often,
apologies follow
Imposition:
miserere nobis

often,
apologies follow
Imposition:
miserere nobis
In regard to the Arizona baptism situation, I know for sure that many people have been hoping a liturgical musician with a rudimentary background in liturgical theology would weigh in.
Read moreIt is precisely the horrific contexts of our world into which Jesus was born—including the fact that ours is a world in which tyrants still have no problem with infants dying if it helps preserve their tyranny.
Read moreTo fling the gates of our hearts wide for Christ—as well as for the least and lowly who are his image and presence—is a far, far different thing than merely being sure the gates don’t have an obstruction in front of them.
Read moreAlan Hommerding reviews The Reason Why We Sing.
Read moreI found myself wondering why it seems that so many non-ecclesial institutions grasp evangelization and ritual better than the Church often does.
Read moreYes, let us glory in the Cross. Let us also keep channels of communication clear and open. Let us strive to bring the gifts of our various ministries together for the service of God’s people. Let us continue to learn and reflect on the richness of our liturgical heritage, using every skill to offer its richness for a deepened spirituality in the Paschal Mystery.
Read moreWherever, whenever, with whatever we do it, the psalmist’s command to sing the Lord, and Paul’s command to sing to Lord must lead us toward a song renewed and nourished by a deep and abiding spirit spiraling both inward and outward, toward a profound and enduring understanding.
Read moreNumerous members of the heavenly host persevered, endured, and evangelized through far FAR worse. Quite likely they are having a good laugh at the luxury of my puffball persecutions.
Read moreAs with so many other matters, who we define as “the lost” can have numerous threads of racial supremacy, cultural colonialism, sacral imperialism, and other biases woven into its warp and woof.
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