A Walk Through the Rite of Ordination
The Liturgy The May 18 issue of the Catholic Herald features the spring ordinations celebrated here in [...]
Vatican II Rejoined Music to Liturgy, Full Participation of the Faithful
The Liturgy On Dec. 4, 1963, at the closing of the second session of the of the [...]
The Liturgy and Lent
The Liturgy In an article about Lent for last year’s Catholic Herald, I admitted that as a [...]
A Closer Look at the Season of Christmas
The Liturgy Every year, I’m always struck at how quickly the secular world gets “back to normal” [...]
Keeping the Spirit of Advent
The Liturgy A couple of years ago, my mom and I got up at the wee hours [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]