Category: Liturgy & Sacraments
Getting Rid of Excess Baggage
I have been thinking a great deal about my experience at Reconciliation a few weekends ago. I felt an intense and unexplainable urge to go and confess my sins when I woke up that Saturday morning. I try to go every six weeks or so, but this was no routine visit to the Priest for [...]
Shhh… Be Still
Silence is not just golden, it’s essential. “Be still and know that I am God,” (Psalm 46:10) is a directive from on high. I am an unlikely candidate to deliver such a message as my former grade school and high school teachers can attest. They frequently moved me around on their seating charts in search [...]
Lessons from the Front Pew
I’m a convert to Catholicism, but I bring with me many of the traits that marked my life as an evangelical: a deep love of scripture, a desire to evangelize, and the tendency to sit toward the back of the Church. Like many others, I hold that the paradoxical subconscious view that the best seats [...]
The New Mass Translations: “For All or Many” and “The Supper of the Lamb”
A Biblical Walk Through the Mass — Your Moment in the Mass: “For All or Many” and “The Supper of the Lamb” A continuing series on the Scriptural roots and inspiration of the Holy Mass by Dr. Edward Sri For All or for Many Of all the changes in the new Mass translation, two words [...]
Beyond I Do
The night before David’s and my wedding, there was a big storm. Winds ripped through the area and blew out the electricity. As my mom was scurrying around, trying to get my younger siblings dressed in the dark, considering whether the food in the refrigerator would spoil and worrying about whether the church lights would [...]
The New Mass Translations: “I Believe”, “Consubstantial” and “Incarnate”
A Biblical Walk Through the Mass — Your Moment in the Mass: “I Believe”, “Consubstantial” and “Incarnate” A continuing series on the Scriptural roots and inspiration of the Holy Mass by Dr. Edward Sri Can a one-letter word really make a great difference? In the case of the new Mass translation of the Nicene Creed, [...]
The New Mass Translations: “I Confess…” and “Glory to God…”
A Biblical Walk Through the Mass — Your Moment in the Mass: “Through My Most Grievous Fault” and “Only-Begotten Son” A continuing series on the Scriptural roots and inspiration of the Holy Mass by Dr. Edward Sri “Through My Most Grievous Fault” In the prayer known as the Confiteor (which begins, “I confess to almighty [...]
Your Moment in the Mass: “And with your spirit”
A Biblical Walk Through the Mass — Your Moment in the Mass: “And with your spirit” A continuing series on the Scriptural roots and inspiration of the Holy Mass by Dr. Edward Sri Catholics are very familiar with the parts of the Mass — perhaps too familiar. Sunday after Sunday, we recite certain words such [...]
My Wish List for the American Bishops: Bring Back Kneelers and Confessionals!
I was thrilled to hear about the British bishops bringing back the fish-on-Friday rule for Catholics, and I wish the American bishops would follow suit. Forgoing burgers and chicken– and don’t forget pepperoni pizza–on Friday was something that defined Catholics in my childhood. And frankly, I know very few people who took on some other [...]
Imagining Jesus as a bartender – and other egregious effects of bad music
A few weeks ago, my husband and I visited a Catholic church that had the most gorgeous pipe organ. We were all set to enjoy some fine sacred music during Mass, but for some reason, most of the hymns were accompanied by the tawdry tinkling of a piano. Now please don’t misunderstand me. Pianos are [...]
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