Fifty years after the opening of the Second Vatican Council, the church faces new challenges. In this final installment of a three-part series, Father Anthony...
Liturgy
Read U.S. Catholic articles on liturgy, sacraments, and worship. Explore expert commentary, reflections, and resources for parish and personal prayer.
When seen with eyes of faith, calendars help us keep time with Christ. More than any particular element of Catholic spirituality, the church’s calendar...
Suffering meets consolation in the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy. For the sake of his sorrowful passion . . . It was 3 p.m. and it was time...
My introduction to being a lector came through the invitation of another parish minister—not the pastor or another lector but the choir director. She...
A few years ago the Vatican issued a revised version of the General Instruction of the Roman Missal, the “guidebook” for how to celebrate the Mass. The cover...
In our September Sounding Board, we asked readers to tell us about their wacky and wonderful wedding stories. Here’s what they had to say. The best thing...
Editors’ note: Sounding Board is one person’s take on a many-sided subject and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of U.S. Catholic, its editors, or the...
The Liturgy of the Hours is a small but bulky and intimidating-looking red-bound prayer book with lots of confusing multicolored ribbons. It is that, but of...
Thomas Lynch, the poet undertaker, explains why a good funeral is “a signature of our humanity.” Many writers have day jobs—some wait tables...
Liturgy is a river: We come to the same spot many times, yet never enter the same water twice. With the river, it’s because the water’s always in motion; the...
