Author: Fritz Bauerschmidt
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Is it Possible to Admit Liturgical Mistakes?
Can we even contemplate the idea that some aspects of the liturgical reform might have been mistaken?
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Cursing Psalms and the Liturgy of the Hours
What is missing from the Psalter and why?
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What is a Post-Vatican-II-Mass?
Whether celebrated with contemporary music or Gregorian Chant, oriented toward people or with them, with communion on the tongue or in the hand, in brutalist simplicity or baroque splendor, the reformed Mass conveys certain distinctive emphases of the Second Vatican Council.
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Some Thoughts on Intractability in Liturgical Debates
Sides seems to grow ever more shrill. What do we need in the way of common ground in order to talk?
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A Response to Msgr. Irwin
The claim that the bishops’ draft document on the Eucharist is “Tridentine” is…odd.
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British Report on Online Worship
A new study in England suggests that people’s experience of online worship has not been particularly positive.
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Preaching and Division
I gave a homily about the insurrection at the Capitol. Some people got a bit upset.
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Catholics, Scripture, and Joe Biden
Biden’s quotation of “Eagle’s Wings” shows something about how Catholics relate to Scripture.
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Creation, Day One: Let There Be Light
“The universe from the outset is saturated with light because it is saturated with divine activity, holding it in existence at every moment and leading us to knowledge of our Creator.”