We as a Church must constantly think through how even the smallest details of our liturgies project a specific ecclesiology. Then we must gauge whether the ecclesiology being articulated is congruous with the Church’s self-understanding. Those practices, no matter how small, which are incompatible with the Church’s broader self-understanding should cease.
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No more “liberals” or “conservatives”?
Should US Catholics avoid the terms “liberal” and “conservative” and “moderate” to refer to each other?
Read moreIs He “Pope” or “Bishop of Rome”?
This word choice contains a clear message, regarding both the sense of episcopal collegiality and of ecumenism.
Read moreIt’s so very far to Rome…
What’s taking the German cardinals?
Read moreO’Malley on Faggioli on Liturgical Reform… and why some people are attracted to the old missal
by Timothy O’Malley
“is it really the case that many of those attracted to the 1963 Missal of John XVIII (the extraordinary form) are dismissive of the ecclesiology brought about by the Second Vatican Council? Or is it not often true that those fascinated by ‘the reform of the reform’ are disenchanted with certain features of the implementation of the reform itself?”
Ecclesiology of the new Missal
“I see it [the new Missal translation] subtly communicating a view of Church, the Counter-Reformation institutional model, that threatens the ecclesiology of communion that is central to both the letter and the spirit of Vatican Council II.”
Read moreYour Chrism Mass?
You may need to sit to this post with a cup of your favorite hot beverage. After a brief review of the theology of the Chrism Mass, I’d love to hear from you about your Chrism Mass this week.
Read moreThe Interiority and the Exteriority of the Communion Rite
Allied to a previous discussion, I think it’s time to elaborate the both/and—the individual and the communal dimensions—of the communion rite by a close analysis of Articles 80 through 89 of the General Instruction. I’ll start this thread and I invite others to contribute reasoned and temperate reflections.
Read moreWhat’s Behind the Door?
“It could be argued that this translation makes a caricature of the text. It is hardly the faithful translation insisted on in Liturgiam authenticam. It must therefore call into question the competence of the Vatican editorial process.”
Read moreBishop Morris, due process, credibility, and the Reign of God
How can the Church become what it claims to be, a sign to the nations of the inbreaking of the Reign of God?
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