Month: July 2011
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IAH – European hymnody conference II
By means of this rich body of hymnody, we Danubian Swabians have grown into the world of Catholic faith, this is our religious home in which we find security and consolation, as did our ancestors.
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The Greeting at Mass
In the August edition of Adoremus, Bishop Arthur Serratelli offers a little catechesis on the Greeting of the Mass.
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Retired and near-retired bishops speak out on the missal process
“We three [national episcopal conference] presidents voiced our concerns in particular about the Holy See’s right to approve the statutes contrary to Sacrosanctum Concilium. We did not believe that Cardinal Arinze’s lawyer had in fact refuted our arguments, but there was no further discussion.” “Recognizing the impossibility of genuine dialogue on this matter, we made…
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A liberal discovers chant and traditional liturgy
Sitting in a living room with ten other people, worshiping with nothing but the human voice, gave me a real understanding of how our music can be “on earth as it is in heaven.” I started to realize how much more prayerful, how much more natural, this approach to music was than the over-produced concert…
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Cardinal Cañizares on receiving Communion kneeling, on the tongue
Receiving Communion in this way “is the sign of adoration that needs to be recovered. I think the entire Church needs to receive Communion while kneeling.”
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Cardinal Meisner on celebrating pontifical High Mass in the old form
“As archbishop I have the ministry of unity. Thus, the ‘ordinary form’ is the standard for me.”
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IAH – European hymnody conference
If you were to tell any of these Catholics that hymns don’t belong at Mass, that they aren’t liturgical, that they aren’t Catholic, I expect they would look at you as if you had two heads.
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Our Net Contribution
For the first time in the history of the Church, we have had an uninvited, worldwide, participatory discussion on a significant change that will affect all in the English-speaking world.
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Just Obey?
What I think is problematic is the idea that church leaders can resolve controversies simply by calling for religious submission or by branding those who disagree as lacking in faith.