“I’ve joked with friends: I’ll come back to the church when it restores the old Mass—celebrated by women priests.”
Liturgy
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Stop preaching about your vacation and move on from ‘selfie sermons’
A homily loaded with autobiographical details is not the only way to get the interest of a congregation.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis wants you to stop bringing your phone to Mass
“Please, Mass is not a show. It is going to encounter the Passion, the resurrection of the Lord.”
Posted inFaith, Ideas
“Here I Am, Lord”: The little-known story behind a Catholic hit
Love it or hate it, most Catholics could probably sing “Here I Am, Lord” from memory. But do they know where the song came from?
Posted inFaith, Your Take
How do you rate the quality of liturgy in your parish?
“We have a priest who makes everyone feel welcome, says Mass with great reverence and gives meaningful homilies”
Posted inExplainer, Faith
When the pope releases a statement ‘motu proprio’ it’s important—but why?
When a pope issues a document “motu proprio,” it means he does so by his own motivation, and it can mean a significant change to church law.
Posted inFaith, News
Latin Mass fans celebrate 10-year anniversary in Rome, without Pope Francis
Pope Francis’ absence was widely noted as tensions over the liturgy continue within the Church.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Is Pope Francis right about traditionalists who love the Latin Mass?
The experience of being surrounded by the saints at the Latin Mass was one of the most profound spiritual experiences of my teenage years.
Posted inFaith, Ideas
The pope’s new liturgy document: who was involved and what that tells us
“Magnum Principium,” the new apostolic letter released motu proprio by Pope Francis, is returning authority to regional bishops’ conferences in matters of liturgical translation. But why and how?
Posted inFaith
One priest’s hopes for the Mass translations
Can we now, at long last, begin to talk frankly and openly about the problems with the translation?