Category: Sacramental Theology
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Dilexit Nos and the Heart of Worship
NATHANIEL MARX — The sacramental encounter with God’s saving love is the heart of the late pontiff’s message, and the heart of Jesus is the central symbol of the church’s mission to circulate God’s love more widely.
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Liturgy and My Real Life
TIMOTHY BRUNK — What is happening in sacramental formation before college?
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Summertime
TIMOTHY BRUNK — For many Roman Catholics in the United States, summer brings ecclesial decisions about reassigning clergy.
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A Sacramental Vision
TIMOTHY BRUNK — If matter cannot mediate God, then the Incarnation founders.
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Signs and Symbols
JOHN KYLER — If we wish to open ourselves to sacramental imagination, we must remain unafraid of being moved and shaken.
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The Vatican on Sacramental Validity
TIMOTHY BRUNK — I wonder about Gestis Verbisque and the anaphora of Addai and Mari.
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Embodiment & Liturgy: Introducing the Saint Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology
BRUCE MORRILL — This week’s publication of my large (14,000+ words) essay, “Embodiment and Liturgy,” on the Saint Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology prompts me to introduce Pray Tell readers to this open-access, online academic resource.
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Brief Book Review: Guide for Forming a Parish Bereavement Ministry
A concrete example of how to do liturgical/sacramental theology with the Church’s rites as a starting point, and how to incarnate that theology in the spiritual life of the parish and its members.
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Is the Eucharistic Revival a Liturgical Revival (Part 2)
My fundamental concern remains unchanged.