For us as liturgists and musicians, a principle to recall and observe in the preparation of Marian liturgies is that “Mary always stands with the saved.” I also like to state it in a less elegant manner: in the economy of salvation, there are ultimately only two categories … God and not-God.
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…how can we still be impatient for the coming of Christ, even for the celebration of the Incarnation on December twenty-fifth?
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What I am most intrigued about in regard to the pet-blessing upswing is the quickness with which it has become detached from its origins in the feast of Francis, and how the world of pet-related commerce seems to have led it along.
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Though the book’s primary focus is music, its two partners imbue the entirety of the essays.
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One thing that united all my Summer 2018 deaths was that all of the individuals (or their mourners) belonged to the ecclesial categories of “none” or “done” that we have become familiar with.
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Discussing this matter with a faithful/dutiful Roman Catholic friend, he asked, “Do our bishops even believe in Christ?”
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How do we take all of our Trinitarian doxa (glory) -logy (speaking) and use it to make our very lives a glory-speaking, a glory-bearing, a glory-bringing for others and for the world?
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I eventually came to hear in the recounting of that marvelous Genesis story the essence of the Resurrection: that the heart of God desires nothing more than light and life and love.
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Ultimately, I believe there is one item on the discipleship bucket list: to be a more faithful disciple. Everything else is frosting, or gravy (neither of which I’ve given up for Lent), or what have you.
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“[T]he Christian church in America isn’t immune to the forces shaping the rest of public life.”
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