Month: September 2012
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Marriage at Sunday Mass, in U. S. Catholic
An article about having one’s marriage celebrated at Sunday mass appeared in U. S. Catholic.
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This Week’s Discussion Question: Unwitting Agents of the “Reform of the Reform”
What is the most constructive and charitable way to move toward better celebration of the reformed liturgy?
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Sept 8: Mary the Dawn, Christ the Perfect Day
Today’s feast of the Birth of the Virgin Mary probably passes most of us by. September 8 simply is not a date that evokes our deepest devotion any more, although it is one of the oldest Marian feasts in the liturgical calendar. The feast’s origins date back at least to the fifth century when a…
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A New Kind of Pilgrimage?
Lawrence Edmonds is likely to bring about a renewed interest in pilgrimages in the U.K.
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Priests’ opinions on new translation sought
No, this isn’t the Roman Curia asking. It’s U.S. Catholic.
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Interview with Thomas von Mitschke-Collande on Church Reform
The following interview may be of interest to at least some members of the Pray, Tell blog. The practices Mitschke-Collande cites seem to have some relation to official reforms of liturgical books for the Roman Rite in the present era. Thomas von Mitschke-Collande, _Schafft sich die katholische Kirche ab?Analysen und Lösungen eines Unternehmensberaters_. Mit einem…
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Counting sheep
More people attending church less often – sounds about right to me.
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This Week’s Discussion Question: Stability and Flexibility
What is the greater danger today to the Church’s liturgical life? Is it disregard of the books, imposition of private agendas, and loss of a common ritual vocabulary? Or is it Pharasaic legalism, idolatrous divinizing of merely human social constructions?
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Icons
An artist, often a monk, would prepare himself with fasting and prayer before taking on the solemn portrayal of his holy devotion. The resulting image or icon would be blessed and revered as a spiritual depiction of the holy.