Tag: popular piety
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The Order of Christian Funerals
LIZETTE LARSON-MILLER — Should funeral visitations take place in the church building? The Diocese of Youngstown, OH says no.
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A Love that Gives Itself as Drink
NATHANIEL MARX — Pope Francis urges us to draw consolation for our wounded hearts from the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
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This Is the Heart that Has Loved So Greatly
NATHANIEL MARX — Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is popular among Catholics, but it concerns the whole human race.
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Devotional Prayer and Community
In early October, I was in Nairobi teaching at a program for contemplative nuns, and afterward I spent a few days with the Benedictine nuns at Our Lady of the Angels Monastery outside the city, in rural Kiambu. As I have written about before, this is still a fairly new community, and it is fascinating…
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The Struggling Catholic Millennial: Over-Correcting Popular Piety
I have been spending so much time trying to avoid being put in the same category as biblical fundamentalists Christians and overly pious Catholics, I’m struggling to find a way to practice my faith that works for me.
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Delight
What delights you in the Liturgy?
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Of Spirit and Soul
I have read books about it for years. I have attended conferences, workshops and retreats. And yet, I am not sure I can define it. I am referring to spirituality. Spirituality is so often spoken about, and yet, it is in essence unspeakable; it is the topic of great lectures and the result of much…