In the midst of a bitter half-century struggle over what ‘progress’ means for Catholics, can they ever enjoy good communal singing in church?
Read moreMonth: December 2015
Liturgy and the Renewal of Civilization
An integral aspect of the liturgical movement, perhaps untreated by those in liturgical theology, is cultivating the kind of civilization in which divine worship can flourish. Such a civilization, when fostered, may perhaps facilitate even better participation in the liturgical rites of the Church, opening up parish life to the kind of renewal hoped for by the liturgical movement itself.
Read moreEntering the O Antiphons on the Peppermint Express
Food reminds us to be thankful, and to rejoice in our blessings and our ability share our lives with one another. As Advent winds into its final days—the O Antiphons which precede Christmas Day—how can we share of our abundance and blessings?
Read moreBook Review: Hermeneutics of Hymnody: A Comprehensive and Integrated Approach to Understanding Hymns
This book arises from the tension between the need for an interdisciplinary study of hymnody and the difficulty language has in expressing a polyphonic valence.
Read moreThe Holy Door is Opened at John Lateran – and Paul Inwood’s Wonderful Hymn Is Sung
Yesterday Pope Francis opened the Holy Door at the Cathedral of St. John’ Lateran
Read moreCelebrating Reconciliation in Advent
What is the experience of the second rite of the sacrament of reconciliation in your parish?
Read moreField Report: The Installation of the Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels
Your jet-lagged liturgical anthropologist survives the bewildering array of languages used at the installation of the new Archbishop.
Read moreA Friendly Shout-Out to Jeffrey Tucker
The phone ran out of the blue. It was Jeffrey Tucker.
Read moreArs Praedicandi: The Pledge of the Eternal Banquet
If today’s parable presents an image of God who desires us, who will go to the ends of the world to bring human beings to him, what can we say about our desire to be with God?
Read moreMass at the Border with Pope Francis
“I am certain that, as so often in the past, these [immigrants] will enrich America and its Church.” – Pope Francis
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