Tag: Vatican II
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Re-Reading Sacrosanctum Concilium: Article 57
In the years since the Council, sacerdotal concelebration has become a rather frequent practice, but thinking through how it “manifests the real nature of the true Church” is still in process.
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Re-Reading Sacrosanctum Concilium: Article 56
The two parts that, in a certain sense, stand together as the Mass – none other than the liturgy of the word and the eucharistic liturgy – are so closely connected with each other that they accomplish one act of worship.
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Re-Reading Sacrosanctum Concilium: Article 55
The more perfect participation in the Mass by which the faithful, after the Communion of the priest, receive the Body of the Lord from the same sacrifice, is strongly commended.
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How Joseph got added to the Roman Canon
It was this cutting off of Bishop Cule that prompted Pope John to order the insertion of the name of St. Joseph in the canon of the mass on his own authority.
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Mark Francis on the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy
The reform of the liturgy set in motion by the first document of the Second Vatican Council, Sacrosanctum Concilium, was a harbinger of the renewal announced by later documents of the Council especially those that explored the nature and mission of the Church, the place of the Bible in Christian life, ecumenism and evangelization. This…
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Pray Tell visits with Timothy Radcliffe, OP
“Pope Benedict’s emphasis on beauty in liturgy was wonderful and to be welcomed. It is true that the return of some forms of vestment, the red shoes, and some curious hats did put people off! They certainly did not turn me on!”
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Pope John XXIII, remembered
“That is not the way you reason with faith.”
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Pope Francis: Vatican II was “beautiful work of the Holy Spirit” but some “wish to turn the clock back”
But 50 years later, “have we done everything the Holy Spirit was asking us to do during the Council,” he asked. The answer is “No,” said Pope Francis.
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How a Lutheran Cardinal-Elector Might Vote
I received an email recently that rocked me to the core, first with laughter, and then with much more seriousness. It came from a Roman Catholic friend, inviting me to share “what a ‘Lutheran elector’ would be looking for in the next pope.” Is there some cardinal, anxious to hear a word from faithful voices…