So, this is Christmas. I’m not sure about you, but it’s been hard for me to board the Christmas train this year. It feels as though we lurch from tragedy…
Faith Reflections Seasonal Holidays
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Traditionally there have been three different masses at Christmas. Each of the Masses was designed to take place at a different time of the night or day. And each of…
Faith Reflections Participation Worship
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Over the last three weeks we have spoken about the ways in which Christ is really present in the celebration of the Mass – the assembled people, the Word and…
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This week’s Gospel comes from chapter three of Luke (3:1-6). The first four lines of this short text situates John the Baptist’s ministry in the period of the reign of…
Faith Reflections Parish Priest
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Ministry is a core element of the celebration of the whole liturgy and especially in the Mass. In the liturgy before Vatican II, there was really only one ministry in…
Faith Reflections Participation Worship
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As the year winds down and the festivities step up, the season of the annual review begins. This is about how the year has been for us professionally, whether or…
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“Oh, that you would tear the heavens open and come down! In your presence the mountains would quake … so that nations would tremble at your presence, at the unhoped for…
Advent Season Faith Reflections Outreach
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For Catholics in the past, the presence of Christ at Mass was seen as only being in the Liturgy of the Eucharist. With the fuller recovery of our tradition preceding…
Faith Reflections Participation Worship
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Over the last few weeks we have been looking at various issues regarding the month of November as the month during which we pray for those who have died. We…
Faith Reflections Participation
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The final part of the Mass is the Concluding Rite. Notice that it is still called a rite; it is not just a tail pinned onto the donkey – it…
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