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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Enter CUBK
At the Bench, Deacon Greg links to one of our favorite internet comedians. Let’s take reverence down a notch or two and reduce a sacramental experience to an acronym. You know, if the clergy were forbidden from confecting the Eucharist, … Continue reading
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Spamawholelot
Just a caution in case anybody’s been trying to comment and hasn’t found their post … For some reason, this site has been attracting an annoying quantity of spam comments for the past week. The usual trickle has been five … Continue reading
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GDC 47: “The process of evangelization”
An explicit admission of our Catholic snail’s pace: 47. The Church, while ever containing in herself the fullness of the means of salvation, always operates “by slow stages”. (Ad Gentes 6b) The conciliar decree Ad Gentes clarifies well the dynamic … Continue reading
GIRM 15: Things Old and New
At the US Bishops’ site, you can access the full text of the General Instruction of the Roman Missal. Today, we finish up the introduction to the 2000 GIRM. This section, you’ll recall, was an addition to the previous edition of … Continue reading
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GDC 46: Evangelization
This is a key section of the General Directory for Catechesis. Casual readers, and perhaps too many bishops and clergy, who expect the transmission of faith to be focused on classroom learning and catechetical preaching, err gravely by overlooking the … Continue reading
Pray the Mass: Forget Saying and Assisting
Jimmy Mac sent me a link to this review of a review of MR3. With all the fuss about “proper” and “accurate” and “authentic” language, maybe it’s time to retire a few odious terms that are still stinking up the … Continue reading
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GIRM 13b-14: Communion for the Laity
In light of imprudent policies put into place by bishops in Phoenix and perhaps Madison, this portion of the GIRM is very illuminating: Above all, the Second Vatican Council, which recommended “that more perfect form of participation in the Mass … Continue reading
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GDC 42-45: “The transmission of Revelation by the Church, the work of the Holy Spirit”
This is a long title and post, but I thought it better to oversee the whole line of thinking in these sections: 42. The Revelation of God, culminating in Jesus Christ, is destined for all mankind: “He (God) desires all … Continue reading
GIRM 12-13a: A Brief, Recent History of the Vernacular in Liturgy
Some few but loud Catholics stake their flag on the Latin/vernacular hill, suggesting that the modern Roman Rite has gone off the rails by extending the prescriptions of Sacrosanctum Concilium (SC) to an unlawful extreme. Almost always, this shows a … Continue reading
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“Seven dead husbands, two this past week”
My artistic director thinks a dead husband in Sarah’s bed will help things along. Read it from Tobit 3:7-9: On that very day, at Ecbatana in Media, it so happened that Raguel’s daughter Sarah also had to listen to reproaches … Continue reading
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GDC 41: Christ at the Center
God’s new covenant is at the center of Christianity. The consequences for Christian believers are obvious, but it also impacts how we view non-believers. Christianity is not just a sect that follows a great teacher. Faith compels us to something … Continue reading
GIRM 11: Trent’s Judgment on the Vernacular
The GIRM gives some history on the 15th century council’s important, but misguided determination: 11. The Council of Trent had already recognized the great catechetical usefulness contained in the celebration of Mass but was unable to bring out all its … Continue reading
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Cincinnati Sends Madison Scrambling For New Excuses
PrayTell reports on the Cincinnati archbishop’s letter to clergy referencing Phoenix and Madison: Having contacted the Secretariat for Divine Worship at the USCCB, I was informed that it is not a matter of the indult expiring. Rather the indult has … Continue reading
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GDC 40: “Jesus Christ: mediator and fullness of Revelation”
The middle paragraph of this section summarizes the Paschal Mystery–the completion and apex of God’s self-revelation in himan history: 40. God revealed himself progressively to (humankind), through the prophets and through salvific events, until he brought to completion his self-revelation … Continue reading
Catholic Sensibility 
A Thelogical He Said/She Said
CNS headlines its Friday with another episode in the ongoing and seemingly endless tussle between bishops and theologians. At some point, players and spectators alike are going to tire of this. Which inning are we playing? Who said what? Who’s … Continue reading →