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A mystery! The 1970s ICEL seems not to have included these words, even though they were in the official Latin …
How the peculiarities of the calendar affect Immaculate Conception this year.
Following the Second Vatican Council, black vestments aren’t usually worn because they’re considered too “spooky and scary.”
“If the world is progressing intellectually, should not the existence of God have been defined in the 1st century and the nature of the Trinity in the 19th?” — Fulton J. Sheen
Reimagining the Altar Steps
Perhaps we are de-sensitized to the symbol, but the color representing the liturgical feast we celebrate today is in fact one of great importance.
Pope Francis celebrating in this manner was a bit of a surprise, since members of his generation aren’t usually accustomed to “turning their backs on the people.”
After many years, I finally type up the psalms for Compline of All Souls’ Day in Latin and English.
The Dominican House of Studies schola has just released its first album, In Medio Ecclesiae, under the aegis of the newly founded Dominicana Records. The album is available now for download at www.dominicanablog.com/records; CD purchase coming soon.
We are called to be saints. Does this sound crazy? I am more and more convinced it is not. Perhaps there is a roadmap to sainthood that we’ve known all along.
Ugly churches and tacky artwork are the external signs of an internal deficiency most of us share.
Why did the Son of God become man? “God became man, that men might become gods” (St. Athanasius).
“I’ve found that almost all of the students, regardless of their current knowledge level, are receptive to the Church’s treasury of sacred music and her teaching on the subject.”
Human beings are “geared” toward annual events. Our minds, emotions, and memories simply aren’t programmed to work in 3-year cycles.
“Disgusted and hurt, I went back to selling hotdogs and making music in a liberal Catholic church on Sunday evenings.”
