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
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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The Date of Easter
The date of Easter has always been a source of some controversy and disagreement among Christians. To this day, the fact that Christians celebrate Easter
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The ‘Third Circle’: The Incarnation of Holy Week and the Triduum in our Bodies
In PrayTellBlog this past week there have been powerful reflections on aspects of our liturgical high holy days juxtaposed with the horrors of war and
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Holy Week, Again
Agony, agony caused by gun and greed Jesus dies again
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Good Friday Intercession for Ukraine—Update
The Pray Tell post on the Austrian proposal for an additional 2022 Solemn Intercession in the Good Friday liturgy has raised much interest.
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An April 1 Litany
The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to those who are being saved it is the power of God.
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We Do Not Intend to Offer Any Further Guidelines for the Holy Week Celebrations
Yesterday the Congregation for Divine Worship published a Note on the liturgies for Holy Week 2023. This Note does not contain any great innovations, but
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