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Of Virtual Candles and Real Prayers
On a recent visit to St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City, I discovered that the Cathedral not only had the traditional candle stands in the sanctuary but also invited visitors to “light a virtual candle.” The digital display with this invitation, at one of the main doors into the Cathedral, offered a QR code…
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Viewpoint: Prayer of Acceptance is Neglected Mode of Address to God
God does not always intervene to resolve terrible experiences; rather he gives the strength to live through them with profound faith in the indestructible glory of the kingdom of heaven.
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Canon Peter Jones, composer of the “Jones Gloria”, dies — updated
Peter first came to real prominence with the “Coventry Gloria”, often known as the “Jones Gloria”. The bouncy refrain and accessible verses endeared it to many on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Amoris Laetitia, paragraph 15
“We know that the New Testament speaks of “churches that meet in homes” (cf. 1 Cor 16:19; Rom 16:5; Col 4:15; Philem 2). A family’s living space could turn into a domestic church, a setting for the Eucharist, the presence of Christ seated at its table. We can never forget the image found in the…
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But Is It (Liturgical) Art?
Representing our worship that redeems in art is not accomplished by facile attempts at gilded beauty but through the more fundamental and searching beauty of the possibility of resurrection from seemingly sealed tombs.
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Two Intriguing Passages in Amoris Laetitia
Here are two very interesting passages that we might start with at Pray Tell – on the marriage rite and married clergy.
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Pope Francis: Catholics and Methodists Have Much to Learn from One Another
Catholics and Methodists are called “to help each other in whatever…leads to the Kingdom.”
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Messing Around with the Sacraments?
I suppose there are many people who “would like to live as if God did not exist” today – atheists, non-churchgoers, and so forth. But dear Cardinal Sarah, unlike you, I wouldn’t include my fellow Catholics in liturgical ministry in that group!
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Non solum: Annual Appeal in Place of Homily
This Sunday, the 3rd Sunday of Easter, churches throughout the diocese will hear a CD recording of the bishop speaking on behalf of the Annual Catholic Appeal.
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