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  • Reviewing Louis Bouyer Ten Years Later

    My own impression of the purpose of [the increasinlgy speculative, abstract] development in his work was that it served to support the practical, clerical, highly conservative ecclesiology he promoted in his writings, lectures, and not least through his formative influence on an inner circle of students he nurtured in 1970s Paris, including (the later cardinals)…

  • Community as Communio?

    “Community is not formed by fellowship, familiar faces, and coffee and doughnuts after Mass; community is formed when all of the congregation lifts up our hearts and voices in praise of God. That is the deep and timeless fellowship that the Mass offers to each of its participants. Through the action of the Mass, the…

  • Ecclesiological and Liturgical Disjunctures

    We as a Church must constantly think through how even the smallest details of our liturgies project a specific ecclesiology. Then we must gauge whether the ecclesiology being articulated is congruous with the Church’s self-understanding. Those practices, no matter how small, which are incompatible with the Church’s broader self-understanding should cease.

  • No more “liberals” or “conservatives”?

    Should US Catholics avoid the terms “liberal” and “conservative” and “moderate” to refer to each other?

  • Is He “Pope” or “Bishop of Rome”?

    This word choice contains a clear message, regarding both the sense of episcopal collegiality and of ecumenism.

  • It’s so very far to Rome…

    What’s taking the German cardinals?

  • O’Malley on Faggioli on Liturgical Reform… and why some people are attracted to the old missal

    by Timothy O’Malley “is it really the case that many of those attracted to the 1963 Missal of John XVIII (the extraordinary form) are dismissive of the ecclesiology brought about by the Second Vatican Council? Or is it not often true that those fascinated by ‘the reform of the reform’ are disenchanted with certain features…

  • Ecclesiology of the new Missal

    “I see it [the new Missal translation] subtly communicating a view of Church, the Counter-Reformation institutional model, that threatens the ecclesiology of communion that is central to both the letter and the spirit of Vatican Council II.”

  • Your Chrism Mass?

    You may need to sit to this post with a cup of your favorite hot beverage. After a brief review of the theology of the Chrism Mass, I’d love to hear from you about your Chrism Mass this week.