Month: May 2015
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Viewpoint: On Ascension Day the Whole Church Ascends to Heaven
Ascension day is not something that happened only to Christ long ago, but is a reality that occurs in the community of Christians in a permanent and ongoing manner.
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In This Issue: Studia Liturgica, May 2015
What’s going on in the world of international ecumenical liturgical conversations? One way to answer the question is take a look at the most recent writings of Societas Liturgica.
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That Long Moment of Consecration
We want each moment to be an identifiable, quantifiable, qualifiable thing, in which we can pinpoint the sign, word, or thought that changes our lives. The problem, though, is that transformations don’t happen this way. Ritual doesn’t work this way. And neither does the liturgical life.
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Book Excerpt: What’s The Smoke For? Part Four
“So, if indeed people respond positively to Gregorian chant, why would we not use it in the liturgy? Of course, this needs to be done with the greatest care and sensitivity to the liturgical competence and needs of individual parishes.”
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Praying for Other Christian Churches in Our Eucharistic Prayers
“Could you make an addition to our present Eucharistic Prayers to include an explicit invocation for other Christian Churches and for those who lead them?”
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Viewpoint: Baptism by Immersion is an Authentic Post-Vatican II Development
One of the aims of the modern liturgical movement before and since the Vatican II has been to make the symbols of Christian life more real and tangible.
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Non Solum: Marian Anthem after Mass During the Month of May
A reader recently wrote in asking about the Marian anthems.
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Bishop Restores the Traditional Order of the Sacraments of Initiation
In late April, Bishop Larry Silva of the Diocese of Honolulu announced in a letter to the diocese that he plans to restore the sacraments of initiation to “their proper order.”