Devotions and Sacramentals Archives

Hiddenness Found Within the Christmas Créche

December 18, 2018 Fr. Jim Sabak, OFM Liturgical year Uncategorized

The most profound revelation of all – a God who is indeed hidden, hidden amidst the most mundane and familiar around us.

When Christmas Hurts

December 12, 2022 Timothy Brunk Devotions and Sacramentals

How often do our parishes acknowledge pregnancies that fail?

Brief Book Review: The Mysticism of the Present Moment

September 14, 2022 Other Voices Brief Book Review Devotions and Sacramentals Recently Published Books

“Mendonça intensively contemplates what is most human as what is integral to spirituality.”

Book Review: From Isolation to Community

August 31, 2022 Other Voices Brief Book Review Devotions and Sacramentals Inculturation Liturgy and Virtues Popular Piety Recently Published Books Secularism Technology and Worship

“Werntz has provided a real gift in a time of not just isolation but suspicion and division.”

Help, there’s a Monstrance in my Mass

August 10, 2022 Katharine E. Harmon Devotions and Sacramentals

Celebration of the Eucharist. Devotion to the Eucharist. Which is better? What were we doing right now?!?

Is the Eucharistic Revival a Liturgical Revival?

June 20, 2022 Timothy Brunk Devotions and Sacramentals Eucharist

Will the revival abstract Eucharist from sacramental celebration?

Holy Water — Contactless

August 16, 2021 Teresa Berger Devotions and Sacramentals

I have really, really missed the regular availability of holy water. I was therefore glad – as well as somewhat bemused — to find a COVID-attentive holy water dispenser when I went to Mass earlier today, in a Gothic Cathedral no less.

Pre-Signed Sympathy Cards On Sale Here

August 7, 2021 Fr. Neil Xavier O'Donoghue Devotions and Sacramentals Eucharist

Mass intentions are an area of sacramental theology that require more theological reflection (see the recent articles by John Baldovin here and here). In Ireland