How can we best talk to children about how the gifts of God’s grace and love in the Eucharist help us to be followers of Jesus?
Read moreMonth: February 2015
Symposium on Liturgy and Architecture
The 2015 Huffington Ecumenical Symposium on “Sacred Architecture of East and West” will take place at Loyola Marymount University February 27-March 1, 2015.
Read morePapal remarks on liturgy and homilies in conversation with the priests of Rome
Zenit reports on a two-hour meeting Pope Francis recently held with the priests of Rome. The following will give a flavor of his remarks on
Read moreLord, I am Not Worthy But Speak the Word Only
Lent is a time of return, that which was lost is found again and a new beginning is sought. Lost sheep are brought back to the fold.
Read moreNon Solum: Penance Services
During Advent and Lent it is the custom in many communities to offer penance services. Penance services are especially appropriate during Advent and Lent due to the penitential nature of both seasons.
Read moreTaking it in
This time of the year is incredibly, inescapably busy in the university context, which is one reason I am sympathetic to pastoral ministers, who are
Read moreMy New Book: Stephanie A. Budwey; Sing of Mary: Giving Voice to Marian Theology and Devotion
“I try to take Mary out of the box we’ve put her in to make her relevant to the issues we face today. We need to take Mary down off of her “meek and mild” pedestal and bring her into the streets where she causes Gospel trouble as she disrupts those things in our world that need disrupting.”
Read moreToo Many Masses? Pastoral-Liturgical Practice on Ash Wednesday
Given the history of Ash Wednesday’s emergence and various morphings over the centuries as a ritual-symbol inaugurating a season of penitence, I simply do not see why, in the Roman Catholic Church, at least, the most apt liturgy would not be based on the sample penitential services (basically, liturgies of the word) found at the end of the Rite of Penance.
Read moreRe-Reading Sacrosanctum Concilium: Article 91
So that it may really be possible in practice to observe the course of the hours proposed in Art. 89, the psalms are no longer to be distributed throughout one week, but through some longer period of time.
Read moreLiturgical “Make-Work” and the Symbolic Work of Liturgy
Is the attempt to have a high level of lay participation in ministerial roles in the liturgy simply a way to make those who fulfill those roles feel like they’re part of the action? Or does it serve the liturgy itself?
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