Category: c_after
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When Will We Drink This Cup?
We are now well over two years into the COVID-19 pandemic and to a certain degree the crisis seems to be behind us. While we have lost many people and society is still suffering from a lot of trauma in many areas. But in some areas things seem to be more or less back to…
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The Chalice in a Time of COVID-19
I was in Prague recently and visited the famous Bethlehem Chapel. This Chapel played an important part in the early history of the Hussite movement in Bohemia. I took the photograph that accompanies this post from a painting of Jan Hus being burned a t the Council of Constance on the wall of the Bethlehem…
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ND Liturgy Conference: “Will They Come Back After Covid?”
Pray Tell has received an announcement from the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy concerning their six-week Summer conference. What follows is the text of their invitation to participate, slightly edited and abridged for the purposes of the blog. * * * Beginning this June, the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy will be hosting a virtual…
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Watching in Advent 2020
“What I say to you, I say to all: Watch!”
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Predictions for the Post-Pandemic-Time
What will liturgy after the pandemic look like? Here are six personal predictions.
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Positive Fruits of Reopening
Ireland is gradually emerging from its lockdown and this week Leo Varadkar, the Irish Taoiseach (a role equivalent to Prime Minister in other countries) granted permission for churches to start celebrating Mass on June 29. This announcement moved the earlier official date of July 20 for the resumption of liturgical worship in churches. The Irish…
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Returning to Church Post-Quarantine: The Liturgy of the Senses
The Lenten Quarantine Like many houses of worship, the church I attend (not pictured) closed in March to all but “essential” liturgical personnel. In this case, “essential” meant clergy, an altar server (or two) and a chanter (or two.) Services were streamed over the Internet so the rest of the faithful could watch from our…
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Liturgical Face Masks
Fabric artists, the Church needs you!
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Sacraments After the Pandemic…Business as Usual?
Endgame, the 22nd installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, focuses on the mission of the superhero team, The Avengers, to reset time after the catastrophic elimination of half of the world’s population. (You can look up the reasons why this happened on Wikipedia). They succeed in doing so albeit with the loss of Iron Man.…