It’s not more God and less humans or less God and more humans that makes liturgy efficacious
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Month: September 2018
As younger Catholics drift away, the church considers what works
From the Boston Globe: “As Younger Catholics Drift Away, the Church Considers What Works.” Some sobering data here. In 1990, one-third of U.S. children were Catholic.
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Ars Praedicandi: Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Difficult Times
…and so we eschew the cup and reach for the ax…and while we often attempt to wield it toward another – another individual, another tribe – we so often end up axing our own…
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East Meets West in Liturgy
The reform of the liturgy after Vatican II is also debated within some Orthodox circles.
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Bishop Kohlgraf: Time To Talk about Optional Celibacy
As of last year, the newly-named bishop did not foresee a departure from celibacy.
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Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, Archangels
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle.
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Non Solum: Should we “scrap” First Communion?
In modern Ireland the celebration of a child’s First Communion has become a big event. It is one of the most significant and memorable days
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27 September 2018: The Final Session of the Twin Cities “Worship Dialogue”
I was left with conflicting emotions as we marked the conclusion of this fruitful collaboration.
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Vatican Conference: Church and Composers
Tthe whole conference was a very worthwhile meeting of cultures, minds and hearts.
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Paul VI on liturgical reform Part 7
Christians of this stripe are surely not very numerous, but they are very noisy, since they foolishly believe that they are the interpreters of the needs of the whole Christian people
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