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
Palm Sunday: Put a Branch on Your Door or Window
It could be any green branch you could get.
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The Least We Can Do
Commentary on the REVISED Vatican guidelines for Holy Week, plus some clarifications and commentary on the present challenges of the RCIA
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The Annunciation – March 25
But joy? That seems a tall order.
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Diocesan Policies Regarding Coronavirus
I invite diocesan directors of worship to share here the policies in place in their dioceses.
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St. Patrick’s Day should be a Solemnity in the U.S.
In this post I am making a very simple proposal, that the USCCB upgrade the celebration of St. Patrick’s Day to the status of Solemnity.
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Ashes and Prostrations
I think that Lent is God’s gift, a season given to us to make us well again.
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Liturgy 0, Popular Piety 1
Whether the Way of the Cross should be held on March 25 or not.
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Helpful Lent Liturgy Resource for Parishes
Download a free liturgy preparation guide for Lent, Triduum and the Easter season from the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions.
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February 2: Anna, the Prophet, Comments On Luke 2, With her Hands
Every year, I wonder anew what a “Canticle of Anna” might have sounded like.
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The Incarnation of Jesus, Calendars, and Theophany
Theophany is a reminder that water is God’s gift.
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