Tonight Falls the Giant Testicle
That’s how Malachy McCourt, brother of Frank, and famed raconteur of talk shows would start his New Year’s Eve show. But then he’d get serious and say, by the end…
So…How’s the New Liturgical Changes Treating You?
We’ve let this go for a bit, but I’m doing Ok with it. I’ve got “And with your spirit” down now. I go 5 for 5 every mass now. The…
A Unitarian on Faith Formation
Since the Unitarians are a creedless faith, The Rev. Peter C. Boullata took up the charge of hoping that they haven’t “institutionalized narcissism. He talks about the challenge to do…
New Translations: Got It Down Yet?
So I went 5 for 5 with the “And with your spirit” line this week. At our student mass, I thought they did a great job as well as I…
Who Did Jesus Die for? For Many or For All?
So one of the new liturgical changes deals with a single word in the Eucharistic prayer, specifically in the words of the institution. “It will be shed for you and…
Lead us Not Into Community, But Deliver Us From Hand-Holding
Bishop of Covington, Roger J. Foys issued some directives on the proper postures at mass. Here’s a doozy. Special note should also be made concerning the gesture for the Our…
Have We Become the Pharisees?
I took a random straw poll of friends asking them what are the priorities of the Catholic Church? I asked them what their Bishop has asked them to concentrate on?…
When Was the Last Time We Had to Learn the Mass?
I’m in 4th grade and my mom and dad asked the Deacon in our church how old one needed to be to become an altar boy. “4th grade or 10…
Have the New Translations Brought Us Closer to God?
So I’ve now been to three masses with the new translation being used. I haven’t posted much before now because I wanted to have the experience myself and honestly, because…
The Penalty Pew
So I attended mass today and the response I heard to “The Lord be with you” was something like this: “And also with your spirit, yo.” I guess this is…