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What Did Jesus Know? (or: Which Heresy Will You Give Up for Lent?)

February 16, 2023 Alan Hommerding

I, for example, often struggle not to be a Closet Monophysite.

Ash Wednesday Octave

March 9, 2022 Alan Hommerding

often,
apologies follow
Imposition:
miserere nobis

“Did you get your ashes?” Writing and Lecturing on Ash Wednesday

March 3, 2022 Bruce Morrill Uncategorized

Inscribing 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.

Between Epiphany and Lent: A Soft Point in the Liturgical Year

January 31, 2022 Mark Roosien Liturgical year Saints / Mary

What if we envisioned the “empty” period of time between Epiphany and Lent as an opportunity for making meaning?

The Passion and Resurrection of Our Lord in Iconography

March 17, 2021 Sr. Jeana Visel, OSB Art and Architecture Eastern Liturgy Liturgical Spirituality Liturgical year

The first lecture will be Monday, March 22, 2021, on “The Passion and Resurrection of Our Lord in Iconography,” beginning at 7:00 pm CT. The live stream/recording link is here.

The Game of Lent

February 23, 2021 Alan Hommerding

As the Scottish poet Robert Burns observed, to see ourselves as others see us is God’s greatest gift, and the Simpson household has certainly helped me do that.