How did a centuries-old popular prayer become a lifeline for a young mom with her hands full?
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Category: Popular Piety
At the End of the Sky
When we speak about inculturation in the liturgy, we tend to think of the Zaire Rite or the situation in the Amazonian Region. However, we
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Popular Piety: Holy Cards
Popular piety can’t really be programmed. You never know where something like this is going to land.
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May Madness: Popular Piety vs. Doctrinal Feasts
Yesterday, on the Trinity Sunday, I presided a Liturgy of the Eucharist in a parish where I had not been for a number of years.
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Open for Prayer
Paul Westermeyer argues for the value of keeping a church “open for prayer” beyond those times when services are being held.
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Better than Winning the Lottery
There is an interesting article and beautiful photo-essay by James Estrin in yesterday’s New York Times about the Rapaport family, from Borough Park, Brooklyn, New
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And they say the Catholic tradition of relics is crazy!
I readily admit that I am a Mac addict and at times I think I am more successful in converting people to the Apple ecosystem
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Singing for the Dead: Pie Jesu
Soul-searing beauty has the power to permeate the places we so often guard, to allow the grace of God’s love to enter.
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Popular Piety Spotlight: Prayers to St. Michael
Whether prayed at the conclusion of a rosary, after mass, or at some other time, these prayers to St. Michael are part of a long tradition of regularly turning to heaven for help against forces that would try to destroy the goodness and unity of the Church.
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A Sequence in Honor of St. Francis of Assisi (PDF)
I share it with those who might want to conclude this year’s Season of Creation by praying this reflection on the gift of Saint Francis’ life, his stigmata, and his protection on all those who attempt to live by his values.
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