As preparations for the Paschal Triduum intenstify, Genevieve Glen, OSB, reminds us of liturgy’s ultimate goals in this quarter’s Amen Corner.
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Category: Amen Corner
Amen Corner: The Fijian Meal Tradition
Could aspects of Fijian cultural meals be incorporated into the church’s eucharistic tradition?
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Amen Corner: The Pandemic Push for Inculturation
Carmel Pilcher, RSJ, offers this quarter’s Amen Corner.
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AMEN CORNER: A Clash of Languages
Genevieve Glen, OSB, offers this quarter’s Amen Corner.
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AMEN CORNER: Reflections on Impediments to Synodality
Richard Gaillardetz offers timely words on synodality and conflict.
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AMEN CORNER: Response
A response to Nicholas Denysenko’s AMEN CORNER from Pray Tell contributor Paul Inwood.
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With Our Eyes on the Sparrows: A Lenten Reflection for Uncertain Days
Sparrows love the camellia bush just outside our back door. The bush bloomed with extraordinary enthusiasm this spring. Maybe the sparrows just can’t get enough
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AMEN CORNER: How to Do Things with Psalms: Framing Multiple Modes of Liturgical Engagement
Part of the wonder is how the very same psalm text can function in such different ways, directing our attention introspectively or exocentrically across time and space…
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AMEN CORNER: Apprenticing Ourselves to the Antiphonal
“I think that there is much to be learned from “apprenticing ourselves” to the Antiphonal, letting it surprise us, stretch us, and even discomfort us.”
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AMEN CORNER: “Authentic” Chant Interpretation
It is about so much more than getting the rhythms right. It is about singers making the liturgical chant their own.
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