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Eucharistic Problems and Concelebrating Clergy

September 23, 2019 Fr. Jim Sabak, OFM Eucharist Ordained Ministry

Creeping clericalism which transforms the Eucharist into an almost magical phenomenon.

For the priest who has everything

April 1, 2021 Fr. Neil Xavier O'Donoghue Art and Architecture Do It Rite

I like to think of myself as a fairly avid follower of things liturgical, so I was surprised when, a few weeks ago, I came

Holy Liturgies in an Unholy Pandemic

March 31, 2021 Lizette Larson Liturgical year

What liturgical adaptations have been put in place because of the pandemic?

Thesis: If every Catholic, lay and ordained, had been having regular experiences…

March 29, 2021 Anthony Ruff, OSB Liturgical Spirituality Vatican II

Thesis: If every Catholic, lay and ordained, had been having regular experiences for several decades now of the spiritually transformative power of the Eucharistic Prayer

Passion Versus Palm Sunday

March 27, 2021 Fr. Neil Xavier O'Donoghue Liturgical year

I know that there is no such thing as a “theme” for any liturgical celebration. In every liturgy we celebrate the Paschal Mystery and every

Better than Winning the Lottery

March 27, 2021 Fr. Neil Xavier O'Donoghue Children Popular Piety

There is an interesting article and beautiful photo-essay by James Estrin in yesterday’s New York Times about the Rapaport family, from Borough Park, Brooklyn, New

Lazarus: “I want to live”

March 19, 2021 Timothy Brunk Lectionary / Liturgy of Word

Neither in this pericope nor in any gospel passage does Lazarus speak.

Ashless Wednesday in Ireland

February 16, 2021 Fr. Neil Xavier O'Donoghue c_news Devotions and Sacramentals Uncategorized

Ash Wednesday is still popular in Ireland. As rates of practice have dropped in recent years, many people still make a point of getting ashes

Fast and Abstinence and COVID

February 14, 2021 Timothy Brunk c_THEOLOGY Liturgical Spirituality Liturgical year

Let us consider ways of practicing penance that are possible in our time and in our regions.

Ash Wednesday 2021 – A Pandemic Blessing in Disguise?

February 9, 2021 Fr. Jim Sabak, OFM Liturgical Catechesis Liturgical year

In 1988, British English language and spirituality educator Elizabeth-Anne Vanek offered this thoughtful insight on Ash Wednesday: You thumbed gritinto my furrowed brow,marking mewith the

Ars praedicandi: Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B, Ed Foley

January 29, 2021 Other Voices Ars Praedicandi

Jesus of Nazareth was no pushover but he was no bully either. His core message was love; his continued witness was care; his ultimate act was total self-giving. It would be difficult to imagine a more incarnate version of empathy, genuineness, and respect in human history.

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