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  • And with your spirit?

    And with your spirit?

    TIMOTHY BRUNK — What if there is no response to the minister’s greeting?

  • No “extra” Hosts

    No “extra” Hosts

    NEIL XAVIER O’DONOGHUE — I am asking for the help of Pray Tell readers in this post. A particular bugbear of mine is when those who participate in the Eucharist are not offered Communion that is consecrated at the liturgy they are attending.

  • Bread for the Eucharist

    Bread for the Eucharist

    In a post, I published last week, I dealt with the problem of using a big host as opposed to the exceptional small precut hosts (which I reckon make up well over 99.9% of how Catholics receive Communion). While it must be admitted that these hosts have become more breadlike over the last decades, bigger…

  • Calling all Geometricians

    Calling all Geometricians

    Prior to Vatican II there was little emphasis on the breaking of the Eucharistic Bread.

  • Amen Corner: A Different Checklist

    Amen Corner: A Different Checklist

    As preparations for the Paschal Triduum intenstify, Genevieve Glen, OSB, reminds us of liturgy’s ultimate goals in this quarter’s Amen Corner.

  • Brief Book Review: New Church, New Altar

    Brief Book Review: New Church, New Altar

    “A thoroughly documented historical and liturgical commentary and a most helpful pastoral guide to the celebration of this ritual for the dedication of a church and an altar.”

  • One Flock, Walking Together

    One Flock, Walking Together

    “When I join a communion procession, do I engage in this action as though I were a customer in line at a supermarket or an amusement park?”

  • Is the Confiteor an obligatory part of Mass?

    Is the Confiteor an obligatory part of Mass?

    The Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI published a letter earlier this week regarding the report on abuse in the Archdiocese of Munich-Freising. This post will not deal with the important issue of abuse in the Church, but, given that this is a liturgical blog,  I would like to comment on a liturgical assumption that seems to…

  • For the priest who has everything

    For the priest who has everything

    I like to think of myself as a fairly avid follower of things liturgical, so I was surprised when, a few weeks ago, I came across a liturgical accoutrement that I had never encountered before. This was not some obscure item from the Middle Ages or a particular article used in the Syro-Malabar Rite. What…