Msgr. Andrew Wadsworth on the Future of the Liturgy
Msgr. Andrew Wadsworth, executive director of ICEL, recently spoke at St. Mary Magdalen’s in Brighton, East Sussex, England, as part of a parish 150th anniversary celebration. His topic was “The Future...
View ArticleThe Roman Canon and Performatism
Ms. Audrey Seah’s recent article on performatism (“Performatism or Theological Aesthetics of the Liturgy?”, PTB, 6 January 2013) certainly raises the possibility for the analysis of an almost infinite...
View ArticleA GIRM Compendium?
The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments is apparently preparing a document that is a sort of “how-to” manual for celebrating Mass. I always thought that the GIRM served that function. So...
View ArticleMass-ive improvement in eight easy steps?
Fr. Alexander Lucie-Smith offer eight tips for celebrants that he believes will improve Mass. Some of these strike me as good; none of them strikes me as terrible (though I wonder if 5 and 6 are in...
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Rubrics & Pope Francis
It’s a temptation on all sides to over-analyze every move (liturgical or otherwise) that Pope Francis has made since assuming his role as Bishop of Rome. But, it’s instances like this that makes a...
View ArticleSacra Liturgia 2013
Vatican Insider has published an interview with the Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon, Dominique Rey, the main organizer of Sacra Liturgia 2013, an international conference to be held in Rome, June 25-28....
View ArticleSobriety and the Sign of Peace
Fr. Jan Larson, a priest of the Archdiocese of Seattle, has posted a thoughtful essay about the Sign of Peace on his blog, Liturgy Reflections. Here is an excerpt: The greeting of peace is still a part...
View Article2013 RETRSPECTIVE: Toward the transformation of traditionalism
Editor’s note: In these final days of 2013, we feature some of the most interesting and popular posts of the past year. Other retrospective features have been Anthony Ruff, Pope Francis’ Liturgical...
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