The day has been celebrated by the Orthodox Churches since 1989. Pope Francis made it a day of prayer for creation in 2015.
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The day has been celebrated by the Orthodox Churches since 1989. Pope Francis made it a day of prayer for creation in 2015.
Read moreAs I prepared this talk, I also consulted with some of my hymn-text-writing colleagues. These are people who craft texts only, apart from music. I asked them questions along the lines of “why do you write hymn texts?” or “what value do you see in hymn texts?” and such. I don’t think it was a coincidence that there was a lot of resonance between their various responses, or that I was able to use their responses to sort my own perspectives together into six separate groups.
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Read moreThere is a new email subscription service for Daily Vespers from Eastern Christian Publications. The Daily Vespers, just like the BDO Hours that they have
Read moreA slight unease with a simple “All,” however, must remain.
Read moreMelrose, not far from St. John’s Abbey, is home to St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Tragically, a fire struck the church in March, 2016. Even more
Read moreBaptism is terribly undignified. And that’s a good thing.
Read moreI’ve heard a surprising amount about the “divine simplicity” these last weeks. At its most basic, this doctrine teaches that God is “without parts” which
Read moreThe Archdiocese of Mexico has lashed out and condemned anyone who helps build Donald Trump’s wall.
Read moreArchbishop Georg Gänswein, secretary to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, tried to compel painter Michael Triegl to re-do his portrait of the pope which was commissioned
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