Author: Teresa Berger
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My 2023 Advent ABC
I am going back to a simple ABC for this liturgical season. This ABC reminds me that Advent comes Before Christmas. It is not that the liturgical season itself – with its hymns, readings, colors and customs – does not voice this, beautifully. Rather, it is the context of our lived lives that gives my…
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A Prayer in Communion with All Creation
Creator God, mystery of love that sustains the universe: In the beginning, you called forth all that is.
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for August 9: Memorial of Dr. Edith Stein/St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
Early feminist â—Ź German Jewish philosopher â—Ź Catholic intellectual â—Ź Discalced Carmelite â—Ź victim of the Shoah â—Ź Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross â—Ź “Virgin and Martyr” — Ways of remembering Edith Stein are multiple, and they include sensitive terrain.
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A “Prayer for Vocations,” Or, how not to Arrange the Liturgical Chairs on the Deck of the Titanic
The Titanic – the ship of vocations to ordained ministry – is sinking.
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July 6: Maria Goretti beyond the “Virgin and Martyr”
Today we remember a 12-year-old Italian girl, Maria Goretti.
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Writing our Lives in the Margins: Liturgical Texts & the Life of Faith
Thomas More took this book with him to the Tower of London
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Pray Tell’s Teresa Berger interviews two colleagues about the upcoming Coronation
Since I work, at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, with two scholars who have real expertise related to the liturgical and musical aspects of the upcoming Coronation (and are both British, too), I sat down with them for a conversation about the liturgy and music to be expected on May 6th. Oh, and I…
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Yale ISM Liturgy Conference 2023: Registration Now Open!
Please consider joining us for the 6th Yale ISM Liturgy Conference, held in-person at Yale University, in New Haven, CT, from June 12-15. The overarching topic is “Liturgy, Materiality and Economics.” More information on the topic and the featured speakers is available here: https://ism.yale.edu/event/2023-liturgy-conference-earth-heaven-liturgy-materiality-economics Registration for the conference is open and can be accessed here:…
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February 2: On reaching “that light which never fails”
Deep in my heart, I believe that if God’s light were not stronger than all the depth of human iniquity that can surround people passing from this world to the next, it would not be worth blessing candles today.