“A church is often one of the few places where we experience the gathering and sustaining of community…Community is not easily found anymore in our landscapes.”
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“A church is often one of the few places where we experience the gathering and sustaining of community…Community is not easily found anymore in our landscapes.”
Read more“Therefore, overcome with paschal joy, every land, every people exults in your praise and even the heavenly Powers, with the angelic hosts, sing together the
Read moreThe night that begins Christ’s passion is a great time to kill Easter flowers.
Read moreThere’s nothing like a new infant to make you appreciate (also: sweat through) the Easter Vigil mass. My new daughter’s patroness and namesake, Hildegard of Bingen, draws a parallel between baptism and the “re-greening” of creation that occurs annually in spring (we’re still waiting on this in Minnesota).
Read moreThe Trinity, the Paschal Mystery, and music at Mass. How do they relate? Call me crazy, but I think each provides a key to the others.
Read moreWhat is so important about the “three judgments” for choosing Mass music? They are not just rubrical adjustments, but foundations of the very purpose of Mass itself. A parish-wide and diocese-wide solution should be found.
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