She is a saint for us all, worriers and workers, and those of us who love to unite our prayer and work.
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Category: 4_THE PLAZA
Halfway Across the Ford: A Prayer
The ford is the full implementation of the Council itself.
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Mass Rocks as a Possible Future
Over the past few weeks, we have looked at the setting for the church to gather in a number of posts. Anthony has commented on
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Hanging on by a Thread . . . Time to Stop Evangelizing?
Numerous members of the heavenly host persevered, endured, and evangelized through far FAR worse. Quite likely they are having a good laugh at the luxury of my puffball persecutions.
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What shall we call the pre-Vatican II Mass now?
Various terms enter into common usage for all sorts of reasons.
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Liturgies at the Passing of a Loved One—Part III
The Liturgies at the Passing of a Loved One I have lost three loved ones in the past 18 months. First, my mother died suddenly
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An Appeal for Liturgical Peace
The challenges ahead are strong – for traditionalists, but certainly also for progressives.
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Logic and Rhetoric. A Graduation Speech for Theologians and Non-Theologians
Words for graduates of two different schools at the University of Innsbruck
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Dippy the Dinosaur in Norwich Cathedral
Sometimes people say that the Christian Faith is in trouble. Numbers of people attending church are down. Many ecclesial institutions have trouble staying open. A
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Shed of the Year
I am not the most optimistic person in the world. So looking at the situation of the Church, I often despair that it will all
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