LITURGY MATTERS: Grief Matters
In the past couple of years, we have experienced three miscarriages in our family. Beyond the grief of the present moment, this took me back more than thirty years to when one of my brothers and sisters-in-law experienced two miscarriages before having my now grown and larger than life, almost infamous nephews.
LITURGY MATTERS: Initiation Matters
At the Vigil Mass at the Cathedral on Saturday night (Jan 30) a young man named Travis celebrated his first communion. I was surprised at how that moment, and our communal acknowledgment of it in the Concluding Rites, lifted my heart and brought a smile to my face.
LITURGY MATTERS: Ponies, Gregorian Chant and COVID-19
There is a famous joke about a child who, on Christmas morning, finds a pile of horse manure under the tree instead of the expected presents. Yet, far from disappointed, the child gleefully shovels the manure (by hand, no less), because with all that manure, there must be a pony! I could be that child. Frankly, I always try to be that child.
LITURGY MATTERS: 2021 a liturgical bridge from 2020
We will continue to live with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021 and the immediacy of not knowing and constant change. Therefore, the Diocesan Liturgy Council (DLC) imagines our liturgical life in 2021 as a bridge, spaning the distance between 2020 and the hopes and dreams we may have for 2022.
LITURGY MATTERS: The imagination of anticipation
As we find ourselves at the start of the liturgical season of Advent, are we truly focused on what this time can bring to our lives and of those around us?
LITURGY MATTERS: It's time to have your say
In many ways March seems a lifetime ago. As we watched the news about what was happening in China, none of us foresaw the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic until they fell upon us.
LITURGY MATTERS: Stark beauty
COVID liturgical opportunities and stumbling blocks for celebrants.
Since returning to the public celebration of Mass, I have been completely surprised by how engaged I am by the stark beauty of COVID restricted liturgy.
LITURGY MATTERS: Bereavement Ministry
One of the key missionary points for parishes is their contact with the dying and the bereaved. The Order of Christian Funerals states that the death of a Christian is a significant event for the entire parish community.