As mentioned previously, I hope that some preachers will take up the challenge of preaching on Ephesians this coming summer. This means that they will
Read moreMonth: May 2012
Summer 2012 Sunday lectionary preview and the long form of the readings
In the summer of 1970 (July 26th to be exact, the 17th Sunday of the Year B according to the new calendar) my pastor breathed
Read moreVatican Declares “Year of Assault”
By Fr. John C. Sivalon, M.M.
“While said to be a time of renewal, the ‘Year of Faith’ is really dedicated to the idolatry of doctrine, power and hierarchy. The sisters in their communal service to the Church and world, who not only take a vow of poverty but actually live that vow without privilege, status or accumulation of wealth are a vivid and prophetic contrast to the inauthenticity of the call to retrenchment masquerading as renewal.”
Allegorical (Noncritical) Use of Scripture in Gregorian Chant
I raise the issue of allegory because of Vince Smiles’ excellent post “Historical Criticism: Essential for the Interpretation of Scripture.”
Read moreAnamnesis Translation in the Pauline Eucharistic Prayers: Part I (Roman Canon)
The first part of a four part series on the semantics, syntax, and translation of anamnesis in each of the four main eucharistic prayers of the reformed missal.
Read moreAll the days of my life
When the hour arrived, I went out into the courtyard, where the sandstone of the church building was yellowing in the late afternoon sunlight. I walked in the church doors — beautiful carved wooden doors that have appeared in my dreams and have always symbolized my hope of salvation — and looked in the sudden darkness for the one person I had been waiting all day to see. And time ceased.
Read moreThe entire texts of the extended form of the Pentecost Vigil
I have worked out the entire extended form of the Pentecost Vigil with all the texts in place. Here are the the Word document and
Read moreGregorian Chant: The Revival Announced
The Congregation for Divine Worship wants to put itself in the lead of the rebirth of great sacred music. But the Secretariat of State has its own musicians…
Read moreFifty Years Ago Today at the Second Vatican Council
“The time has come to put an end to this nonsense.” – Pope John XXIII
Read moreHistorical Criticism: Essential for the Interpretation of Scripture
by Vincent M. Smiles
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