Tag: Msgr. M. Francis Mannion
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Viewpoint: Scriptural Stations of the Cross Need to Be Promoted
I am not suggesting that every church change its Stations from the traditional to the scriptural overnight—but perhaps over time this could be achieved.
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Viewpoint: Are There Cats (and Other Animals) in Heaven?
It not a big leap to say that animals are not irrelevant to the life of heaven, indeed that cats—and other animals—belong in heaven.
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Viewpoint: On Ascension Day the Whole Church Ascends to Heaven
Ascension day is not something that happened only to Christ long ago, but is a reality that occurs in the community of Christians in a permanent and ongoing manner.
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Viewpoint: Baptism by Immersion is an Authentic Post-Vatican II Development
One of the aims of the modern liturgical movement before and since the Vatican II has been to make the symbols of Christian life more real and tangible.
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Viewpoint: What’s Broken in the Church’s Liturgy That Needs Fixing?
Not everything is as it should be in the Church’s liturgical life. There is much unease in some quarters, and many people have a vague feeling that something is amiss with the liturgy.
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Viewpoint: Sign of Peace at Mass Needs to Maintain a Public Character
I would hold that the Sign of Peace should not be regarded primarily as an intimate gesture, but as a public sign expressing fellow citizenship in Christ.
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Viewpoint: Is Human Society a Covenant Community or a Marketplace?
The commercialization and industrialization of society represents a very beguiling trend. It has much that is attractive about it, but it is finally idolatrous. Its ultimate achievement can only be to reduce the quality of life that it so deceivingly espouses.
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Viewpoint: A New Model of Catechumenal Formation Needs Promotion
What we need today is a form of RCIA formation that incorporates the strengths of solid doctrinal formation with the spiritual vitality that is such an important feature of Catholic life.
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Viewpoint: ‘God’s Household’ Is a Rich Image of the Church
The image of the Church as a household allows a familial view of the divine/human and the human/human relationships. It enables us to see Church history as family history and former generations as our spiritual ancestors.