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Diocese of Gallup Restores Order of Sacraments for Children
On February 11, Bishop James S. Wall of Gallup, New Mexico, announced that the diocese will restore the order of the sacraments of initiation for children who are baptized in infancy. The process of implementing this change will extend over three years. Gallup will be the thirteenth American diocese to adopt the practice of celebrating…
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Pope Francis Recommends Mystagogy
Pope Francis affirmed mystagogy in his address to the Congregation for Divine Worship. But is mystagogy still a mystery?
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Pray Tell Poll: Follow along at liturgy?
Pray Tell Poll: Follow along at liturgy?
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Is Penance a Problem for Lent?
Tim Gabrielli’s 2013 enlightened study on the issues facing adolescent celebration of the Sacrament of Confirmation, Confirmation, has the very fitting subtitle, “How a Sacrament of God’s Grace Became All about Us.” What is most intriguing about this subtitle is that it might easily be used to describe the sacrament of Penance, perhaps the most…
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Of Deck Chairs and Semantics
For those of us who focus our ministry in the area of liturgy, it can be tempting to think that what is occurring at this moment in regard to the sexual abuse crisis and cover-up has little, if anything, to do with us.
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A Sacramental Imagination — Without the Superheroes
Last week, I wrote about two tempting primrose paths in thinking about the sacraments. If you didn’t read that one, I’d encourage you to go back and start there. Between the Superhero and the Deist imaginations, I’d like to sketch out what I think we mean when we speak of the sacramental imagination. It has…
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Why you should personally invite your liturgical ministers for the Triduum
Part II in Diana Macalintal’s series on preparing for Triduum
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INTROITUS: 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Domine, in tua misericordia speravi – Lord, I have trusted in your mercy
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60-Second Sermon: 7th Sunday in OT/after Epiphany
60-Second Sermon: 7th Sunday in OT
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