I serve in a province in which it is all but impossible to agree on what it is that we have actually agreed on. Clergy vow and sign that we will only lead liturgy that we have agreed to, but the rules and regulations are such a patchwork of new patches on old cloths that
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Many listened in to the above public conversation (and here). What do you make of a conversation like this? I see God’s action as a multi-faceted jewel: creation, incarnation, death, resurrection, ascensions, salvation, giving the Spirit, sanctification, glorification, theosis, parousia… and understand that as we look at one facet of that jewel we continue to
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We can follow the ancient tradition and announce the date of Easter on the Feast of the Epiphany. This proclamation highlights the centrality of the resurrection of Christ in the liturgical year and the importance of the great mysteries of faith which are celebrated each year. The proclamation may occur after the Gospel, homily, or after
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The full text of Pope Francis’s Christmas message, Urbi et Orbi, is here. He departed from his prepared text: And I also invite non-believers to desire peace with that yearning that makes the heart grow: all united, either by prayer or by desire. But all of us, for peace. It has been noted that “Francis’s
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