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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Category: Liturgical year
Escaping Christmas
Let’s get to the desert.
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If I Summoned Him and He Answered Me …
What 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?
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The messiness of November remembrances
The 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.
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Orthodox Church of Ukraine will allow the celebration of Christmas on December 25
“A discussion that has been going on for many years…”
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Which Readings for All Saint’s Day in The Episcopal Church?
So, Episcopalians, what readings are you using tomorrow, and next Sunday?
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Days of Prayer
Last Sunday was observed as Mission Sunday. Yet this is not, strictly speaking, a liturgical observance. I have often seen observances such as this take
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My Headless Mr. Heart
Where 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.
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A Color for Holy Saturday
When Easter 2022 was over, a colleague contacted me: Just asking with foresight, what is the liturgical color of Holy Saturday? This question might be
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Brief Book Review: Crowning the Year
“An invaluable resource for anyone who wants to engage the liturgical life a rural parish for all its worth.”
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Eastertide in the rearview mirror
Now 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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