The translation of the prayers for Midnight Mass is clumsy, and it misses the spirit of the Mass itself.
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“Translation, by its very nature, is a continuous implicit commentary”
by Jonathan Day
“C.S. Lewis shows that many of the issues we are debating on Pray Tell were alive in the sixteenth century.”
The elusive presence of us
Father Anthony’s post on the elusive presence of God provokes the following rejoinder. I have often said that the real question in sacramental theology is not about the real presence of Christ but about the real presence of us. Everything we do at liturgy enables us to become really present to God the Trinity.
Read moreUnfolding the Mystery of Christ: Exploring Liturgical Time
Here is a moment, and on the surface it doesn’t last any longer than any other moment. But the same length of time can sometimes be filled with a content that is bigger than the moment that contains it. Its inside is bigger than its outside.
Read moreC.S. Lewis on Revising the Language of Worship
is this the right moment? Two signs of the right moment occur to me. One sign of the right moment would be a unity among us all which enabled the Church—not some momentarily triumphant party—to speak through the new work with a united voice.
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