Alexander Schmemann published a tight corpus of writings focused on articulating the irreducible, eschatological content of the liturgy as revelatory of divine redemption, while continuously insisting that this fundamental tradition of the church is doubly crippled by ignorance of its eschatological nature and mistaken efforts to draw contemporary social concerns into its practice.
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I was pleasantly surprised to see the signing of the senses quoted at length in the pope’s catechesis on Baptism.
Read more“Cathedrals don’t bang on about God in cathedrals but they bang on about beauty and that’s why I love them.” –Simon Jenkins
Read moreSeek the LORD, all you humble of the earth…perhaps you may be sheltered.
Read moreOn behalf of “all Hoosiers”–many blessings on our new Cardinal!
Read moreSometimes you uncover an old dispute simmering under the unassuming cover of a Hesburgh Library volume…
Read moreLent is a time of return, that which was lost is found again and a new beginning is sought. Lost sheep are brought back to the fold.
Read moreThomas Merton OCSO, monk of the Abbey of Gethsemane in Kentucky, died on this date in 1968, twenty seven years to the day after he entered the Abbey in 1941.
Read more“Thomas Merton has it right, I think, when he suggests reimagining the priesthood and the liturgy, and moving beyond older forms, be they pre-conciliar or post-conciliar. Fluidity rather than fixity is needed for a liturgy that is founded on relationality and the active participation of the entire assembly. The new wine of Spirit simply does not belong in the old wineskins either of Trent or Vatican II. The Church needs to encourage experimentation with new shapes for Eucharistic and other rituals.”
Read more“Remember, if the faithful sing they do not leave the Church; if they do not leave the Church, they keep the faith and live as Christians.”
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