Category: Marriage
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Re-Reading Sacrosanctum Concilium: Article 78
“By custom, Matrimony is celebrated within the Mass, after the reading of the Gospel and the homily, before the ‘prayer of the faithful.'”
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Re-Reading Sacrosanctum Concilium: Article 77
“The Rite of celebrating Matrimony, which exists in the Roman Ritual, is to be reviewed/reformed and made more adorned, by which the grace of the Sacrament may more clearly be signified and the obligations/tasks/offices of the spouses may be communicated.”
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Pope Clarifies the Intent of the Synod on the Family
On the plane ride back from the Holy Land Pope Francis visited with reporters.
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The singing priest and the great wedding divide
Warning: If you’re a liturgist, your brain may explode if you watch this video.
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Divorce and Remarriage: What are we fighting about?
Is a legal-sacramental synthesis arrived at in the Middle Ages what we are really disagreeing about?
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Non Solum: Gloria at Weddings
In the Roman Missal, Third Edition, the rubrics call for more frequent use of the Gloria than previously.
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Mixed Religious Traditions and Divorce Rates
How does the U.S. divorce rate compare for marriages of various religious combinations?
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The Vatican Survey
I just finished filling out my diocese version of the Vatican Survey in preparation for the Synod on Marriage and the Family. All I can say is, “whew!”