Category: Presiding

  • Thought for the Day

    After the opening collect the celebrant shouted to my friend, the other concelebrant, “Do you guys wanna go have coffee uptown after this?”

  • On Words at the Mass

    At the Preparation of the Gifts in the present translation of the Mass we might hear, “Through your goodness we have this spread to offer. . . .” And consider its companion prayer, a great misfortune: “Through your goodness we have this swine to offer. . .”

  • Ecclesial Equality

    Quote of the day from Rory Cooney: “Only if everyone submits to the new translation will it demonstrate the ecclesial equality of the children of God…”