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Re-Reading Sacrosanctum Concilium: Article 61
Perhaps the most important assertion in the article is the claim that the Sacraments and Sacramentals draw their (spiritual) power from the Paschal Mystery, here described as the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Christ, although in other contexts this mystery may also be described as comprising the Ascension and Sending of the Holy Spirit as…
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Yves Congar, My Journal of the Council, Part VI
The text on the liturgy is good; it is much closer to the level of current thinking.
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How Important is the Pope’s Liturgical Example for the Rest of the Church?
It appears that we have a new principle of liturgical renewal: our theology of the importance of the Pope depends on whether or not we like the Pope in office.
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Martin Luther and the Sacraments: A Response to Roland Millare’s “Honest Assessment”
“I join Millare in a desire for honest appraisals of ‘varying theologies’ and for authentic ecumenism. But for those very purposes I profoundly wish that his presentation of Martin Luther’s thought on the sacraments had itself been more accurate.”
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The Eucharistic Rite of the Anglican Church of North America
The Anglican Church of North America has released a “working text” of a modern language Eucharistic liturgy.
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Chant CD released: “Singing with Mary and the Saints”
In this album we sing with Mary and the saints, starting with the feast of the Annunciation in which the angel announced to the Virgin Mary that she would bear Jesus, and then singing through the church year and marking the saints on their individual feast days, culminating with the feast of All Saints’ Day…
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Russell Shaw: The press have “gotten it essentially right” about Pope Francis
Pope Francis should be seen in the line of Cardinal Martini and Cardinal Bernardin.
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Non solum: Rosary before Mass
Recitation of the Rosary before Mass is back.
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Cranmer’s language considered unorthodox and harmful
A scholar in liturgy who is also a professor of renaissance English and a convert from Anglicanism to Orthodoxy says that use of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer material by English-speaking Antiochian Orthodox communities is harmful in many ways — in essence, it imports heresy into the liturgy. Much of his critique is relevant…
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