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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Some Stones, a Little Oil, and a Good Night’s Sleep
I teach worship and liturgical theology at Wake Forest University School of Divinity. After many months of “Zoom worship,” we returned to our beloved chapel
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All Creation Praises God
Let all your works give you thanks, O LORD, and let your faithful ones bless you.
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The spacious room of liturgy
We have been asking too little of our liturgical communities.
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We Cannot Simply Return, We Cannot Go Back
Our craving for a return to normal is greater than ever during this pandemic.
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The White Sox, Sunaisthesis, and the Church
What is the good toward which we’re oriented?
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Marital Companionship and the Liturgy of Life
Christian marriage is an authentic living out of liturgy.
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Life is Like a Bunch of Crayons in your Clothes Dryer
In the midst of these things that crowd out the sounds of God’s love—Christ is ready for us—ready for us to see, to sing, and to circumvent the next disaster which befalls our laundry.
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Holy Water — Contactless
I have really, really missed the regular availability of holy water. I was therefore glad – as well as somewhat bemused — to find a COVID-attentive holy water dispenser when I went to Mass earlier today, in a Gothic Cathedral no less.
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Pre-Signed Sympathy Cards On Sale Here
Mass intentions are an area of sacramental theology that require more theological reflection (see the recent articles by John Baldovin here and here). In Ireland
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Mountains and Valleys
“Extol the Lord our God, and worship at his holy mountain; for the Lord our God is holy.”
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