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The Domestic Holy Supper and Tradition
The ‘Holy Supper’ originated as an agrarian feast, an opportunity to mark the winter solstice as the beginning of the increase of light and to wish good health and fortune, and a rich harvest for the households in a neighborhood.
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The Yale ISM Review, Fall Issue on Water
The Fall issue of The Yale ISM Review asks us to reflect on how we invite people to the waters of baptism, how we conserve the natural gift of water, and how we celebrate the seasons of creation in the church’s worship.
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Ed Foley’s Homily for the Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
My sermon preparation this past week Took an abrupt turn on Friday afternoon When the first news of the terrorist attacks in Paris Began cascading across western media.
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Full Text: The Pope’s Speech in Florence
“It is useless to look for solutions in conservatism and fundamentalism, in the restoration of outdated conduct and forms that have not the ability to be even culturally significant. Christian doctrine is not a closed system incapable of generating questions, concerns, investigation, but it is alive…”
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Pope Francis on Catholic-Lutheran Intercommunion [UPDATED]
“There are questions that … must be responded to on one’s own. See for yourself… Talk to the Lord and go forward…”
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“for those who today will suffer an unexpected and violent death…”
I wish I had included this petition in my intercessions on Friday, November 13th. I do from time to time. Maybe we all should, every day. Sadly, there is not a day when that prayer would not envelope someone. Yesterday, it would have enveloped over a hundred people in Paris. And maybe the prayer would have allowed…
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Blessing of Hymnals: Best Practices?
How have you blessed new hymnals?
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Viewpoint: Reception of Communion from the Chalice is Intrinsic to the Mass
The mandate for the reception of the consecrated wine is built into the very fabric of the Mass.
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Pope Francis: “Not an Era of Change But a Change of Era” [UPDATED]
“Before the problems of the church it is not useful to search for solutions in conservatism or fundamentalism, in the restoration of obsolete conduct and forms that no longer have the capacity of being significant culturally.”
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