Author: Fritz Bauerschmidt
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The New Translation of the Liturgy of the Hours.
FRITZ BAUERSCHMIDT — Coming Ash Wednesday 2027!
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Praying for and with Pope Francis
FRITZ BAUERSCHMIDT — Petitions for remembering Pope Francis.
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People, Places, and Things: Restructuring the Church in Baltimore
FRITZ BAUERSCHMIDT — Some reflection on plans to reconfigure the Church in the city of Baltimore.
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The Divine Office Hymnal: a few initial reactions
FRITZ BAUERSCHMIDT — Some thoughts after using the Divine Office Hymnal for a few moths.
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When is the Vernacular Not the Vernacular?
This morning I attended Mass in a major English-speaking city at a church well known for its very traditional liturgies. Though the Mass according to the 1962 Missal is celebrated daily at this church, this Mass was celebrated in the vernacular according to the liturgy as reformed after Vatican II. The general approach, however, seemed…
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Baltimore Cathedral Restores Use of the High Altar
Though the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore was dedicated in 1959, its design did little to anticipate the changes in liturgical practice that were to sweep through the Catholic Church in the ensuing decade. The building is long and narrow, on the traditional basilican plan, with the high altar at some distance from…
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“Good Liturgy” and “What I’m Used To”
There is sometimes an under-appreciated connection between repetition over time and something being “meaningful.”
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Liturgy, the Body, and Memory
Pascal wrote that “we are as much machine as we are mind,” and this seems borne out by our experience of liturgy.
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Some Thoughts on the Creed and the Liturgy
Why say the Creed at Mass?