My fear is that reversing all of this is going to mean a large amount of re-education.
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Tag: Active Participation
Are you willing to help?
All in attendance have a stake in the past, present, and future of God’s history with those to whom the church directs its sacramental ministry.
Read moreKinda Incensed Over Incense
I felt reduced to a mere spectator, watching the priest dignify the objects of bread and wine and candle–symbols of the risen crucified one, indeed–but seemingly blind to the dignity of the baptized assembled for the great offering of praise and thanksgiving.
Read moreDecibels and Distraction
Why is Mass loud in some churches? A question to PTB readers about their perception of sound and amplification in churches.
Read moreLectio Divina and Liturgy
This is not catechesis. It is not exegesis. It is not Bible study. But it can be a kind of mystagogy, opening our hearts and lives to Christ’s presence in the Word.
Read moreThe Liturgy in Pope Benedict’s Address to the Clergy of the City of Rome.
Vatican Radio’s report on Pope Benedict’s address to the parish clergy of Rome, in which he reminisced on Vatican II and ruminated on its significance, contains a couple of interesting sets of remarks on the liturgy.
Read moreTo Sing or Not to Sing
“The job of singing belongs primarily to the schola and the cantor, not the people” ??
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