February 2020 - PrayTellBlog

Liturgy and COVID-19

What does it mean to be a people who must exist—even temporarily—without the day of the Lord?

Spectators or participants?

February 28, 2020 Paul Inwood

What sort of policy do you have for photos in church during sacramental celebrations?

GOSPEL COMMUNION: First Sunday of Lent

February 27, 2020 Paul Inwood Gospel Communion Music: General

Commentary on the Psallite communion antiphon – an inspiring reflection on the liturgy of the coming Sunday and feast days.

Dust

February 25, 2020 Jill Crainshaw

I am dust; to dust I shall always return. But don’t assume as you disturb my rest with your omnipotent kitchen broom that I am

Ashes and Prostrations

February 25, 2020 Nicholas Denysenko Liturgical year

I think that Lent is God’s gift, a season given to us to make us well again.

Germany’s defense minister calls on Church to abolish priestly celibacy and ordain women to the diaconate

February 24, 2020 Fr. Neil Xavier O'Donoghue Secularism

The National Catholic Reporter is carrying a story that Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, a member of the governing Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Germany’s current defense minister,

Gerard Sloyan, a symposium and some sad news

February 24, 2020 Rita Ferrone Conferences / Workshops / Meetings Vatican II

Father Gerard Sloyan dies at age 100. A symposium to celebrate his legacy will be held at the Catholic University of America on March 4, 2020.

I still search for these sorts of “lenses” to help me view and understand Lent anew, as I participate in its trinity of disciplines, along with whatever other spiritual or physical discipline I’ve chosen.