In a recent interview, Pope Francis was asked why he is implementing different liturgical changes in the spirit of Vatican II. In response, the Holy Father broke out into song:
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Fr. James Martin has announced that Fr. John Giuliani, well-known iconographer and founder of the Amalia & Nicola Giuliani Foundation for Religion and the Arts, has passed away. Giuliani created beautiful iconography that highlighted Native American artwork and culture. He stated that his artwork celebrates “the soul of the Native American as the original spiritual presence on this continent.”
You can view his iconography on his website.
May he rest in peace.
Amazon has officially announced that they will be adding an Anthony extension to all Alexa devices to help answer your questions about liturgical reform.
All you have to do is say ‘hey Anthony!’.
Have questions about why the priest faces us during the Eucharistic Prayer? Just say “Hey Anthony, why do I have to look at my priest’s face during Mass?”
Want to give a gift to you a seminarian? Just say “Hey Anthony, which missal should I add to my Amazon cart – V2 or ’62?”
Want to get into a heated debate like in the comments section of Pray Tell? Just say “Hey Anthony, Trent and Vatican II aren’t really that different, are they?”
It is officially a new decade and to celebrate, we have collected the most popular articles published on Pray Tell since its first publication in 2010. Here are numbers one through five. You can find numbers 6-10 here.
Nathan Chase – October 24, 2013
As part of the Non Solum series, Nathan Chase proposed a twofold question: At which Masses do you use incense? and When in the liturgy do you use incense? What followed was an incredibly in-depth conversation with sixty comments on the use of incense.
Anthony Ruff, OSB – May 11, 2012
In this article, a Pray Tell reader asked about the famous slap that the bishop used to give people after anointing them with chrism oil. In the article Fr. Paul Turner explains why the slap was taken out of the rite.
This isn’t a specific article, but the category of Translation/New Missal was by far the most popular category searched by Pray Tell readers. There have been over 400 articles written in this category dating back to the start of Pray Tell and the fact that people come to Pray Tell and go to this category directly shows not only the importance of the topic in the liturgy world, but it is also a topic readers want to discuss.
Anthony Ruff, OSB – August 22, 2010
In 2010, Anthony Ruff broke down the translation of the eucharistic doxology, showing the deficiencies of the 2010 translation. It takes the literal order of the Latin translation but entirely misses the Latin syntax.
Liborius Lumma – September 13, 2017
Our most popular post of the decade came from Liborius Lumma, who looked at the sign of the cross going from left to right, which is dominant in the Western tradition, and argues why we should be moving from right to left instead.
It is officially a new decade and to celebrate, we have collected the most popular articles published on Pray Tell since its first publication in 2010. Here are numbers six through ten.
Chase Becker – December 20, 2012
After the devastating earthquake destroyed Cathédrale Notre Dame de l’Assomption in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, a design competition took place for the new Cathedral. Segundo Cardona and six other architects from Puerto Rico won the competition. Seven years after the publishing of Baker’s article, the cathedral reconstruction hasn’t made any significant headway.
Anthony Ruff, OSB – January 26, 2015
A year after Pope Francis referred to newly trained priests as “little monsters,” Anthony Ruff did an anonymous interview with three diocesan officials about the difficulties with some of the newly ordained priests that were coming out of seminaries.
Rita Ferrone – November 21, 2012
The day before Thanksgiving in the United States, Rita Ferrone started an open thread asking people to share their meal prayers and general customs around praying before/after meals. This led to a wonderful discussion in the comment section. Many people took the time to share their favorite prayers.
Editor – October 22, 2017
To put it lightly, this was a very controversial piece that went out. Pray Tell received news from an anonymous source that James Bartylla, the vicar general of the Diocese of Madison, sent remarks giving permission to priest to refuse a funeral for “a person in a homosexual civil or notorious union.”
Anthony Ruff, OSB – January 23, 2015
About four years ago, Pope Francis made a statement in the Philipines by moving from behind the altar to share peace with some of the members of the congregation. This was months after then perfect of the Congregation of Divine Worship Cardinal Llovera wrote that priests should not be doing exactly that.