For me, J. B. Metz’s Faith in History and Society provided the key conceptualization for why the Christian religion struggles in late-modern North Atlantic societies, as well as how in this context to think afresh the relationship between liturgy and ethics, “mysticism and politics.”
Read moreMonth: May 2016
A modern-day Litany of Martyrs
Her imprint, Wondaland Records, released a song in 2015 that I can only call a “litany of martyrs.” Not so much a tribute to Black Lives Matter as a tributary of that movement, it turns the formula and slogan “Say his name! … Say her name!” into a litanic refrain…
Read moreArs praedicandi: Corpus Christi
In the monastery dinning room at St. John’s Abbey, there is a little room off to the side we call the snack room.
Read moreA Liturgical Rubic’s Cube: Propers in the Byzantine Rite
It is not uncommon to hear the shuffling of papers in the choir and to hear the director giving a new pitch corresponding to the appointed tone.
Read moreSquabbles over the French-Language Missal Translation
One French bishop had this comment: “It is most surprising that, at a time when the pope insists on inculturation and synodality, a text voted on by 120 French bishops is blocked by one lone cardinal.”
Read moreLoris Francesco Capovilla, RIP
Here’s one under-reported aspect of Capovilla’s story, and it has to do with Pope Francis.
Read moreMass in Vernacular at the Council
Most of the Council fathers experienced for the first time on this day a celebration of Mass in the Roman rite in a language other than Latin.
Read moreCardinal Sarah on Mass Not Facing the People
What the Council fathers exactly wanted?
Read moreViewpoint: The Holy Year, Part Two: The Corporal Works of Mercy
I would like to propose the corporal works of mercy as a way of participating in the Holy Year.
Read moreJohn Allen: the liturgy wars have gone quiet, but have not gone away.
John Allen’s take on the current mood with regard to the Missal translation.
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