Category: c_THEOLOGY
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Through a Glass, Dimly
COVID-19 Shaping Spiritual Communities COVID-19 dwells in the space between us. So we keep our distance. One nursing home in Cincinnati plans to use plexiglas to facilitate scheduled interactions for residents as the nation opens back up. Some people already visit their loved ones through windows. And Zoom meetings? How strange I have become to…
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“I was glad when they said to me, let us go to the house of the Lord”
What have we learned in our time of eucharistic famine?
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The Liturgical Sensorium and COVID-19
I hear the Word of God proclaimed in juxtaposition not to a statue of St. Augustine but to two toy statues of Godzilla and Monster Zero in my living room.
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Work and Prayer in Time of Pandemic
I’ve gotten some “work” done. But my prayer life is a wreck.
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A Wounded Good Shepherd
After Easter II is over, the glorious wounds of Christ sort of vanish from our Easter celebrations. It’s almost as though we believe that the Resurrection erased the Crucifixion.
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More Masses Because of Corona?
On April 28, 2020, the basic reproduction number of the coronavirus in Germany is 1.0, in Austria 0.6. These are very good news, and both countries slowly try to return to their “default modes.” Public worship in Austria will be permitted again on May 15. Of course the remaining restrictions will have a major impact…
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COVID-19 and Orthodox Liturgical Reform: What’s Possible?
When COVID-19 arrived in North America, the Church’s adjustments to the liturgy were minimal and tardy. The first wave of adjustments included appeals for cleaning icons and vessels and refraining from touching one another, including kissing the priest’s hand and the icons. Initially the Churches refused to change the method of distributing holy communion, and…
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Some Thoughts on Spiritual Communion
Not every prayer can say everything. What should one say about “spiritual communion”?
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The Three Marys
I am still waiting for an Easter Sunday morning, where the three Marys come together and are greeted by an open entrance to the tomb.