Keeping the Spirit of Advent
The Liturgy A couple of years ago, my mom and I got up at the wee hours [...]
Catholic Funeral Rites Have Three Parts
The Liturgy As the weather grows colder, the leaves on the trees fall, and Thanksgiving and Christmas [...]
The Rite of Ordination to the Diaconate
The Liturgy This month’s Catholic Herald features the recent Ordination of Deacons. While I’ve prepared dozens of [...]
God Speaks to Us in the Liturgy of the Word
The Liturgy In last month’s column, we reflected on the composition and function of the Collect. Sometimes [...]
What is the Collect?
The Liturgy My liturgy column comes to you this month from just outside of London, where for [...]
Ordinary Time Represents Rhythmic Nature of Liturgical Calendar
The Liturgy The Easter Season is over, and the long stretch of Ordinary Time has begun. After [...]
Happy Ascension Sunday
The Liturgy Each year as the Easter Season nears its culmination with the Solemnity of Pentecost, the [...]
A Brief History and Use of the Sequences in the Liturgy
The Liturgy There was something different about Mass this past Sunday. Did you catch it? Being Easter [...]
Scrutinies Prepare Elect for Full Communion
The Liturgy By the time this article is published, we as a Church will have reached the [...]
Lent: More Than Meets the Eye
The Liturgy I used to dread the season of Lent when I was a child. Just saying [...]