Day: December 20, 2010
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How do you define “ancient”?
Calling something — anything — ancient (or otherwise appealing to antiquity) without solid historical evidence doesn’t fly far in my opinion….
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Missal unrest in New York
Be It Resolved: That this area conference of priests requests that the Priest Council of the Archdiocese of New York advise the Archbishop to seek a postponement of the implementation of the new Roman Missal in the Archdiocese for at least one year (from Advent 2011), or until such time as priests of the Archdiocese…
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Many leave the Catholic Church in Germany, Austria
In Germany and Austria, the government-collected “church tax” gives us data on the numbers leaving the churches.
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Hierarchy or Social Network? Spirit and Method at Vatican II
by Jonathan Day “Today’s liturgical progressives may claim the ‘Sprit of Vatican II,’ but it is the conservative faction that has used the ‘Methods of Vatican II’ to influence the Church’s direction.”
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Storied boys choir heard anew
The Boston Archdiocesan Choir School is relying on the 27-year-old Robinson, a former assistant organist at the Canterbury Cathedral and a product of the Anglican choir school tradition, to lead it into a new era. He will need all the confidence he can muster.
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O Clavis David: O Key of David
Rather than being frightened by this image of Christ as the holder of the keys, the one who opens and no one can close and who closes and no one can open, the image of Christ as Key of David instilled in me a far-reaching confidence.
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“A Meeting in a Hillside Home”
The fourth and final hymn text I’ve chosen for the final week of Advent is one I wrote last year for the Fourth Sunday of Advent, Cycle C. The text is a meditation on the Visitation of Mary and Elizabeth, as would be appropriate for the final days of Advent when the Church invites us…