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Do you direct choir members with flaws? Do you direct choir members who can’t read music? BE COMFORTED!
A homily by Fr. Valentine Young, OFM.
You need to have even just a little bit of understanding to help you love something. You can’t love what you don’t know.
Could this be the missing link explaining why “versus populum” celebrations took over?
Kneeling is a sign that both signifies and helps produce in the soul the disposition of humility before the great King over all the earth.
“Previously it was enough to be there; now we must participate. Previously one could doze or perhaps even have a chat; but no longer; now one must listen and pray.” — Pope Paul VI, 17 March 1965
A wonderful 18-minute sermon by Fr. Christopher Smith.
The cappa magna has a five-meter-long train. Pius XII shortened it to 3 meters, but it’s said that John XXIII restored the ordinary length.
Call for entries for visual artists!
Reneging on the Promise of Public Art
A homily by Fr. Valentine Young, OFM.
Yes, the house is on fire. Yes, liturgy is important. Seriously? Yes.
Does a desire for liturgical and musical elements that are authentically Catholic and deeply rooted in tradition really have anything to do in the life of a priest?
Eastern Catholics and Christians have maintained the depth, beauty, and sacredness of their liturgical heritage. How does the institutional failure of Roman Catholics to preserve their own heritage affect their ability to evangelize, or even to live a fully Catholic life?
“Father Calewaert opposed the proposal because it would gravely damage Sunday.”
