Month: April 2011
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The Hymn for the Procession of the Oils
The 1998 sacramentary-that-never-was contains this noble effort at telling the story of the Chrism Mass.
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The Chrism Mass
The way the Chrism Mass is celebrated in some dioceses distorts its ecclesiology. Even though the entrance antiphon refers to all of the baptized as priests (“Jesus Christ has made us a kingdom of priests to serve his God and Father: glory and kingship be his for ever and ever. Amen.” [Rev. 1:6]—also the second…
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Open Thread 4/19/11
An open thread offers a space in which readers can propose and discuss topics that interest them in the area of prayer and worship.
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Meditations on the Crucifixion by Sandra Bowden
Sandra Bowden’s “Crucifixion” series is a series of four meditations on the death of Christ.
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John Gallen and Bill Bauman, r.i.p.
Fr. John Gallen, SJ, and Fr. Bill Bauman, died yesterday.
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Making peace on the New Missal—Voices from down under
Father Tom Knowles identified himself as one of the 22,000 signatories of the “What If We Just Said Wait?” petition pushing for a “grassroots review” of the new Roman Missal. But he said the time has come to turn to the practical matter of implementing the changes.
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No Turning Back
Pray Tell reader Chris McDonnell asks, “May I make a plea that in all our discussion and, at times, serious divergence of opinion, we maintain two important threads?”
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Holy Week: A Sacred Time?
How will you keep this week holy?