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
A Troubling End to Christmas?
The Christmas Season concludes with the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. Surprisingly or not, there are people who may not know this.
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Onward from “the Virtual”
In a time in history in which everything is “virtual,” we ought never forget that God becomes one like us in truth and in reality.
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Watching in Advent 2020
“What I say to you, I say to all: Watch!”
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Proximity to the Holy in Time and Space
We like to remember that God is everywhere. In a time of pandemic, when so many have been cut off from the fullness of access to holy ritual space, we want to offer the comfort of remembering God’s transcendence.
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A Tale of Two Thanksgivings
The US observance of Thanksgiving Day is just past, and its frequent juxtaposition with the beginning of Advent (and to the frenzy of consumerism known
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Another Liturgical Year, Another Bare, Ruined Choir
I didn’t need to have a beloved liturgical space crushed into a parking lot to make the point stand out. But, thank you, 2020, it sure does help.
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Why Commemorating the Dead in November Matters
I like to believe that titles are important. Not necessarily heraldic titles, though these can be equally amusing and impressive. Titles for books, however, need
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How We Celebrate the Sixth Hour
Some personal experiences with a weekly midday prayer in Innsbruck.
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The month in review…
There is an odd sense of guilty relief – Holy Week is over.
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Exult! An End to Gloom and Darkness
“Be glad, let earth be glad as glory floods her, ablaze with light from her eternal King, let all corners of the earth be glad, knowing an end to gloom and darkness.”
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