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Liturgy Lines: Of Dates and Virgins and Other Things
Scholars have come up with several reasons for 25th December being chosen as the date for the celebration of Christ’s birth, but none of these would seem to have any stronger a case than the suggestion of fixing the time for the celebration of Christmas as the last Sunday of the calendar year, say.
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There Is a Lot Behind
The Coptic Church selects its pope by lot. What does that mean for the elected, the non-elected, and the electors?
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Viewpoint: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel: A Christmas Reflection
Emmanuel, God with us, means that the Word of God, the love of God, has taken flesh in you and me.
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“I worked so hard to be there”
A chance encounter puts a new frame around what liturgists and musicians do at Christmas.
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In a Time of Preparation: The Great Antiphons of Advent
Not an easy journey, in fact one filled with hazards and dangers, stones and pitfalls, but a worthwhile one, offering as a gift to us the birth of a child, the Jesus Child, Emmanuel, God with us.
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Liturgy in non-liturgical Spaces
Liturgy in non-liturgical spaces illuminates the qualities of gathering for the privilege of offering liturgy, and embracing the fact that Christian identity need not be shaped solely by a particular parish community.
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The Length of Advent and Christmas
The seven possible calendar scenarios for the Advent and Christmas seasons…
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Liturgy Lines: Do We Really Know What We Are Doing?
The connection between sacrifice and communion is broken and confusion between altar and tabernacle reinforced when the faithful are fed week after week from the tabernacle and not from what was consecrated on the altar at the Mass being celebrated.
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The Language Issue in Orthodoxy
The use of antiquated liturgical languages for the liturgy is part of the problem; the Church needs to devote energy to thinking and praying about the other parts of the problem.
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