Daily Archives: 16 November 2023

GIBB 31-34: Preparing a Blessing

Some liturgy people watch their language on this point. Are liturgies planned? Some prefer to use the verb prepare. I usually speak of liturgy preparation, but I decline to correct folks who speak of planning. The GIBB uses both: RESPONSIBILITIES … Continue reading

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Christifidelis Laici 16b: Everyone Is Called to Holiness

More on the notion that everyone is Called to Holiness: Everyone in the Church, precisely because they are members, receive and thereby share in the common vocation to holiness. In the fullness of this title and on equal par with all … Continue reading

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Plane Reservations

It seems Bishop Emeritus Strickland already had his plane tickets to Baltimore. He told a reporter the nuncio asked him not to attend the USCCB meeting this week. The article mentions two supporters who joined him in a protest outside … Continue reading

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