Day 92 – We Have a Winner!

Tuesday, June 16, 2020 – In the race to see which gets here sooner—Mr. Flusche’s computer vs. Mrs. Flusche’s long-lost orchard—Mr. Flusche WINS! Woohoo! Kudos to UPS in their victory of package delivery! Although, Mystic Monk Coffee takes the grand prize for always coming through with speedy delivery for our caffeinated needs. Anyhoo, Mr. Flusche’s Read More

Day 87 – Mass and Participation Awards

Thursday, June 11, 2020 – Now that we have discussed (slow rolled) both forms of the Mass, it is time to go deeper into what participation at Mass really means. You have probably heard the term “active participation” and wondered if you are “doing” enough. In case nobody has told you, there is NO “participation Read More

Day 86 – Mrs. Flusche’s Super Basic Primer on the Mass (Part XVII)

Wednesday, June 10, 2020 – Today is going to be very short and blessedly not confusing. However, this section also has some choices. Thankfully they are not confusing. This is the final part of the Novus Ordo. For whatever reason, this part has been given its own section in the USCCB outline. I can only Read More

Day 85 – Mrs. Flusche’s Super Basic Primer on the Mass (Part XVI)

Tuesday, June 9, 2020 – Today we are going to focus on just the Communion part of the Liturgy of the Eucharist. It is fairly similar to the Communion part of the Mass of the Faithful. Unfortunately, this is where we see a lot of the prayers from the Traditional Latin Mass left out. Anyhow, Read More

Day 84 – Mrs. Flusche’s Super Basic Primer on the Mass (Part XV)

Monday, June 8, 2020 – Yesterday we started talking about the Liturgy of the Eucharist in the Novus Ordo and saw that there was a lot missing in the New Mass vs. the Traditional Latin Mass in terms of the prayers said over the gifts. Today we continue with the Liturgy of the Eucharist: the Read More

Day 83 – Mrs. Flusche’s Super Basic Primer on the Mass (Part XIV)

Sunday, June 7, 2020 – While much of yesterday’s post was extremely confusing, today is going to be a little less so…except where it isn’t. Okay, so today is going to be confusing too. The downside of how the USCCB has divided the Novus Ordo (NO) is that their outline leaves a lot of “stuff” Read More