Author: Teva Regule
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The words and Word of God that Create and Renew: A Reflection for the Beginning of Lent
Words carry meaning. They communicate our thoughts and feelings, tell others about who we are and our relationship with them. The can be used to invite, teach, praise, demean, ridicule, forgive, heal, and give hope—to name just a few ways we use our words. In short, words matter! I would like to focus this Lenten…
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Glimpses of Liturgical Renewal in Russia
Similar to the voices of the Liturgical Movement in the West, the Bishops of the Russian Church in the early 20th century were concerned with the participation of the faithful in liturgy. As one bishop wrote, “…the faithful must participate in it directly, consciously, and actively.”
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Female Altar Servers? Acolytes? East and West
One of the most debated liturgical practice and pastoral issues of our day is the opening of formal roles for women and girls in the liturgical assembly…
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The Female Diaconate: Issues East and West—Part 2
Does ordaining women to the diaconate automatically mean that women could be ordained to the Priesthood (i.e. the Presbyterate)?
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The Female Diaconate? Issues East and West
In the modern period, the question of ordaining women as deacons (again) in the Roman Catholic Church was raised as early as Vatican II, some fifty plus years ago. In the Orthodox world, this question is over a hundred years old…
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Reflections on the Parable of the Good Samaritan for the Fourth Sunday of Lent
What if instead of understanding ourselves in the person of the Samaritan, we are the ones in the ditch?
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At Forty Days—The Offering of a Child
“The churching of a child is an offering to God and the altar is the place where we make such offerings.”
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By what measure?
By what metric do we measure a liturgical reform?
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Celebrating Holy Supper
The Holy Supper has allowed me to experience the birth of Christ as an event that we can participate in today, continuing to give birth to Christ in our own lives.