Category: Eucharist
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Re-Reading Sacrosanctum Concilium: Article 53
Vatican website translation: 53. Especially on Sundays and feasts of obligation there is to be restored, after the Gospel and the homily, “the common prayer” or “the prayer of the faithful.” By this prayer, in which the people are to take part, intercession will be made for holy Church, for the civil authorities, for those…
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Re-Reading Sacrosanctum Concilium: Article 52
Having decreed in article 51 that richer scriptural fare is to be provided to the faithful at Mass, the Council Fathers now turn their attention to preaching at Mass. Vatican website translation: 52. By means of the homily the mysteries of the faith and the guiding principles of the Christian life are expounded from the…
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Sunday
If we lose Sunday, we lose much more than we realize.
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Re-Reading Sacrosanctum Concilium: Article 51
Article 51 decrees that the Roman Rite liturgy is to be reviewed and reformed in such a way that more biblical material is made available to worshipers.
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How Joseph got added to the Roman Canon
It was this cutting off of Bishop Cule that prompted Pope John to order the insertion of the name of St. Joseph in the canon of the mass on his own authority.
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Jeffrey Tucker on “Five Ways to Ruin the Mass”
I believe that this article is worthy of our thoughtful (not splenetic) discussion.
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St. Joseph in the Eucharistic Prayer
A reference to St Joseph will be permanently included in most Eucharistic Prayers in the Latin Rite.
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Re-Reading Sacrosanctum Concilium: Article 50
Article 50 begins a set of reform decrees dedicated to that end. This article is the most far-reaching, with subsequent articles concentrating on particular aspects of reform of the Order of Mass.
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Sobriety and the Sign of Peace
“[C]are must be taken that the sign of peace does not become a sort of “time out” from the liturgy so that people can chat and socialize.”