Category: 4_THE PLAZA
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Is the Eucharistic Revival a Liturgical Revival (Part 2)
My fundamental concern remains unchanged.
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What Did Jesus Know? (or: Which Heresy Will You Give Up for Lent?)
I, for example, often struggle not to be a Closet Monophysite.
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Wedding Fair
A few days ago I was taking a walk and passed by a local hotel that was advertising a Wedding Fair. Unsurprisingly, the hotel management wanted more people to get married and, by hosting the wedding banquet (or indeed the ceremony as well), to boost their profits. The liturgical celebration of the marriage of two…
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Give Me a Sign
Liturgical worship isn’t about directives. Liturgical worship is about discernment.
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February 2: On reaching “that light which never fails”
Deep in my heart, I believe that if God’s light were not stronger than all the depth of human iniquity that can surround people passing from this world to the next, it would not be worth blessing candles today.
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Assessing the bishops’ prayers for blessing
As expected, on Friday January 20, the College of Bishops of the Church of England released Prayers of Love and Faith along with a larger report on the Living in Love and Faith process and an apology to the LGBTQ+ community on behalf of the church. In the apology the bishops confess, “We have not…
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How to Sanctify the World
Ask a hundred Catholics what is most important in the Church. They will answer: Mass. Ask a hundred Catholics what is most important in Mass. They will answer: Transubstantiation, the transformation of bread and wine into Christ’s body and blood. Tell a hundred Catholics that the most important thing in the Church is, therefore, transformation.…
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Man Will One Day Reach the Moon
Well, duh. We’ve been to the moon. Everybody knows that.
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From the Wires: The Church’s Authority to Revise and Suppress Preconciliar Rites
Pope Francis is right: it is necessary to return to a single, unified Roman Rite and leave the “Traditional Latin Mass” in the past. And our personal liturgical preferences have absolutely no bearing on the matter. As conservatives have grown fond of saying, truth doesn’t care about your feelings.