Ingrid Fischer has studied psychology and human biology as well as theology (liturgical studies) in Vienna, with a doctoral dissertation on “The Liturgy of the Three Days before Easter.” Since 2001 she has been a member of the scholarly-pedagogical team of the THEOLOGISCHE KURSE (the oldest institution of theological adult education in the German-speaking world) teaching liturgical studies and church history. Her main concern is to understand the development of liturgical expressions past and present, which is foundational for a mature faith. As program director of the AKADEMIE am DOM, she wants to bring people and convictions closer together – in a catholic manner which is respectful of those who think differently.
Ask a hundred Catholics what is most important in the Church. They will answer: Mass.
Ask a hundred Catholics what is most important in Mass. They will answer: Transubstantiation, the transformation of bread and wine into Christ’s body and blood.
Tell a hundred Catholics that the most important thing in the Church is, therefore, transformation.
They will be outraged: “No, everything should stay the same.”
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By examining texts shared between the Christmas and Easter seasons, we find the Paschal Mystery embedded at the heart of our Nativity celebrations.
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What if we too were allowed to ask, accuse, even bring charges against God? Allowed to do so in court and receive a different answer than Job? To bring a more comprehensive indictment than theological expertise has long considered conceivable?
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Sixty years after the opening of the Council, it would be time to get serious about the fact that the baptized are not just to go “to church” on Sundays.
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