The Roman Missal contains this prayer: O God, who gave one origin to all peoples and willed to gather from them one family for yourself,
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Continuing the Conversation: The USCCB’s Guidance on Hymn Texts
Much to applaud, but some flaws. By Karen Shadle.
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Claiming a Space for St. Hildegard
I feel a bit protective of St. Hildegard. I long to help her images and music live again in the liturgy.
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Who is Helen McLoughlin?
I bring my question to you…
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When It Bugs You
“This will not do,” I said to myself.
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Monastery Choir Practice Goes Online
The monks learn Cordero de Dios from the Misal Romano.
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Veni, Respiratio Spiritus!
“And with that he breathed on them and said, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit.’ ” (John 20:22). I recall hearing this verse on Easter II 2020, and how it tickled my ears in a new way; even moreso in 2021, with a year-plus under my belt of living and attempting to minister in the world of an airborne virus.
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Ars praedicandi: Ascension Sunday, Year B, Ed Foley
The juxtaposition of Ingenuity and Ascension made me wonder whether Jesus was the original manifestation of the ingenuity of God in which Jesus was delivered to earth not by a rover named perseverance, but through the cooperation of a young woman whose perseverance through suffering and loss into her own final glory is the wonder we call the Blessed Virgin.
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Toddler, Teach Me to Pray
Our son teaches us that just uttering the name of the Living One can be prayer enough.
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60-Second Sermon: Paschal Divine Liturgy
Nicholas Denysenko reflects on the Gospel reading for Paschal Divine Liturgy.
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Teaching Liturgy: 5 years, 4 courses
The Innsbruck Liturgical Studies Program will launch a new curriculum.
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