Advent hymns can provide a countervailing inner melody, giving voice to the season’s hope and longing.
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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.
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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Parolin to Preside at USCCB Centenary Mass
Will the American bishops discuss Pope Francis’s motu proprio, Magnum principium, at their upcoming meeting?
Read morePreaching Joy in Prison
A chaplain to prisoners on death row wins Yale contest on preaching about joy.
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Faithful Translation: More on Francis’s motu proprio on translation
At stake here is precisely the question: What does it mean to prepare a translation faithfully? Until we grasp this, we won’t know what it means that our bishops are to do so “fideliter.” Archbishop Roche is surely right in saying that Liturgiam authenticam advocated faithful reproduction of the Latin sources. But the way of faithfulness, as Francis describes it, consists of more than this.
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Unreliable Claims
Matthew Schmitz’s op-ed piece in the New York Times, entitled “The Latin Mass, Thriving in Southeastern Nigeria,” raises a number of questions.
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Pope Francis’s Motu Proprio on Translation
This decision will effectively reverse some of the actions taken by Francis’s predecessor to centralize control over liturgical translations. It will likewise block any future attempts by the Congregation for Divine Worship to enforce compliance with the instruction Liturgiam authenticam.
Read moreA Remembrance of Peter Scagnelli
Peter has been too soon taken from us all. Yet he will be remembered by his students, colleagues, and friends. And those whose lives his work has touched remain in his debt, whether they knew him or not.
Read moreA new book from James Martin SJ — on prayer
This would be a great book to share with anyone who is interested in cultivating a liturgical spirituality, or interested in refreshing their prayer life in general.
Read moreWhat happens to all those flowers in a Corpus Christi procession?
The idea of festival excess is taken to a fabulous degree in the assembling of these floral designs that pass away after only a day.
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