Category: Humor
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Prayers of the fA.I.thful
Can ChatGPT help us pray?
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An April 1 Litany
The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to those who are being saved it is the power of God.
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Where did Mass in Latin come from?
It’s “Latin” rather than “Palatin” to distinguish it from the Palatino font.
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Vidi aquam in the U.K.
This is from the U.K. translation of Paschalis Sollemnitatis, the Vatican 1998 “Circular Letter Concerning the Preparation and Celebration of the Easter Feasts,” emphasis mine: 97. Mass is to be celebrated on Easter Day with great solemnity. It is appropriate that the penitential rite on this day take the form of a sprinkling with water blessed…
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Pope Francis on Liturgical Changes
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: Video created using the Wombo app. Image credit: Korean Culture and Information Service (Jeon Han)/Wikimedia Commons
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Proofreading Perils
I laughed out loud this morning when I happened to come across this in the appendix of a book on hymn typesetting: I’m not throwing stones – I’ve made my share of mistakes – and I’m not going to tell you what book this is from. It reminded me of this title page of a…
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Amazon: “Hey Anthony” Alexa Extension for Liturgy Questions
The wonders of voice recognition technology – now contributing to liturgical renewal.
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Virtual Liturgies can be Dangerous Too!
Most of us who teach liturgy like to explain how awesome liturgy is. It’s not simply a case of fulfilling rubrics and saying words. In fact we sometimes like to tell our students that liturgy can be “dangerous.” This is an attempt to break through the prejudices that some students have when they think that…
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An Alternative Antiphon for the Washing of the Feet?
I have just discovered through postings on the internet a hymn by Michael Forster (b. 1946) with music Christopher Tambling (b. 1964), possibly intended for singing on Holy Thursday. Since the score that I’ve seen lists it as hymn #736 and it was copyrighted in 1997 by Kevin Mayhew, Ltd., I presume that it was published in…