Month: September 2011
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In Praise of Rupture
Who could praise rupture?
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Liturgy: First on the Agenda
A new organization of priests in the US is planning a convocation for next June. The topic–liturgy.
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New Missal formally presented at Westminster Cathedral
The grace and elegance of the new English translation has greatly inspired the grace and beauty of the volume itself in all its details.
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The Pope with the tiara and the Lutherans
In the church where Martin Luther was ordained and celebrated his first Mass, the Pope wore a stole that depicted his personal coat of arms topped by the triple-crown tiara. Talk about sending a message! If there is anyone who railed against the imperial papacy, it was surely Luther.
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Finding Common Ground?
In the midst of conflict and division, we know it is you who turn our minds to thoughts or really, really terrible music.
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Phoenix Q&A on both forms: some comments -UPDATED 9-23
How do you suppose the western Church managed to give Communion exclusively under both forms for a millennium and more? How do Eastern Orthodox and Protestants manage to this day? Are Roman Catholics somehow given more to profanation than all other Christians?
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“Take this, one (or two) of you, and drink from it…” UPDATED 9-21
Bishop Olmsted of Phoenix Diocese is withdrawing permission for Communion under both forms at nearly all Masses.
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Implementation of the missal proceeds…
I had my first real-live experience with the new translation (I’m not counting trial liturgies with ICEL folks) on Sunday.
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Report from New Zealand
Eighty-three percent gave a negative evaluation of the new translation.