I am awestruck by the beauty of the Eucharist wherever I encounter it. That’s a big reason why the so-called liturgy wars bore me.
Latin Mass
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
I love Latin Mass and Pope Francis. Please don’t let a few (very loud) traditionalists ruin it for the rest of us.
Many Catholics are now devastated to lose access to a treasured rite that has nourished their spiritual lives for decades.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
The Latin Mass took off in this North Carolina diocese. What will happen under Pope Francis’ new restrictions?
It was the motu proprio heard around the Catholic world, but perhaps nowhere more loudly than in Boone, N.C.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Many Catholics who felt lost after Vatican II found comfort in the Latin Mass. Now, they are hurting again.
I pray for unity in the church. I pray also for the consolation of fellow Catholics, who may now be denied that portion of the church’s tradition that has nourished their faith, as it once did mine.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
As a deaf Catholic, the Latin Mass gives me equal access to the liturgy
If the Latin Mass that I attend currently were to cease, I would be back to square one for determining which aspects of myself I am willing to sacrifice on Sunday.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Making sense of Pope Francis’ new restrictions on the Latin Mass
Father James Martin analyzes Pope Francis’ new decree.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
I once fell in love with the Latin Mass—which is why I understand why Pope Francis restricted it.
The Latin Mass gave me a hunger for beauty and a reverence for the sacred. It also made me bitter and arrogant.
Posted inExplainer, Faith
Explainer: What is the history of the Latin Mass?
What exactly are we talking about when we talk about “the Latin Mass”?