The coming of God’s Kingdom includes the resurrection of the dead, the resurrection of each one of us, and the resurrection of history from all its tears and ruins, from death and misery, destruction and tragedy.
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Category: Popular Piety
Are there things we ought not bless?
I was struck by an articleat Catholic News Agency that reported how the Russian Orthodox Church is considering ending their practice of blessing large weapons including
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Liturgical Inculturation in the Amazon: Not So Fast
Inculturation is a difficult process.
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Sacred, Secular and Cell Phones
The fundamental issue in my classroom was a split between profane (how one uses cell phone) and sacred (God-stuff).
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My Little Big Day
Since I returned to Ireland in 2013 and reacquainted myself with the Church in the country of my birth, having departed to study for the
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The bizarre effects of Christmas bazaars
The rejection of a “mini” Lent theology of Advent (almost always without any sense of the history of the season) is growing alongside the tsunami of the retail Christmas.
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Involuntary Immigration, Feast Days, Devotions, Prayer and Poetry
For many of us, today is Halloween, all hallows eve, the Vigil of All Saints, the last day of October, Mary’s month, month of the Rosary, month of the Queen of all saints.
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The Morning after the Feast of Francis
What I am most intrigued about in regard to the pet-blessing upswing is the quickness with which it has become detached from its origins in the feast of Francis, and how the world of pet-related commerce seems to have led it along.
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Pray for Journalists
We need to pray in ways that recall the community’s investment in courageous journalism, and pray for those reporters who face persecution and threats around the world.
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Ritually Responding to Disaster: Reporting from the Canadian National Worship Conference
What have churches learned from the expanding ritual repertoire of disaster response?
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