Category: Eucharist
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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?”
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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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Book Review: The Hunger Inside
I cannot think of better guides to the renewal of the Church’s life through the renewal of the Church’s worship than these two authors.
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Is the Eucharistic Revival a Liturgical Revival?
Will the revival abstract Eucharist from sacramental celebration?
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Brief Book Review: The Meal That Reconnects
Eating and drinking eucharistically, without concern for the lived experience of the most vulnerable calls into question the directive to “Go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life.”
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Versus Populum in the Syro-Malabar Church
It feels a little strange to write my fourth post on this matter (see here, here and here ). But problems with the orientation of the priest as he presides the Eucharist continues to be a issue in the Syro-Malabar Church. Last Thursday some disgruntled members of the faithful of the Major Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly…
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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…
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Priests on Hunger Strike in favor of Versus Populum
I start this post with two disclaimers. I am not an expert on the Syro-Malabar Church or her liturgical patrimony and having given a lot of thought and research to the matter, I believe that in the vast majority of cases, the spiritual lives of Catholics today are better served by the celebration of Mass…
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Additional Ideas on the Christmas Octave
Some thoughts for a possible redesign of the liturgy between December 25 and January 1