Author: Paul Ford
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Your Chrism Mass?
You may need to sit to this post with a cup of your favorite hot beverage. After a brief review of the theology of the Chrism Mass, I’d love to hear from you about your Chrism Mass this week.
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For the First Day of April: Pope & Archbishop of Canterbury recognise virtual sacraments
In a move that has taken many by surprise Pope Benedict XVI and Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams today signed an agreement on sacraments in cyberspace. The document, In recognitionem sacramenta in virtualis mundi (IRSIVM), has been years in the preparation.
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Not Sacred Music, but Sounds of Attack?
Will those more knowledgable read the March 30 column of Sandro Magister and tell us what’s going on in the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music and in the Sistine Chapel Choir?
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Father Lawrence Heiman, C.PP.S., requiescat in pace
One of the giants of the liturgical music world died this morning at the age of 93.
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This coming Sunday’s second reading—a rough draft?
To me the passage from 2 Cor 1:18-22 for 7 OT Sunday B reads like a rough draft rather than a finished translation.
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“The proper posture is standing”—of course, but from him?
“The following undated “Instructions on Receiving Communion Properly” by Oakland Bishop Salvatore Cordileone have been posed on the website of the diocesan Office of Worship.”
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What’s with the RNAB version of this coming Sunday’s gospel?
Something’s missing from the RNAB text.
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The reflection in today’s Give Us This Day
“Take a second look, a new look altogether, and see who looks for you.”
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Chants of The Roman Missal: Study Edition
I think it will become the text on the subject.