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The Liturgy of the Mall

November 18, 2019 Timothy Brunk 5_ Liturgical Spirituality Liturgy and Virtues

How do we understand the ways in which habitual participation in Christian liturgy forms us?

Young Scholars Bring New Questions and Multiple Disciplines to Bear on Sacramental Theology

June 28, 2019 Bruce Morrill Environment and Ecology Eucharist Liturgical Spirituality Liturgy and Virtues Penance-Reconciliation Sacramental Theology

Drone warfare, consumer culture, guilt-driven obedience, faith amidst a pluralistic world are among topics six fresh voices address in a growing collection of articles on sacramental-liturgical theology.

The Eucharist Commits Us to the Poor

June 23, 2019 Rita Ferrone Ars Praedicandi Eucharist Homilies Liturgy and Virtues

All these hungry people, and the disciples don’t think they’ve got the wherewithal to help. But, guess what? They have.

Another Rembrandt: Thoughts on the Prodigal Son

April 2, 2019 Rita Ferrone Art and Architecture Lectionary / Liturgy of Word Liturgical year Liturgy and Virtues

The Prodigal Son is the centerpiece of the last three Sundays of Lent in Year C. Why?

Fasting, Mainstream Culture, and Liturgy

August 1, 2018 Nicholas Denysenko Liturgical year Liturgy and Virtues

Fasting is one practice that enables the practitioner to become aware of their less fortunate brothers and sisters.

Humility and Worship

July 16, 2018 Timothy Brunk Liturgical Spirituality Liturgy and Virtues

Humility as a precondition for worship and as contributing factor to participation in worship can remind us all that liturgy and life form a closed circuit and yet a circuit that opens to the in-breaking of the kingdom of God.

Standing together: the solidarity of prayer

May 11, 2018 Lizette Larson Liturgy and Virtues Popular Piety Ritual Studies

I am not attempting to erase differences between Christianity and Islam or even advocate for interreligious prayer, but I find it helpful to reflect on how a visual and kinesthetic practice embodying an Islamic lex orandi lex credendi may function as a call to reflection on Christian liturgy and the importance of solidarity in body as well as spirit.

“You Know What to Do:” Liturgy as a Labor of Love

October 18, 2017 Kimberly Long Liturgy and Virtues

I admit to nursing a bit of envy when I think of the ways Catholic worshipers are formed.

More Mercy on the Brain

September 25, 2017 Timothy Brunk Eucharist Liturgical Spirituality Liturgy and Virtues

The humility of which Augustine speaks, then, is surely a matter of not aiming too high. (See Adam and Eve, fall of.) Knowing oneself is also, however, a matter of not aiming too low.

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