Tag: Preaching
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Re-Reading Sacrosanctum Concilium: Article 52
Having decreed in article 51 that richer scriptural fare is to be provided to the faithful at Mass, the Council Fathers now turn their attention to preaching at Mass. Vatican website translation: 52. By means of the homily the mysteries of the faith and the guiding principles of the Christian life are expounded from the…
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How the Grinch mistranslated Christmas
The translation of the prayers for Midnight Mass is clumsy, and it misses the spirit of the Mass itself.
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Summer 2012 Sunday lectionary preview and the long form of the readings
In the summer of 1970 (July 26th to be exact, the 17th Sunday of the Year B according to the new calendar) my pastor breathed a sigh of relief when he came across Saint John’s version of the feeding of the 5000. The western church had been reading the Gospel of Mark for the first…