Category: Ritual Studies
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Podcasts: ACU’s Speaking of Liturgy
STAFF — Diana Macalintal explores the significance and meaning of the ancient ritual of the Washing of the Feet.
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¿De izquierda a derecha?
LIBORIUS LUMMA — La señal de la cruz de arriba hacia abajo y luego de izquierda a derecha. Disponible en español e inglés / The sign of the cross from top to bottom and then from left to right. Available in Spanish and English!
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Why Say “Peace” when there is no Peace?
KATHARINE E. HARMON — If symbols should speak, this one needs some new vocabulary.
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Rituals of Belonging : Liturgical Pathways for Aging, Health, and Spirituality
JILL CRAINSHAW — What rituals carry you? What liturgical pathways might your community open to honor all bodies, all ages, all seasons of life?
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Drink from It, All of You: Recovering of the Chalice Communion
Who should want to do without one of them or might withhold them from others?
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The ‘Third Circle’: The Incarnation of Holy Week and the Triduum in our Bodies
In PrayTellBlog this past week there have been powerful reflections on aspects of our liturgical high holy days juxtaposed with the horrors of war and the ongoing tragedies of life on earth for many. Thank you to those who have written these reflections over these great and holy weeks for both Western and Eastern Christian…
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Symbolic Dissonance
This sanctuary is decorated for Lent. I don’t think we’re even ready for a “blue-ish” purple vs. “red-ish” purple conversation here.
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A Pilgrimage to the Earth
The earth itself, the Alaskan earth—St Herman’s earth—was my relic, my pilgrimage souvenir. A sign of hope amidst corruption.
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On Human Formation and Body Language in Liturgy
The liturgy is replete with signs, symbols, and gestures meant to indicate particular things. However, at a fundamental human level, body language also speaks.