Daily Archives: 8 February 2009

Let All Mortal Flesh

It has to be unique in my experience of playing weddings: “Let All Mortal Flesh” for Communion. I’ve sung the tune lots, but never played it much–not on guitar. The small group (two singers, violinist, plus me) providing music ministry … Continue reading

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Liturgical Discernment

When I was hired several months ago, one of the directives the pastor gave was exploring the Liturgy of the Hours and discerning a place for it in our worship schedule. This was a selling point, naturally, to come here. … Continue reading

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PCS 285-291: Liturgy of Christian Initiation

When we get to the examinatino of RCIA, we’ll look at the fullĀ adult initiation rites thoroughly. The emergency rites in the PCS date between the provisional first edition of RCIA (the brown book, 1972) and the current rite (1988)–remember the … Continue reading

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