A prominent sociologist, Mark Chaves says “All things considered, Americans’ religious involvement is softening.” His new book American Religion: Contemporary Trends is reviewed by Pray Tell reader Jack Rakosky.
Archive for category Liturgical year
“I had absorbed a subtle lie: if I imitated Mary, I would become weak, passionless, and boring—the antithesis of the modern woman. Mary was an old-school relic that had nothing to do with me. Little about her life was applicable to mine. … Then I became a mother.”
I gave thanks this morning for the feast day of the woman who was charged by Christ with proclaiming the good news of the resurrection to the “brothers.” Mary’s subsequent proclamation has become part of the foundational witness of our faith: “I have seen the Lord!” (John 20:18).
I think anyone who considers himself a Christian has something to celebrate today.
by Xavier Rindfleisch
“…before Vox Clara’s 7,000 consultants and experts fiddled with the decrees of Nicea and Constantinople…”
The Tridentine and Vatican II liturgies are celebrated in this church in a proportion of 27:73.
I never metaphor I didn’t like…{groan}…but when metaphors go bad, they’re really bad.
Psalm 104 reminds us that in worship, we join with the whole universe which sings to God; our human voices are but a tiny part of a vast symphony that includes not only the birds that might sing in our backyard but also the waves of the world ocean and the movements of the galaxies.
Pentecost fashion tips.