Multivalent liturgy requires multivalent art and architecture.
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Category: Liturgical Movement
Something Old, Something New: The Use of Sarum
What can a late medieval inculturation of the Roman Rite offer us today? Plenty! The Sarum Use is a rich collection of music and ritual that particularly reminds us of the importance of moving – processions and stations marking our journey as a pilgrim church into the heart of God.
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Continuing the Work of Eucharistic Renewal
Real liturgical reform: Offering the Eucharist as healing for the life of the world
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By what measure?
By what metric do we measure a liturgical reform?
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The Myth of Noble Simplicity
Liturgical clarity does not mean artistic simplicity.
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East Meets West in Liturgy
The reform of the liturgy after Vatican II is also debated within some Orthodox circles.
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When did the rupture first take place?
A question for those who hold that the Mass as most Catholics know it represents an ‘irreformable rupture’: when did the rupture first take place?
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Lex Supplicandi
As we enter into another Holy Week and bring our Lent to a close, it is worth considering to what extent the church’s posture, its lex supplicandi, has formed our lives and our communities.
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The Twentieth Century Reform of the Liturgy: Outcomes and Prospects
The preaching of the Gospel presumes at least some openness to change.
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Fairies and St. Michael
Last week, the world celebrated the 80th anniversary of the publication of a small, little book, whose trilogian successors C. S. Lewis said were ” like lightning from a clear sky; as sharply different, as unpredictable in our age as Songs of Innocence were in theirs.”
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