Magna-gift

I was thrilled to preside recently at the baptism of little Hildegard, daughter of Pray Tell contributor Kim Belcher. And I was thrilled today when Kim gave me this hand-made cup as a thank-you:

At firstย I was concerned about the handle placement, since I’m not left-handed. Then I got it: it’s for versus populum celebration.

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Anthony Ruff, OSB

Fr. Anthony Ruff, OSB, is a monk of St. John's Abbey. He teaches liturgy, liturgical music, and Gregorian chant at St. John's University School of Theology-Seminary. He is widely published and frequently presents across the country on liturgy and music. He is the author of Sacred Music and Liturgical Reform: Treasures and Transformations, and of Responsorial Psalms for Weekday Mass: Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter. He does priestly ministry at the neighboring community of Benedictine sisters in St. Joseph.

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7 responses to “Magna-gift”

  1. Ellen Joyce

    Fabulous. And congrats to both you and little Hildegard!

  2. Lee Bacchi

    LOL! Love it!
    A church where I attend a meeting each week calls its coffee hour Jesus, Mary and a Cup of Joe.

  3. Alan Hommerding

    I’m fully expecting to see this as a gift item in an upcoming Christmas catalog!

  4. Cameron Neal

    Lee Bacchi : LOL! Love it! A church where I attend a meeting each week calls its coffee hour Jesus, Mary and a Cup of Joe.

    My priest calls it Jesus and Java.

  5. Oh, I *love* this!! What a blessed event to baptize Hildegard, what a lovely gift for you!

  6. Anne Moore

    Holy grinds!

  7. Jack Rakosky

    This mug has caused envy in the liturgical world.

    http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2013/07/a-mug-we-all-want.html

    Someone there notes that the lid resembles a galero!

    A line of mugs (with options of versus populum or self referential) should finance Hildegardโ€™s education.

    Of course if you are left handed this is a self-referential mug, and you would need a right handed self referential mug to celebrate versus populum.

    Purchase would include a complex set of “rubrics”.


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