I just finished filling out my diocese version of the Vatican Survey in preparation for the Synod on Marriage and the Family. All I can say is, “whew!”
Read moreMonth: November 2013
Yves Congar, My Journal of the Council, Part XIII
“To be noted: The Pope wants the pastoral point of view to predominate.”
Read moreAn Essential Link That Should Not Be Broken: Gospel & Sermon
In recent times, liturgical scholars have asserted an essential link between the hearing of the Word and the preaching of it.
Read moreJames MacMillan: “I have decided to stop writing congregational music for the Catholic Church”
“People with hardly any training and experience of even the basic building blocks of music have been convinced that there is a place for their puerile stumblings and fumblings in the modern Catholic Church because real musicians are elitist and off-putting.”
Read moreWhat I’m Reading Wednesday: Caryll Houselander
Caryll Houselander was a British Catholic living in the first half of the twentieth century who did most of her writing during the Second World War. She was a mystic of the mundane, a painfully sensitive woman with an unexpected shot of earthy humor, who was given a deep insight into the unity of the mystical body of Christ. Her autobiography tells the story of times in her youth when, as she says wryly, she tried to get out of the Catholic church, but failed.
Read moreRe-Reading Sacrosanctum Concilium: Article 65
The Council Fathers had already declared themselves open to the possibility of cultural adaptation of the reformed rites in articles 37-40.
Read moreThe November issue of Worship
The November issue of Worship is out and should be in your hands by now. This issue is dedicated to the fiftieth anniversary of Sacrosanctum Concilium.
Read moreNon solum: Thanking liturgical ministers
Gratitude, toward God and others, is a basic Christian stance. It is appropriate to thank those who offer their gifts and talents to common worship. But how to do so??
Read moreYves Congar, My Journal of the Council, Part XII
“The atmosphere of the Council is working: some groups of bishops (the US bishops for example or the South Africans) had already changed considerably in just two weeks.”
Read moreAudio Accessibility
The Liturgical Movement worked so hard to make the liturgy’s prayers and scripture readings accessible to everyone. Because of that, it is important that we make sure they truly are accessible to all.
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