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Month: January 2010

  • Defending the New Roman Missal

    This well-written piece is by Peter Stavinskas in America, responding to the recent article by Fr. Michael Ryan asking that we “Just Wait” and consult more people before moving forward. Against Fr. Ryan’s claim that the Roman curia is dismantling Vatican II, Fr. Stravinskas writes: “In my view, present efforts are precisely seeking to reclaim…

  • Agnostic Liturgical Ministers?

    Can one who is agnostic be a church musician?

  • An Open Letter to Benedict XVI

    Paul Westermeyer writes: “I have not seen a definitive document and am told there is no such thing yet available, but I assume the reports are true that you plan unilaterally to re-work the common English translations of the Ordinary of the Mass. May I express my pain?”

  • Mixed Messages

    One of the great joys that I have experienced in my life of faith has been the ability to join with Roman Catholics and Christians of several differing traditions in occasions of worship, including ecumenical events, and to already know the words of many of the prayers and other liturgical texts. As a result of…

  • Praying, in our own words – especially for Haiti

    I’m talking about those moments in the privacy of a corner couch, a daily commute, or a kitchen stove when one has no written text, no hymnal, no breviary to rely on to speak one’s thoughts in private, ritual prayer to God. Just how do everyday people without theological degrees or a liturgical library learn…

  • Blessing the “Blessing” of Technology

    “The Rev. Canon David Parrott blessed a symbolic heap of laptops and smart phones on the altar of London’s 17th-century St. Lawrence Jewry church Monday.”

  • Eschatology and the Byzantine Liturgy

    Is eschatology about the future or the present? Is liturgy an escape from the world or entrance into a new world?

  • A Response to my Critics

    At the suggestion of Fr Anthony Ruff, I would like to respond to at least some of the comments made, both in relation to my posting and to Paul Inwood’s insightful and wise thoughts.

  • Young People on Liturgical Reform

    Given the interest in generational differences on liturgical reform, we thought it would be fun to ask people 35 and under what they think.