A sample to help readers to consider the merits of the Revised New Jerusalem Bible translation.
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Month: November 2019
The Sign of Peace and Popular Culture
The Sign of Peace is making an appearance in some surprising corners of popular culture.
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GOSPEL COMMUNION: 1st Sunday of Advent
Commentary on the Psallite communion antiphon – an inspiring reflection on the liturgy of the coming Sunday and feast days.
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Abbey Organ Chronicles: Moving in the 32′, and the console reappears (UPDATE 11-27)
Excitement is building!
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INTROITUS: 1st Sunday of Advent
Ad te levavi animam meam – To you, Lord, I lift up my soul
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Thanksgiving: A Prayer & Litany
God, thank you, for the gift of long friendship.
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INTROITUS: St. Andrew
Dominus secus mare Galilaeae – The Lord at the Sea of Galilee
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Can we give up Christmas this Advent?
The strife is o’er and the battle won…won by the dying mall—the elf on the shelf—and the peppermint mocha-flavored beverage I’m enjoying as I’m writing this.
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Not Always a Bad Idea
I am struck by the fact that certain things are regarded as terrible ideas in liturgy until suddenly they become good ideas. One example is the
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It is ALWAYS Advent!
Homiletic reflections on Advent from a probing and thoughtful theologian: Joseph Ratzinger.
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