The Assyrians hold a treasure in their liturgy—a liturgical gem that belongs to the great, diverse heritage of worldwide Christianity.
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Author: Rita Ferrone
Rita Ferrone is a writer and speaker about issues of liturgy, catechesis, and church renewal. She lives in Mount Vernon, New York.
Communion only in the hand
In India, 140 parishes of the Syro-Malabar Church are prohibiting communion on the tongue to combat the spread of disease.
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Pope Francis: A Man of His Word – updated
Francis speaks directly into the camera, and thus the viewer sees him as if he is speaking person-to-person, to you.
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Pope Francis and the RCIA
I was pleasantly surprised to see the signing of the senses quoted at length in the pope’s catechesis on Baptism.
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Dorothy Day, Woes, Dante, and More
The latest issue of The Yale ISM Review, on the theme of poverty, draws on the work of musicians, artists, poets, liturgists, theologians, historians, and more.
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Raising Mass Attendance
Is anything that gets people through the door worth doing?
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Liturgical Prayer Must Be Intelligible: Another Excellent Paper on Magnum Principium
“Given these premises it was certainly not foreseeable that translations of liturgical texts would be presented and approved with an excessive attention to words, phraseology and to Latin style.”
Read moreMsgr. Dermot Farrell Appointed Bishop of Ossory
Every person lives with mystery. None of us can predict how what happens today will influence and affect our future or the future of others. Part of being people of faith is trusting that, in God’s hands, our lives will bear fruit.
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Advent Is Too Short a Time to Sing All the Songs I Want to Sing
Advent hymns can provide a countervailing inner melody, giving voice to the season’s hope and longing.
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A Nail in the Coffin of Liturgiam Authenticam
“Liturgical inculturation will certainly benefit from this measure regarding translation, intended to infuse new blood into the Church’s patrimony of prayer.”
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