2_ARS CELEBRANDI Archives

Is the Sacrament of Penance Really Serving the Faithful?

November 4, 2019 Fr. Jim Sabak, OFM Pastoral Theology Penance-Reconciliation

I am hoping with this posting to open up further dialogue on a sacramental topic perhaps not critically examined enough for what it has become

Mass in Time of Pandemic – texts

April 1, 2020 Editor

This may be used for the duration of the pandemic.

Palm Sunday: Put a Branch on Your Door or Window

March 30, 2020 Editor Liturgical year

It could be any green branch you could get.

Welcoming Online Worshipers as Active Participants

March 25, 2020 Anthony Ruff, OSB

As you’ve probably seen in various online discussions, some are skeptical of broadcasting Masses without congregation during the pandemic, rightly wanting to avoid a throwback

The Least We Can Do

March 25, 2020 Rita Ferrone Initiation / RCIA Liturgical year

Commentary on the REVISED Vatican guidelines for Holy Week, plus some clarifications and commentary on the present challenges of the RCIA

The Absence of Holy Water

March 23, 2020 Anthony Ruff, OSB

Fr. Martin Stuflesser, liturgy professor at the University of Wurzburg, Germany, posted this at Facebook. It’s a notice posted by the holy water font at

Good Friday Special Intention for the Health Pandemic

March 20, 2020 Anthony Ruff, OSB

Set to music to match the missal tone.

An Irish Wake

March 20, 2020 Fr. Neil Xavier O'Donoghue

Everyone is challenged in these Coronavirus times. We need to be responsible and follow the advice of medical experts. But we still need to have

Mass Online with Full, Conscious, and Active Participation?

March 18, 2020 Audrey Seah Eucharist Technology and Worship

My experience made me realize that I had watched Masses many times online before as a spectator rather than a participant. Because I had access to Mass in person, TV and online masses felt optional, something “extra,” so I never had the urge to participate fully, consciously, and actively until now.