Often things that seem perfectly fine on the page seem awkward or unclear in the mouth and on the ear.
Read moreMonth: February 2016
Gerhard Cartford, rest in peace
One of the saints of the Liturgical Movement in the Lutheran tradition died last Monday.
Read moreJoint Declaration of Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill
Will the historic meeting and joint declaration mark a new era in Orthodox-Catholic relations? Only time will tell.
Read morePreconciliar Orthodox Document on Marriage
The document states the marriage of an Orthodox Christian with a non-Orthodox Christian is forbidden and cannot be celebrated in the Church, though it can be “blessed out of indulgence” if the children of marriage will be baptized and raised Orthodox.
Read moreWhat Should a Sixth Instruction Contain?
What provisions would you add, keep, strengthen, revise, or throw, and why?
Read moreViewpoint: The Practice of Lenten Fasting Has Many Dimensions
We are reminded that we can never be satisfied by ordinary food, which satisfies only momentarily but then perishes.
Read moreLenten ecumenism and the ecumenical Lent
Our solidarity in wearing our cosmic ashes, whether we have gained them through today’s liturgy or through surviving terror and grief, is a reminder that humanity was created as one, we have sinned as one, we repent as one, and by God’s mercy we will be redeemed as one.
Read moreAshes as Paradox
Dust does not make a lasting mark. It blows away. It is inconsequential.
Read moreArs Praedicandi: Homily for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Both Isaiah and Simon Peter say, I am a sinner. I take this to mean, not that we put ourselves down and grovel in a self-centered sort of way, but rather, this awesome image of God’s wonderful holiness surrounds us and encourages us so that we can be honest. So we can tell the truth.
Read moreEvangelii Gaudium promotes authentic liturgy. A turning point toward a sixth Instruction on the Reform of the Liturgy?
“Rather than creating ‘unrealities’ – like artificial languages based on Latin that do not exist and will never exist, even by the decree of a Roman congregation – let us heed the invitation to give primacy to reality, to truly step outside the walls we have built around us, to breathe pure air, to speak in living languages, to be among our brothers and sisters, to take in the smell…”
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