Not only does the liturgy compel the People of God to spread the Gospel to all nations, but it also gives them the grace to do so. The “reform of the reform” of the Roman Rite is still in its infancy.[1. The argument on whether or not … [Read more...]
The Liturgy and the New Evangelization
September 25, 2014 by Dr. Jeremy Sienkiewicz and Celina Pinedo
Memory: Wired for God in the Eucharist
June 26, 2014 by Dr. Joseph R. Hollcraft
So, as we reflect on the principle of memory, we are drawn into what lies at the center of it all, Christ and his words in the institution of the Eucharist: “Do this in remembrance of me” (Lk 22:19; 1 Cor.15:25). No Ordinary Pil … [Read more...]
The Septuagint in the Theology of Joseph Ratzinger / Pope Benedict XVI
April 10, 2013 by Dawn Eden
In ascribing to the Septuagint a theological relevance reaching above and beyond the literal content of its Hebrew source, making it an “independent textual witness,” Benedict is drawing upon the theology of revelation that he began to dev … [Read more...]
On Music and the Priestly Life
August 15, 2012 by Fr. Gary Selin
Since music imitates the inner life of the soul, it follows that good music imitates and evokes sentiments that are consistent with a virtuous life, while music that evokes vicious sentiments is detrimental, and even destructive, to the … [Read more...]
The Debate about Liturgy Continues
THE HISTORY AND THE FUTURE OF THE ROMAN LITURGY. By Denis Crouan, (Ignatius Press, P.O. Box 1339, Ft. Collins, Colo. 80522, 2005), 324 pp. PB $19.95.
April 1, 2009 by Book Reviews
Debates continue about the present state of the liturgy in the Catholic Church and its future. Denis Crouan is President of Pro Liturgia, an organization interested in an authentic reform of the liturgy based upon the documents of the … [Read more...]
A Question of Fairness
A review of Cardinal Ratzinger: The Vatican's Enforcer of the Faith, by John Allen
April 1, 2009 by Rev. Vincent Twomey, SVD
Cardinal Ratzinger is perhaps the most controversial figure in the Church today, a subject awaiting an author. Various articles about him have appeared, but no book, until the recent appearance of that by John L. Allen, Jr., Vatican … [Read more...]
Contemporary Music in Church?
The church is the domain of the sacred, not the home for an adapted, accommodated worldliness.
March 25, 2009 by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski
Do not model your behavior on the contemporary world, but let the renewing of your minds transform you, so that you may discern for yourselves what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and mature. (Romans 12:2)[1. As rendered in t … [Read more...]
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