Moto Proprio

The Moto Proprio permitting the celebration of the Latin Mass goes into effect today, the feast of the Exultation of the Cross. At American Catholic.org they have an interesting description of the feast. It seems very appropriate that the Moto Proprio should be enacted on this day, considering the great veneration in the symbolism and motions of the old mass for the awful and terrible magnificence of the Crucifixion. This day also has a special meaning for me, because on it 5 years ago a very good friend of mine entered the convent. I know (in that way you can know something about someone you haven't talked to in five years) that she sees this as a special sign to her of the importance of her vocation.

At Universalis.com I discovered it is also the anniversary of the death of Dante. I think there is a comic story to be written about Dante's discovery of what heaven and hell really are like. Calling all lit students ...