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New Instructions on Cremated Remains
The latest ruling represents a small change in Catholic practice, but more importantly, an openness to further engage with the pastoral realities that face churches and families in their handling of cremated remains.
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Brief Book Review: The Eucharist in Four Dimensions
In the end, Martin makes us look long and hard about the bread and wine, all the words and gestures, the participants, the choreography ancient, later modified by reformers, and the contemporary efforts at making it relevant.
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My 2023 Advent ABC
I am going back to a simple ABC for this liturgical season. This ABC reminds me that Advent comes Before Christmas. It is not that the liturgical season itself – with its hymns, readings, colors and customs – does not voice this, beautifully. Rather, it is the context of our lived lives that gives my…
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New English-language Hymns for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
One of the happy surprises contained in the new Divine Office Hymnal (Chicago, IL: GIA Publications, Inc, 2023) is the inclusion of two English-language hymns intended for use on 12 December, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the USA. Almost all the hymns in this publication are translations from Latin originals, usually set to both metrical-chorale…
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Ars Praedicandi: 2nd Sunday of Advent, Ed Foley
Admittedly, it is an evangelical understatement to suggest that he is not an especially attractive character.
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Desiderio desideravi
Welcomed with anticipation, the Apostolic Exhortation Desiderio Desideravi by Pope Francis delivers less and different than its address to the “people of God” promises. A critical analysis shows: The overdue liturgical formation of all “dear sisters and brothers” is not the focus, but rather the cultivation of an “educated” spirituality and ars celebrandi of the…
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SC @ 60: An Anniversary Celebration in Germany
This livestream celebration of the Sixtieth Anniversary of Sacrosanctum Concilium comes to us from the University of Wuerzburg, Fr. Martin Stuflesser, presiding. The newly-renovated chapel is home to a religious community as well as a worship space for the university. Let us rejoice together with communities around the world! [The recording will also be available…
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Irish Bishops Mark the 60th Anniversary of Sacrosanctum Concilium
The bishops of Ireland have produced a fine statement in honor of the sixtieth anniversary of the promulgation of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (Sacrosanctum Concilium), the first document produced by the Second Vatican Council. On this anniversary day of celebration, it provides us with a resounding affirmation of what the Church did sixty…
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60 years today
Today is the 60th anniversary of the promulgation of Sacrosanctum Concilium.
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