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We’ve got a runner!
On New Year’s Eve, I was at a Mass which featured the baptism of a toddler.
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Ars Praedicandi: Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, Ed Foley
And so, while it is New Year’s, the Feast of the Circumcision, and the Naming of Jesus, the Church celebrates none of those.
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Renewing Devotions: Adoration
A while back I wrote a post about the need for the renewal of devotions in the Catholic Church today. I thought I would try to provide some more substance by looking at the practice of adoration. This seems especially important in light of the Eucharistic revival…
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Livestream of Saint John’s Abbey Christmas Mass
Saint John’s Abbey will be streaming their Christmas Masses. Click here to visit the Abbey’s YouTube page. May you have a blessed Christmas season!
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The People’s Ministry at Christmas: Bearing Witness to Suffering
Happy, bright faces pressed together, donned with fashionable hats. A young couple giving new vehicles to one another. Kids sprinting for the tree in cozy pajamas, together with their smiling parents, holding mugs of hot joe. Grandparents beaming with joy, grateful for yet another happy holiday gathering. Retailers use these images to manipulate consumption for…
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More from Rome: Blessings for Same-Sex Unions and Irregular Marriages
This is a significant step that will help those in same-sex unions and irregular marriages feel heard and seen within the Church.
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Addendum to “New English-language Hymns for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe”
Since my recent posting about two English-language hymns for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe that appear in The Divine Office Hymnal (2023), Stephen Kasperick-Postellon, the music director-liturgist at St. Paul’s Benedictine Monastery in Oakdale, MN, has provided a great deal of information that I had not been able to find prior to the…
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New and Noteworthy: Heralds of Hope
I’m pleased to draw your attention to an excellent new book by Jennifer R. O’Brien concerning three Advent hymns of the Roman Office: Conditor alme siderum, Verbum supernum prodiens, and Vox clara intonet. Many of our readers will recognize the name of Jenny O’Brien from her insightful contributions to the Sixty Second Sermon series at…
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When is the Vernacular Not the Vernacular?
This morning I attended Mass in a major English-speaking city at a church well known for its very traditional liturgies. Though the Mass according to the 1962 Missal is celebrated daily at this church, this Mass was celebrated in the vernacular according to the liturgy as reformed after Vatican II. The general approach, however, seemed…
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