November 2020 - PrayTellBlog

60-Second Sermon: Second Sunday of Advent

November 30, 2020 Editor 60-Second Sermon

Rory Cooney reflects on the Gospel Reading for the Second Sunday of Advent.

Proximity to the Holy in Time and Space

November 29, 2020 Sr. Jeana Visel, OSB Art and Architecture Liturgical year

We like to remember that God is everywhere. In a time of pandemic, when so many have been cut off from the fullness of access to holy ritual space, we want to offer the comfort of remembering God’s transcendence.

A Tale of Two Thanksgivings

November 27, 2020 Lizette Larson Inculturation Liturgical year

The US observance of Thanksgiving Day is just past, and its frequent juxtaposition with the beginning of Advent (and to the frenzy of consumerism known

Short Commentary: Can Communion Elements Transmit the Virus?

November 25, 2020 Anthony Ruff, OSB

Here’s a sad report, and it’s one time I’m grateful for the concept of transubstantiation. Tragically, some senior figures in the Orthodox Church in Serbia

Thank you, Lord, for Virtual Gatherings

November 25, 2020 Nicholas Denysenko Teaching Liturgy

In September 1997, I was excited and anxious. I was finally going to begin the fulfillment of a dream – I was going to seminary.

Short Commentary: Pope Francis vs. Anti-Mask Protestors

November 25, 2020 Anthony Ruff, OSB

From Market Watch , excerpting from Francis’s new book Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future: “Some groups protested, refusing to keep their distance,