Author: Anthony Ruff, OSB
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Fictional monks
The monkish habit itself is fraught with potential fear – it’s unsurprising that so many ghost stories feature an unquiet brother, hooded and menacing.
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New Moderator of Pray Tell! New Contributors!
Pray Tell has a new moderator and is happy to welcome two new contributors.
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Ordinariate: RSV Bible, calendar with -gesima days
The U.S. Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter – for Anglicans/Episcopalians coming into full unity with the Roman Catholic Church – has published its liturgical calendar.
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End of Church? Religion Dying? Spiritual Awakening? Some Liturgical Musings.
“The end of conventional church isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Christianity after religion, a faith renewed by the experience of God’s spirit, is closer to what Jesus hoped for his followers than the scandalous division, politics, and enmity we have now.” – Diana Butler Bass
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What Irish Priests think
100% believe in God. 60% favor women’s ordination. 78% support married clergy.
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Common Ground on Concelebration?
Where sacraments and grace are concerned, it’s rarely a good idea to “do the math.” Many of the distortions and abuses of liturgical history arose precisely from “doing the math.”
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Agnus Dei tropes – one approach
Alan Hommerding has convinced me that “Lamb of God” is a highly appropriate text for this moment, and one should hesitate to replace it with something which diminishes the paschal sacrificial banquet theme.
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Lenten tattoos catch on at Houston church
Asking his congregation to get permanent tattoos as a part of their Lenten observances may be one of the craziest things Ecclesia pastor Chris Seay has done at his artsy, pop-culture-savvy Montrose church.
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Drive through ashes?
“We have two entrances and one exit,” Rev. Patricia Cook said. “So we should be able to do this fairly quickly.”