You may not know about St. Michael Hymnal, but you’ll want to if you’re tracking grassroots conservative initiatives in the US Catholic Church. As part of a continuing series (we covered GIA here), PrayTell gives you the inside scoop on plans for the revised St. Michael hymnal. We spoke with hymnal editor Linda Powell Schafer.
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Lectio Divina, Benedictine style
Looking to jump-start your Lent this year? How about some lectio divina (“sacred reading”), the Benedictine manner of prayerful reading of Scripture? The abbot of Saint John’s Abbey, Abbot John Klassen OSB, talks about it here in his usual friendly and approachable manner.
Read moreLiturgical Reform: Top Down? Bottom Up?
Lutheran theologian Eugene Brand wrote about liturgical reform in 1976 in words which have lost little of their timeliness. Discuss among yourselves.
Read moreArchbishop Coleridge on the Forthcoming Missal
The newly translated Roman Missal will help address the serious theological problems of the 1973 missal currently in use, said one of Australia’s most senior liturgists.
Read moreNew Developments in the Theology of Sacrifice
“What many people think is that sacrifice is often an outright aberration of authentic Christianity. It has been only within the past decade that I have finally come to a true, that is, specifically trinitarian, understanding of it.” -Robert Daly, SJ
Read moreWhat? It’s Not About Me??
Believing: God is the First Person
by Alan Hommerding
NAAL: A President’s Perspective
And here is the promised interview with Fr. Richard Rutherford, CSC, president of the North American Academy of Liturgy.
Read moreWell put, Jerry
This piece on the new missal translation is by Jerry Galipeau at WLP from his fine blog , “Gotta Sing, Gotta Pray.”
Read more“Liturgical Studies and Liturgical Renewal,” Fr. Anscar Chupungco, OSB
World-renowned expert in liturgical inculturation, Fr. Anscar Chupungco OSB, challenged recent announcements on liturgical reform decrying their “absence of a historical and cultural approach to the liturgy, or, in a word, the inability to fuse together the two basic concepts of Vatican II’s liturgical renewal, namely sound tradition and legitimate progress.”
Read moreComing from GIA
PrayTell gives the inside scoop on coming hymnals from GIA Publications in conjunction with the new missal. Our conversation partner is Bob Batastini, longtime GIA senior editor.
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