of "Hosanna in spades!"), or "Hosanna is being shouted in the highest...

To fulfil your obligation to attend Mass on the N'th of Monthember, you can attend any valid Mass whatsoever on the Nth, or any valid Mass whatsoever in the "evening" (i.e. 4pm or later) on day N-1 of Monthember. Thank God (and Fr Gareth) for a note of sanity in this issue which has aggra...

Nick Baty wrote:Would still love to know what IHTAF means!!
I have to admit frankly?

Quaeritor - in another thread wrote: "I Hear Those Angel Feet" - that'd be the ones dancing on the head of that pin!

Now all I have to do is find out how to post a link to another thread! - ah the joys of technology!

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Nice one! - where'd'you find that?

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zzzzz (should be a smiley for that)

Night night

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. . or even "on line"?

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You're up too late, Nick - and why don't you appear in the list of those one line?

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JW wrote:Well, we don't know if it's a he or a she

My point exactly - but we do know he or she is just one, and not a "they" (whatever one of those might be).

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JW wrote:if a priest wants to hold a Mass on the eve of the Epiphany which satisfies the Sunday Obligation, he has to say the Mass of the Epiphany, not the Vigil Mass

IHTAF

(You know what that means now! - see a recent thread.)

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The issue with the musician who plays by ear is easily resolved if that musician can provide a list of hymns to the committee that they can accompany. - ? - as in "if you lot want any of these you can jolly well play them yourselves!" Ah the holes we dig with the politically delicate use ...

AS I am at this very moment preparing the order of service for the congregation it seems churlish not to share it with you by the magic of Cut and Paste (excuse any typos - the eagle-eyed Mrs Q is as we speak proof-reading the draft - and I notice in the preview that the tabbing has not copied well ...

I think this dates back to the days when churches were so full that folk would arrive up to an hour early just to get a seat That's only partly the case - actually more important was to get the congregation safely in and the doors closed and guarded before the Christmas Eve extension in the pubs - ...

musicus wrote:

quaeritor wrote:IHTAF

That's a new one on me, q. Please elucidate.

I've used it before, Musicus - evaded your eagle eye that time! "I Hear Those Angel Feet" - that'd be the ones dancing on the head of that pin!

Southern Comfort wrote: . . if anyone uses the Vigil Mass prayers and readings, they do not (we are told) fulfil the Christmas obligation.

Tell me you're not serious, SC

IHTAF

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