Day: December 8, 2011
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Neil Xavier O’Donoghue’s The Eucharist in Pre-Norman Ireland
I have read with pure delight Neil Xavier O’Donoghue’s groundbreaking and magnificently “holistic” The Eucharist in Pre-Norman Ireland… He models for all students of liturgical studies the integration of textual and non-textual data called for in “holistic” liturgical studies.
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Collect for the Memorial of St. Ambrose: Translation Issues
While celebrating Mass yesterday for the memorial of St. Ambrose, I was struck by the new English translation of the collect.
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Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston Seeks Feedback on New Missal
An online survey on the new missal translation
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Latin nouns, missed opportunities
I begin to think our people, pastors, poets, and theologians should humbly collaborate on a new missal, not only a better translation of the Missale Romanum but also on an inculturated sacramentary. Shall we at least pray about this?
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Problems with Today’s Collect – Immaculate Conception
“Like Mary, we can be pure by God’s gift, but, unlike her, we need to be cleansed.” – Bruce Harbert