One of my posts from last year on the Church in India’s new edition of the Lectionary using the ESV has recently gathered some new
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Category: Lectionary / Liturgy of Word
Provisional translation of the Letter of Pope Francis to Cardinal Ladaria regarding the access of women to the ministries of Lectorate and Acolyte
Earlier today Anthony posted the news that Pope Francis has opened the liturgical ministries of Lectorate and Acolyte to women. The motu proprio is available
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Is the Liturgy Full of Lies?
We are clearly not experiencing the reality projected by liturgical prayer.
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CDW Note on the Sunday of the Word of God
Today the daily Bulletin of the Holy See’s Press Office contains a Note of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
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Scotland’s Bishops vote to adopt the ESV in the Lectionary
The revision of the Lectionary in the English-speaking world has been a long haul. The United States uses a version of the New American Bible,
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“Almost obligatory” Irish contribution to the Sunday of the Word of God
This coming Sunday marks the first time we will observe the Sunday of the Word of God. PrayTell already covered this new observance. Regular readers may also have
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Irish Lectionary Issues
Recently on the feast of the Holy Family, I noticed that the Lectionary for Mass had been defaced with the end of the reading crossed
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Church in India publishes New ESV Lectionary
India’s Roman Rite Catholic Bishop’s Conference has published a new Lectionary for use in English-language Masses in India using the English Standard Version. The following details are
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Personal Reflections on the Gospel of the First Sunday of Advent, Year A
Like the people “before the flood” in Jesus’ discourse, something existentially shattering broke into my well-ordered world with both terror and hope.
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RNJB Bible readings for Advent and Christmas
A sample to help readers to consider the merits of the Revised New Jerusalem Bible translation.
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