I see that the altar servers aren’t vested at Pope Francis’ daily Mass at the Guesthouse.
Read moreMonth: April 2013
Los Angeles Liturgy Conference, June 28-29, 2013
Keynote speakers are Msgr. Kevin Irwin and Msgr. Rick Hilgartner, and discussion moderators are Bob Hurd and Pedro Rubalcava.
Read morePope Francis on cassocks on clericalism
The pope evinces little preoccupation for externals.
Read moreLiturgical Music Institute to be held June 23-28 in Huntington, NY
The second annual Liturgical Music Institute will take place at the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception in Huntington, NY from June 23 to 28. This five day comprehensive program offers musical, liturgical and pastoral formation for both new and experienced liturgical musicians.
Read moreAll Together Now? Catholic Unity and the Liturgy
Fifty years after the promulgation of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, some assert that this unity is textual. But is the unity of the Roman Rite really about having a single text? Textual unity was not what the fathers of the Council chiefly had in mind when they made the landmark decision to opt for the expression “substantial unity” rather than formal unity or uniformity.
Read moreEucharist in the Ordinariate
The Ordinariate has the faculty to celebrate the Holy Eucharist and the other Sacraments… according to the liturgical books proper to the Anglican tradition … so as to maintain the liturgical, spiritual and pastoral traditions of the Anglican Communion within the Catholic Church, as a precious gift nourishing the faith of the members of the Ordinariate and as a treasure to be shared.
Read morePope Francis: Vatican II was “beautiful work of the Holy Spirit” but some “wish to turn the clock back”
But 50 years later, “have we done everything the Holy Spirit was asking us to do during the Council,” he asked. The answer is “No,” said Pope Francis.
Read moreRita Ferrone on “Liturgy and Social Justice: Fresh Challenges for Today in Virgil Michel’s Legacy”
“Fr. Virgil’s contribution was not as an economist, not as a union organizer, not as someone who ran a hospitality house or a farm cooperative. Rather, his calling was to deepen the spiritual basis of all of these things, through the Liturgy.”
Read moreRe-Reading Sacrosanctum Concilium: Article 42
Readers may wish to discuss the idea of a “common” celebration of the Sunday Eucharist in a parish. What values underlie the multiplication of Mass times in particular parishes?
Read morePope Francis and the perils of the premature victory dance
The time has not yet come for a progressive celebration of victory. It probably should never come.
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