“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.”
Read moreMonth: August 2011
The Interiority and the Exteriority of the Communion Rite
Allied to a previous discussion, I think it’s time to elaborate the both/and—the individual and the communal dimensions—of the communion rite by a close analysis of Articles 80 through 89 of the General Instruction. I’ll start this thread and I invite others to contribute reasoned and temperate reflections.
Read moreThe Blogosphere and “The Sins against Justice in Everyday Speech”
I wince continually at my failings in these matters and I am ashamed that in the defense of my positions on liturgical issues I injure the Body of Christ. I know that others feel as I do, and I hope that they and others may draw courage and resolution from the following.
Read moreStanding during the communion rite
I want to set forth the value of standing during the communion rite, from the time of the Our Father until the time of silent prayer after communion. My argument is based on the values inherent in every version of the General Instruction from 1969 to the present, as well as the changes made in the 2002 edition. My argument is: When one studies carefully the changes in the 2002 GIRM, one sees that there is an even stronger case for (relative) uniformity of the posture of standing throughout the communion rite, pace the current US practice.
Read moreRetrofitting?
Retrofitted versions of forgotten or underutilized settings may be equal to, or better than, some of the new settings we’ve seen to date.
Read morePriesthood, punctuation, punctiliousness…
Our Catholic tradition teaches that sexism is a sin and excluding women from the priesthood is sinful. ??
Read moreComparing GIRMs?
Is anyone else attempting a side-by-side comparison of the 2002 provisional English translation of the General Instruction with the 2011 final, international translation of the
Read moreThe Vatican’s Tahrir Square?
“I may be wrong, but I have the impression that at least some, perhaps many, of the bishops share the unhappiness about the new translation which is felt by many priests and lay Catholics. Yet the new translation is being promoted as a precious gift.” Fr. Kevin Kelly in a letter to the bishops of England and Wales
Read moreOpen Discussion: What do you notice when you visit other churches?
What do you notice when you visit another church?
Read moreHow to live the liturgy, this Advent I
I have begun to think about how not to let myself be moved too far away from that which really matters on Advent I.
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