…I’m simply suggesting that reflecting on his speaking style is of value (as is reflecting on the speaking style of other communicators)
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Archbishop Welby Tells the Pope a Good Liturgy Joke
That’s not funny.
Read morePope Francis Continues Updating Papal Style
Is this a 21st-century Fanon?
Read moreLiturgical variations and distractions
No one much minds when people choose to stand up and sit down. I should feel like a lamb chop in a vegan restaurant if I stood up while everyone else was kneeling. They don’t feel like that, obviously, as one or two old ladies will stand, like the boy on the burning deck, when all but they have knelt.
Read moreFriars against the monks! Monks against the friars!
Sometimes you uncover an old dispute simmering under the unassuming cover of a Hesburgh Library volume…
Read moreHipster Priest Consecrates Fresh Batch Of Seasonal Pumpkin Spice Eucharist
“Pumpkin Spice Eucharist allows me to express myself and my love for JC…”
Read moreSeasonal Vegetables in the Christian Home
For health and spirituality…
Read moreLinguistic comparisons
No wonder we have such problems with liturgical translations….
Read moreCloistered Host-Baking Nuns in Philadelphia Fearful of Depressed Market
Host-baking convents saw a spike in sales after the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s, which called for greater lay participation and caused a marked increase in Communion reception rates.
Read moreAssembly a little sleepy mid-Easter Vigil? No problem.
So we all know how, by the middle of the Easter Vigil, our attention can begin to wane and our eyes to grow heavy. Here is one way to wake everyone up and bring in Easter with a bang.
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