Noticing the decorations in various public places, I see that the use of a bell and particularly of paired bells seems to be considered emblematic of...
I just noticed (on Wikipedia, of all places) that the great Dutch theologian Edward Schillebeeckx died on 23 December. I can't claim to have read him...
In the current "Ceremonial of Bishops" (pub. Liturgical Press, Collegeville, MN, 1989), it says: "#240. after the singing of the Gospel reading, depending on...
Bah! Humbug! What else can I say about a presider who follows the sign of the cross at Midnight Mass with "Merry Christmas"? -- * Tom Poelker St. Louis....
Actually, that is not correct. The current edition of the "Martyrologium Romanum" (pub. in Rome, 2001) gives two options for the reading of the Martyrology....
America magazine [published by US Jesuits] has an article on what RCs can learn from megachurches. Your comments are invited on the brief paragraphs concerning...
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Hello Liturgy-l, The discussion of the America Magazine article (it would be useful for all of us to be able to read it in its entirety, but the online version...
Michael Thannisch wrote: <<I think it is because of screens and bulletins turning into mini prayer books that this is so. If the prayer book is going to be a ...
We use screens all the time. Its called dumbing down, since the congregation is so Episcopal illiterate they can't find their way through the prayer book!...
Now that we have chanted our way through the "O Antiphons," and reached the acrostic "ERO CRAS" moment, I would like to share this brief film made my a group...
Only 'contemporary' Anglicans would do this. Baptists would NOT!! and Orthodox don't even think of it, I hope! Rdr. James In England, school nativity...
At times once Dec 25th is over I think things can get a bit flat - not least because people are tired. What liturgical traditions or customs help give life to...
I may be remembering incorrectly but Reading I is used for the principle service of the day, Reading II is used if there is a second service, and reading III...
Received the following message on a very different list, is the author correct in saying that Mozart intended the Missa Solemnis as music to be used in a...
The New Liturgical Movement blog has some links to old Pathe footage of papal ceremonial. I particularly enjoy the wonderfully casual manner of the Italian...
... So, while I have great difficulty imagining Jesus blessing a weapon of war, the churches have often been complicit with such things, and so for reasons of...
Old Soviet joke came back in new outfit. The Advantage of Being an Arab An old Arab lived close to New York City for more than 40 years. One day, he decided...
Given our recent discussion of Carols and in keeping with the Gospel reading for this coming Sunday (RCL), and with apologies to Doug Cowling: (chorus) Nova,...
through my "unopinionated" studies of the religous sects of christianity, i've come across what is known to be The Gospel of St. Thomas, documenting many last...
I picked up on the Line "Today's Usage" in the thread on non-liturgical. My problem is that defining today's usage of a term, such as Christian, or Liturgical,...
From a Donkey site in Texas. Remember that mammoths are as big as most horses (14+ hands like 5' at the shoulders high) Rdr. James Olympia WA Just wanted to...
I've played a lot of weddings but this is the Song of Songs! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-94JhLEiN0 Doug Cowling Director of Music St. Philip's Church,...
Is anyone familiar with what John Boswell has written in terms of finding that there had been same-sex union blessings in the pre-modern era? I've seen...
Gather round boys and girls ... Uncle Doug is going to tell you a Christmas story which he found in a collection of 15th century sermons ... Once upon a time,...
In my recent Orthodox parish we had a quandery about when to sing Silent Night as a para-liturgical hymn after the end of the evening service (Vesperal...
We had our Rorate Mass yesterday, and I am struck by the beauty and appropriateness of this Mass. It seems to me that much is gained by not worrying so much...
I want to thank list members, and especially Frank, for their invaluable advice during my research for a concert reconstruction of an 18th century festival...
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