Like the people “before the flood” in Jesus’ discourse, something existentially shattering broke into my well-ordered world with both terror and hope.
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Author: Michael Joncas
The Oratory of the Sacred Heart Dominican Convent in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland
The high point was a visit to the Oratory with art its work by Sr. Concepta Lynch, OP.
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Irish Church Music Association – Summer 2019
Celebrating 50 Years of Irish Church Music.
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Recommended Reading
Some reading in methodology, liturgical theology, liturgical history, pastoral liturgy, and liturgical arts.
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An Alternative Antiphon for the Washing of the Feet?
I have just discovered through postings on the internet a hymn by Michael Forster (b. 1946) with music Christopher Tambling (b. 1964), possibly intended for singing on
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Reflections on Pope Francis’ Exhortations and the Chair of Peter
…it is good…not to end up favoring sterile ideological polarizations…The liturgy is not ‘the field of do-it-yourself’, but the epiphany of ecclesial communion
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Question about a Roman Rite liturgical practice
The priest uses his own private chalice, and his own paten and host??
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Madam Secretary and Conversations in an Age of Mass Media
I have been pondering how artists may help to shape political and moral conversations in an age of mass media. About a week ago I
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Sarum Sequence for the Fourth Sunday of Advent
Continuing my project of presenting the Sarum rite sequences of Advent
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Sarum Sequence for the Third Sunday of Advent
Continuing my project of offering translations and versifications of sequences appearing in the Sarum rite marking the four Sundays of Advent.
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