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The Discourse Continues Regarding Clerical Celibacy
EDITOR — “A 1,000-year-long tradition is nothing to shake a stick at, to be sure, but it is not indelible either.”
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The Vatican on Sacramental Validity
TIMOTHY BRUNK — I wonder about Gestis Verbisque and the anaphora of Addai and Mari.
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Concordia Seminary’s New Stained Glass Windows
EDITOR — The new glass, created by artist Rich Buswell of Lynchburg Stained Glass of Lynchburg, VA, celebrates the mission and ministry of Concordia Seminary.
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Frederick Bauerschmidt Wins Prize for Contemporary Theological Writing
EDITOR — Frederick Bauerschmidt has been awarded the Michael Ramsey prize for his work The Love That Is God: An Invitation to the Christian Faith.
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Blessed by God … but not by the Church?
INGRID FISCHER — Can couples living in a relationship not accepted by the church receive a blessing? A tiny little signal from Rome meaning “Yes, but” could not be interpreted more differently across the churches in Europe, America and all continents. What can be said about it without uprooting the delicate seedling of hope? But…
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Working in the Vineyard: Institute of Liturgical Studies
EDITOR — “The Institute of Liturgical Studies – based at a Lutheran University – seeks to foster continued ecumenical liturgical renewal. As such, we seek to gather scholars and practitioners from across the Church for fruitful dialogue, mutual encouragement, and practical learning.”
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Webinar Recording from Liturgical Press: “The Living Word of God”
EDITOR — “…I see this effort as part of the continuing reception of the Second Vatican Council, which mandated that Catholics should receive ‘richer fare at the Table of God’s Word.'”
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Ars Praedicandi: 4th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Ed Foley
ED FOLEY — I also never learned how to perform an exorcism. Maybe that’s because just when I would have been eligible to receive the order of exorcist – yep, there was one – Pope Paul VI eliminated it in 1972.
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Baptismal Truth-Telling in the Order of Penance
JOHN T. KYLER — The opening prayer beautifully articulates this relationship: “Let us pray, brothers and sisters, that we, who through our sins were unmindful of the grace of Baptism, may now be restored to that grace through penance” (OP 9).
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