The propers appointed for Independence Day in the United States give us two distinct approaches to celebrating July 4.
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Author: Fritz Bauerschmidt
I am a professor of Theology at Loyola University Maryland and a permanent deacon of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, assigned to the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen.
Liturgy in Southbridge, MA: an audio time-capsule of post-conciliar transition
Recordings of liturgies at Sacred Heart Church in Southbridge, MA, ranging from 1966-1969, provide a fascinating glimpse of liturgical change in one parish.
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Rituals for Secular People
The Atlantic has a piece that discusses the “Ritual Design Lab” in Silicon valley that will design rituals for births, deaths, and everything in between.
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Ars Praedicandi: Trying to Say Everything
Maybe it is possible to say everything without saying all that much.
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The Awareness Heuristic: School Shootings and Flying Monstrances
Flying monstrances are a threat to the faith. But so is bad preaching, amateurish music, poor proclamation of the scriptures, bored celebrants, inattention to symbols, childish catechesis, and so forth.
Read moreThe Danger of Immersion Fonts
I’m just saying: this wouldn’t happen with a birdbath-style font.
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The Covenant of Dust
We must turn from the covenant of sin and death to embrace the covenant of love and life that is offered to us in Jesus Christ.
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Ars Praedicandi: Interrupting Empire
The story of Christmas interrupts the story of empire.
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Of Mass and Parties
Relating the supersubstantial and the quotidian.
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Pope Francis: “Lift up your hearts,” not “Lift up your phones.”
Pope Francis comments on the way people at Papal Masses seem more concerned with getting a shot of the Pope than focusing on Christ present in the Eucharist.
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