So much of the analysis of liturgy remains focused on the words in the books or even the words recited or repeated in assemblies, and this with an uncritical, unarticulated assumption that the discursive content of those texts impact/shape the ideas or imaginations of most of the participants. The individual performances and ongoing practices of a rite/ritual/liturgy are so much more and most often a matter of non-discursive, semiotic (if you will) patterns …
Read moreMonth: December 2014
“No More Boring Homilies!” – New Vatican Document on Preaching
Let’s hope the document isn’t a boring one either.
Read moreTilman Riemenschneider of the Day: Blood Altar
Very unusually, the central figure of this composition is Judas.
Read moreWhat Time is Midnight Mass?
Now, “Midnight Mass” is for the most part just one more piece of Catholic lore that has bitten the dust. The holdouts are getting to be few and far between.
Read moreNon solum: The Te Deum
A discussion on the Te Deum as we approach Christmas might be interesting for Pray Tell.
Read moreFrancis, Bishops and the Missal: “Mission Intelligible”
A new moment calls for a bold new initiative. What are we waiting for?
Read moreSixth Annual National Winter Liturgical Chant Conference
St. Basil’s School of Gregorian Chant and the University of St. Thomas (TX) will offer the sixth annual National Winter Liturgical Chat Conference, February 9-13, 2015 in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Read moreChartres, Painted Over
The project’s leaders have set out to do no less than repaint the entire interior in bright whites and garish colors that are intended to return the sanctuary to its medieval state.
Read moreHow Important is Pink, Anyway?
Why did the liturgical gods do this to us? Do we really need to have paraments and party outfits for two days in the liturgical calendar?
Read moreLiturgy in Collegeville: From the Archives – Part XXXI
“One gets the impression that Gnosticism has not yet died in some quarters, primarily because of a lack of communication among all levels of the community. [Even the Liturgy Committee itself could be envisioned as a kind of small gnostic sect].”
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