The General Norms for the Liturgical Year (including the Table of Liturgical Days) had already been promulgated *before* the general permission for Sunday and feastday Masses on Saturday evening came into being.
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The General Norms for the Liturgical Year (including the Table of Liturgical Days) had already been promulgated *before* the general permission for Sunday and feastday Masses on Saturday evening came into being.
Read moreLet’s get to the desert.
Read moreWhat if we too were allowed to ask, accuse, even bring charges against God? Allowed to do so in court and receive a different answer than Job? To bring a more comprehensive indictment than theological expertise has long considered conceivable?
Read moreThe richness of the fall “Triduum” (All Hallows’ Eve, All Saints, All Souls) is just past us, but the confusion and the abundance continues this week.
Read more“A discussion that has been going on for many years…”
Read moreSo, Episcopalians, what readings are you using tomorrow, and next Sunday?
Read moreLast Sunday was observed as Mission Sunday. Yet this is not, strictly speaking, a liturgical observance. I have often seen observances such as this take
Read moreWhere the world might see brokenness and defeat, my son sees a peerless member of the communion of super-heroes, with powers far greater than I ever imagined.
Read moreWhen Easter 2022 was over, a colleague contacted me: Just asking with foresight, what is the liturgical color of Holy Saturday? This question might be
Read more“An invaluable resource for anyone who wants to engage the liturgical life a rural parish for all its worth.”
Read moreNow that the great 50 days of Easter in both East and West are behind us (but still remembered every Sunday), we turn our attention
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