Recently a friend suggested that I read an article in The American Conservative (January 14) titled “Why Millennials Long for Liturgy: Is the High Church the Christianity of the Future?”
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Non Solum: Teaching New Music
Teaching new music to a congregation can be difficult and depends on a variety of factors including the community’s musical ability.
Read moreNothing in Heaven Functions as It Ought
This is dedicated to all of us liturgical perfectionists who want the liturgy to be a foretaste of heaven.
Read moreYves Congar, My Journal of the Council, Part XXV
The Pope approved the De Populo Dei (“On the People of God”), but added that he would prefer De Hierarchia to be put FIRST, followed by De Populo Dei.
Read moreCanterbury Cathedral Ends 900-Year Tradition as Girls’ Voices Ring Out
Tonight at sung Evensong, Canterbury Cathedral ended its 900-year tradition of excluding females from singing in its choirs.
Read moreWhy you won’t find a new Missal edition from Kevin Mayhew Publishers
“The text of the new English missal is lumpen, difficult and odd.”
Read moreGeorge Neumayr on ‘Fantasy’ Francis
“A fawning Catholic media that provides little honest reporting about the obvious progressive tendencies of this pontificate is fostering a fantasy of its own.”
Read more55th Anniversary of John XXIII’s Announcement of an Ecumenical Council
Today marks the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, but this year in particular marks the 55th anniversary of Blessed John XXIII’s announcement of his intention to convoke an ecumenical council.
Read moreNon Solum: The Centrality of the Eucharistic Prayer
One hears of Catholics today seeing no loss when Mass is replaced by a Word and Communion service – one gets Communion, so what’s the difference?
Read moreYves Congar, My Journal of the Council, Part XXIV
Küng charges at things, he goes straight ahead like an arrow. He is the exact opposite of Martimort. The latter devotes himself to the ‘possible’, to the tactical: he is a reformist, he seeks to secure what is possible; Küng demands insistently, like a revolutionary.
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