Month: April 2013
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Re-Reading Sacrosanctum Concilium: Article 42
Readers may wish to discuss the idea of a “common” celebration of the Sunday Eucharist in a parish. What values underlie the multiplication of Mass times in particular parishes?
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Pope Francis and the perils of the premature victory dance
The time has not yet come for a progressive celebration of victory. It probably should never come.
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Cardinal Bergoglio (Now Pope Francis) celebrated Hannukah with Argentinian Jews
Jews and Christians in Argentina held a ceremony to show the world that it’s possible to live in peace. An Argentine cardinal celebrated Hanukkah in a Jewish temple.
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Austrian Bishops’ Conference on “pro multis”
The Latin words “pro multis” could be translated literally as “for many,” as Pope Emeritus Benedict called for, but many have argued that it is an idiom which in effect means “for all,” the translation approved by Pope Paul VI.
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Liturgy Secretary of England and Wales: Don’t Imitate Pope Francis and Wash Women’s Feet
Fr. Paul Gunter stressed that papal liturgy should not be seen as the exemplar for other liturgies.
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Pope Francis on “triumphalism”
“That the Lord may save us from fantasies of triumphalism,” Pope Francis said.
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Re-Reading Sacrosanctum Concilium: Article 41
Art. 41 makes a claim of great importance for the subsequent ecclesiology developed at Vatican II. What sense(s) the Christian life of the faithful “derives from” and/or “depends upon” the ministry of the bishop?
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Rubrics & Pope Francis
It’s a temptation on all sides to over-analyze every move that Pope Francis has made… but what do you make of all this?
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What makes a parish worth sticking around?
The answer won’t come as a surprise to readers of this blog, but you better gas up the car.