Month: May 2018
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Coming: Congregation for Divine Worship Plenary
Plenary sessions of the CDW are rather infrequent
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Feast of Saint Matthias
Saint Matthias, Simone Martini, ca. 1317-1319 What solemn overpowering thoughts must have crowded on Saint Matthias, when he received the greetings of the eleven apostles, and took his seat among them as their brother! His very election was a witness against himself if he did not fulfill it. And such surely will ours be in our…
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Joseph Bernardin’s Mother’s Day Homily, 1991.
At special meals, there are always toasts for honored guests. Ladies, as we come to this Table of the Lord, in the name of the Church, I salute you.
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The Ascension of Christ
There is no end in God, only a new setting forth…
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Standing together: the solidarity of prayer
I am not attempting to erase differences between Christianity and Islam or even advocate for interreligious prayer, but I find it helpful to reflect on how a visual and kinesthetic practice embodying an Islamic lex orandi lex credendi may function as a call to reflection on Christian liturgy and the importance of solidarity in body…
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A homily for Rogation Monday
Readings: Ezekiel 47:6-12; Mark 4:26-32 Yesterday, I was wondering if Stonebank Elementary School was trying to help my kids participate in the Rogation Days this year. First, my daughter came into the kitchen yesterday and announced that she had learned about plants and about pollen and that she was rather grossed out by the fact…
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Rituals for Secular People
The Atlantic has a piece that discusses the “Ritual Design Lab” in Silicon valley that will design rituals for births, deaths, and everything in between.
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A Wedding Mass
The homilist addressed the soon-to-be-married couple, telling them that in each other they have found “the cause of and the work of your salvation.” The phrase struck me as a fine way to characterize marriage.
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Ars Praedicandi: Trying to Say Everything
Maybe it is possible to say everything without saying all that much.