Daily Archives: 28 June 2024

The Armchair Liturgist: Camera Angles for Broadcast

Posted on 28 June 2024 by catholicsensibility

I looked in recently when my wife was watching a Mass broadcast on tv. The setting was a plush, carpeted chapel. The production values were good, but not excellent. In one shot just after the homily, I saw a second … Continue reading →

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2023 SIL Worksheet B 3.5: Strengthening the Synod, Suggestions for Prayer and Reflection 3-4

Posted on 28 June 2024 by catholicsensibility

The last questions, suggestions, and reflections from the SIL, in the last of the fifteen statements offered. 3) In the Assembly of Bishops convened in Rome, the second phase of the synodal path expresses the universality of the Church that … Continue reading →

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Indulgentiarum Doctrina 10: Trust, Hope, and Actions

Posted on 28 June 2024 by catholicsensibility

Certain religious people worry about so-called cheap grace. In The Cost of Discipleship, Dietrich Bonhoeffer defined it well: Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline. Communion without confession. Cheap grace is grace without … Continue reading →

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Oratio Universalis 7: Introducing the Prayers

Posted on 28 June 2024 by catholicsensibility

In the 1960s, the role of commentator was assigned at Mass as the reforms began to take root. Explaining the Mass was thought to be an important effort. Some music ministry leaders also endorsed a public presence, an animator, who encouraged … Continue reading →

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