Why the new Mass prayers may be confusing. I was leading a group discussion on the merits of the renewed liturgy of Vatican II when John, a middle-aged...
Liturgy
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If any scholar could claim a ring-side seat to the liturgical reform of the 20th century, it would have to be Father Robert Taft, S.J. Taft recalls being...
The new Catholic translations of the Mass pose a stumbling block to ecumenical relations, says a Lutheran liturgy scholar. One of the great joys that I have...
Get ready for changes to your Sunday Mass. When Father Jeff Keyes arrived at St. Edward's Parish in the summer of 2004, he found a thriving, multiethnic...
We are one church and we need just one Mass, this Catholic argues-even if that one Mass is celebrated in any number of languages. At one end of the archdiocese...
Pray with these quotes from Romero and petitions in order to honor the prophetic witness of Archbishop Oscar Romero on the anniversary of his...
The Church: called to repentance; called to prophesy Prayers and reflections for the anniversary of the martyrdom of Archbishop Oscar Romero. He was...
The Church: called to repentance; called to prophesy Prayers and reflections for the anniversary of the martyrdom of Archbishop Oscar Romero. He was...
The Church: called to repentance; called to prophecy Prayers and reflections for the anniversary of the martyrdom of Archbishop Oscar Romero. He was...
Pumping up priesthood at the expense of lay ministry is no way to renew the church. The full, conscious, and active participation of laypeople in the liturgy...
