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A New Kind of Pilgrimage?
Lawrence Edmonds is likely to bring about a renewed interest in pilgrimages in the U.K.
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Priests’ opinions on new translation sought
No, this isn’t the Roman Curia asking. It’s U.S. Catholic.
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Interview with Thomas von Mitschke-Collande on Church Reform
The following interview may be of interest to at least some members of the Pray, Tell blog. The practices Mitschke-Collande cites seem to have some relation to official reforms of liturgical books for the Roman Rite in the present era. Thomas von Mitschke-Collande, _Schafft sich die katholische Kirche ab?Analysen und Lösungen eines Unternehmensberaters_. Mit einem…
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Counting sheep
More people attending church less often – sounds about right to me.
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This Week’s Discussion Question: Stability and Flexibility
What is the greater danger today to the Church’s liturgical life? Is it disregard of the books, imposition of private agendas, and loss of a common ritual vocabulary? Or is it Pharasaic legalism, idolatrous divinizing of merely human social constructions?
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Icons
An artist, often a monk, would prepare himself with fasting and prayer before taking on the solemn portrayal of his holy devotion. The resulting image or icon would be blessed and revered as a spiritual depiction of the holy.
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Thinking About the Liturgy on the Eve of the Council: Signs that do and do not signify
Reflections from 1962 by the president of the Liturgical Conference about the possible reform of the liturgy.
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This Week’s Discussion Question: ” . . . too lively for Communion?”
There are times for reverence and adoration during the communion rite; but the communion procession is not one of those times.
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Learning about shepherding
Worshiping with the monks of Saint John’s Abbey is a transformative experience for many of us.
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