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Viewpoint: The Story of Christmas
Christmas is about Christ coming to us, and our coming to Christ—and most of all about our going out to each other. Most of all, Christmas promises us an imperishable inheritance from Christ who came once in Bethlehem will come again in glory.
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Gift Idea from St. John’s Abbey: Gregorian Chant CD
Selections from the Graduale Romanum and Graduale Simplex for Mass, and the Antiphonale Monasticum and Liber Hymnarius for the Divine Office, that honor Our Lady and her divine Son.
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Faith’s Archivists
There can be few places more different from Timbuktu – geographically, culturally or spiritually – than Collegeville, Minnesota.
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“Why Catholics Can’t Sing” on ABC
In the midst of a bitter half-century struggle over what ‘progress’ means for Catholics, can they ever enjoy good communal singing in church?
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Liturgy and the Renewal of Civilization
An integral aspect of the liturgical movement, perhaps untreated by those in liturgical theology, is cultivating the kind of civilization in which divine worship can flourish. Such a civilization, when fostered, may perhaps facilitate even better participation in the liturgical rites of the Church, opening up parish life to the kind of renewal hoped for…
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Entering the O Antiphons on the Peppermint Express
Food reminds us to be thankful, and to rejoice in our blessings and our ability share our lives with one another. As Advent winds into its final days—the O Antiphons which precede Christmas Day—how can we share of our abundance and blessings?
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Book Review: Hermeneutics of Hymnody: A Comprehensive and Integrated Approach to Understanding Hymns
This book arises from the tension between the need for an interdisciplinary study of hymnody and the difficulty language has in expressing a polyphonic valence.
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The Holy Door is Opened at John Lateran – and Paul Inwood’s Wonderful Hymn Is Sung
Yesterday Pope Francis opened the Holy Door at the Cathedral of St. John’ Lateran
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Celebrating Reconciliation in Advent
What is the experience of the second rite of the sacrament of reconciliation in your parish?
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