Yes, the weekly song of the assembly needs a connection to the lections of the day. […] No, we cannot sing just anything at Mass.
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Yes, the weekly song of the assembly needs a connection to the lections of the day. […] No, we cannot sing just anything at Mass.
Read moreI will probably scream if I hear one more preacher tell us that “liturgy means the work of the people.”
Read moreI was in Rome this week and, never having lived there and had the chance to “do” the city properly, on every short visit I
Read moreVatican News has an article on Pope Francis and the Missel Romain pour les Diocèses du Zaïre. This is in the context of his cancelled
Read moreThis morning the Pope met with the students and teachers of the Pontifical Liturgy Institute. So far the text of his discourse is only available
Read moreInscribing or placing symbols directly on bodies (wedding rings, tattoos, baptismal water, chrism or oil of the sick, ashes) comprise profound performances of personal and group identity formation.
Read moreThe Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI published a letter earlier this week regarding the report on abuse in the Archdiocese of Munich-Freising. This post will not
Read moreI hear from friends that some liturgies in the U.S. have reintroduced the exchanging of the Sign of Peace. This has been fully absent from
Read moreWhat is missing from the Psalter and why?
Read moreIf a future pope rolled back the 20th century liturgical reforms, would they allow pluralism for the reformed rites?
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