In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, many dioceses have suspended in-person Masses or dispensed Catholics from their Sunday Mass obligation.
Liturgy
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis approves new ‘Mass in Time of Pandemic’ and Good Friday coronavirus intention
“In these days, during which the whole world has been gravely stricken by the Covid-19 virus, many requests have come to be able to celebrate a specific Mass to implore God to bring an end to this pandemic.”
Posted inFaith, Features
The story of my life as a Jesuit priest in 5 Masses over 50 years
A life in the Society of Jesus.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
How can we be the body of Christ when the coronavirus closes our churches?
In this time in which we are not able to encounter Christ in the assembly or the Eucharist, we always have the opportunity to encounter Christ in the vulnerable.
Posted inFaith, Last Take
On watching a Mass on YouTube at which I was scheduled to preside
The Mass has power whether we are able to be there in person or not, writes Sam Sawyer, S.J., reflecting on a Sunday when circumstances mean that many are participating in liturgy via modern technology.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Learning to love Mass in Toddler Purgatory
The challenges of attending church with a curious toddler are well known enough to be cliché, but like any set of new parents, they are new to us.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
My depression made going to Mass hard. I learned to show up anyway.
I know how difficult going to Mass can be. But I also know I feel worse when I stay home.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Do humans make rituals—or do rituals make us human?
We are not angels. We cannot be spiritual without being religious. Why? Because we cannot be human without rituals.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
What it’s like to have cerebral palsy at Mass
“Let us join hands and pray as the Lord taught us.” That sentence should not cause me dread—but it does.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Important dates in 2020
What is coming up in 2020, from Holy Days of Obligation to the presidential election and the Summer Olympics.