Author: Katharine E. Harmon
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Toddler, Teach Me to Pray
Our son teaches us that just uttering the name of the Living One can be prayer enough.
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It’s a Cold, Hard Frost this Paschal Mystery
The night that begins Christ’s passion is a great time to kill Easter flowers.
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Is Your Lent Half Full or Half Empty?
Does this feel like an ominous sign to you?
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One More Disaster to Consider: How Many Deficient Catholic Hymns are in YOUR Hymnal?
Should we just automatically add these hymns to our personal “do not play” list?
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Is the Liturgy Full of Lies?
We are clearly not experiencing the reality projected by liturgical prayer.
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Now is the Time for Now
We can dream about the past and we can hope for the future. But this bleak mid-winter sameness asks us to be more highly aware of the now.
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Another Liturgical Year, Another Bare, Ruined Choir
I didn’t need to have a beloved liturgical space crushed into a parking lot to make the point stand out. But, thank you, 2020, it sure does help.
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What Were You Doing in 1964?
Historical investigation into the practice of liturgical worship in the period between 1964-1979 seems to be an exercise in discovering the aesthetic preferences held by the most vocal minorities.
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Creation, Day Six: Creativity, Hope, and Goodness
God chose not to stop with pterodactyls and turtles. God insisted on creating a mammal that not only had a mouth to feed, but a mouth that could talk back.