Category: Eucharist
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Sarum Sequence for the First Sunday of Advent
This Advent, I would like to offer translations and versifications of four sequences appearing in the Sarum rite.
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Ordering the Body: 1. Unity in Difference
The first of a series on the Sacrament of Order. This piece begins to consider why the sacrament has that name and why the latin name is singular (“order”) and not plural (“orders”).
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Communion in Pill Form Now Available
Colorado businesswoman Theresa Lay is selling Communion in pill form. It’s for people travelling, or perhaps people in the military. One pill is made of matzo bread powder, the other of red wine extract. Apparently it’s ecumenical: “Theresa says the pill isn’t associated with any denomination, it doesn’t matter if you’re Protestant or Catholic.” I suppose some purists…
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Do we still have a king?
There is a curious feature in the Prayer of the Faithful for Episcopalians: we tend to give tremendous airtime to the executive branch. One might suspect that this is the result of some sort of residual effect of its historic relationship to the Church of England. But a look at the history of the texts…
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Eucharistic Praying and Consumerism
However important the institution narrative of the Eucharistic Prayer may be, excessive emphasis on that narrative can obscure the wider context of thanksgiving to the Father that is the raison d’être of the prayer.
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The Church’s teaching on the real presence of Christ in the liturgy is broader than people realize
“My prayer is that of the Lord: that we may all be one.” – Archbishop Malcolm McMahon
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The Eucharist: A Moment of Deep Betrayal
Who, after all, ever comes to the eucharistic table without having betrayed what God calls us to be?
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September 1st, Day of Prayer for Creation
What does sacramental liturgy have to say about the Christian mandate to care for creation?
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Don’t Be Too Roman!
What the Ecumenical Directory says about Catholics’ behavior when they join a service of another church.