Category: Brief Book Review

“And though readers may take issue with some aspects of the book, ensuing personal reflection and group conversation will undoubtedly be stimulating and helpful.”

“van Ommen highlights the importance of (and opportunities for) explicitly naming occasions where God suffers with people…”

Easter Vigil Homilies by Jorge Mario Bergoglio (Pope Francis) Who should read this? Anyone who listens to sermons, who preaches sermons, who finds the church’s witness

This book would not really equip ordained or lay ministers with an understanding of the Eucharist.

The Rites and Wrongs of Liturgy: Why Good Liturgy Matters by Thomas O’Loughlin Who should read this? Presiders (and presiders-in-training), liturgical ministers (and liturgical ministers-in-training),

In the author’s own words, “ecclesial inaction [on questions of race] has devastating consequences for the witness of the church and the integrity of the gospel it proclaims.”

“Since its beginnings, the church’s, stories, myths, theology, ecclesiology, seminaries, authority, and ministry has been defined, described legislated and controlled by men who represent less than one half humanity.”

Asking cutting questions that cut to the heart of the Christian ritual system.