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A GIRM Compendium?
The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments is apparently preparing a document that is a sort of “how-to” manual for celebrating Mass. I always thought that the GIRM served that function. So...
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Mass-ive improvement in eight easy steps?
Fr. Alexander Lucie-Smith offer eight tips for celebrants that he believes will improve Mass. Some of these strike me as good; none of them strikes me as terrible (though I wonder if 5 and 6 are in...
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The Power of Papal Example: Whence and Whither the Reform of the Reform?
Pope Benedict’s surprise (to me at lest) announcement of his resignation is interesting from all sorts of perspectives, of course. But since this is a liturgy blog, the question that comes to my mind...
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The Liturgy in Pope Benedict’s Address to the Clergy of the City of Rome.
Vatican Radio’s report (linked by Richard Malcolm in the comments of my last post — thanks Richard) on Pope Benedict’s address to the parish clergy of Rome, in which he reminisced on Vatican II and...
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Inculturation, superheroes and waterguns
This story from the Guardian invites a scornful pile-on, but I think it might also prompt thoughtful reflection on how we set limits to inculturation and how we adapt liturgy to circumstances. Send to...
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A New Pope: All hail Tri-Felge Putinard!
No, we haven’t seen white smoke. This brilliant video not only shows what a difference a new soundtrack can make, but also makes me think that this is really pretty much how the rest of the world sees...
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Baptismal practice and theology in 13th-century Italy
The 2013 Aquinas Lecture at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, given by Augustine Thompson, O.P., is a fascinating presentation of the baptismal theology and practice in Northern Italy in...
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Underground Liturgy in China: two questions
CNN has this story on a priest in China’s underground Church. There is a lot of footage of the liturgy, which seems quite interesting, and raises two questions. Question 1: would we characterize this...
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Pope Francis
Well, that was a surprise. To me, at least. What can we expect liturgically? I am told that when he became a cardinal, rather than running off to Gammarelli’s for new robes, he had his predecessors...
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Scenes from the first Papal Mass of Francis
Well, here it is. Have at it. Send to Kindle:
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Rethinking the Prayer of the Faithful
I mentioned in a comment on another thread that I found the format of the prayer of the faithful in a booklet from a papal Mass interesting. This got me thinking about how we do this part of the Mass....
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Pope Francis and the perils of the premature victory dance
OK, I’ve just got to say it. While I am very pleased by the election of Pope Francis and generally like the liturgical style he has shown thus far (the no-singing thing is disappointing, but it is...
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How Pope Francis Made Liturgy Boring Again (And Why That’s a Good Thing)
Our friends over at Rorate Cæli are mildly exercised over the Mass Pope Francis celebrated last week at a Roman Parish. The particular object of their concern is that those receiving communion from him...
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St. Joseph in the Eucharistic Prayer
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf has the story. Now if the prayers other than EPIII would allow for the insertion of the patron or the saint of the day… Send to Kindle:
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Inculturation anyway
On vacation in a western state last week, at Mass with my family, I was struck by the way in which liturgical inculturation takes place whether we like it or not. The homily at this Mass — which I...
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Inculturation viewed from the other side
I realize that it’s beginning to look like I’m obsessed by the issue of inculturation (well, if one is going to be obsessed by an issue, it’s not a bad one), but this article concerning Hindu’s...
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Liturgical Continuity?
Though it’s a couple of months old, this video of Abbot Michael Zielinski of the CDWDS makes some interesting claims for the continuity between Benedict and Francis in terms of their liturgical...
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Christchurch’s Cardboard Cathedral
The Anglicans in Christchurch New Zealand have provided themselves with a new Cathedral designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban and made largely of cardboard. I notice that even in a cardboard...
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“Franciscan” Architecture?
In this article on the newly refurbished church of St. Moritz in Augsburg by the designer John Pawson, the author makes a connection between the simplicity of the white-clad Pope Francis and the...
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Bishop of Meath, Ireland: Knock it off with the eulogies!
This story has appeared on a few blogs already, so it might as well appear here too: “Bishop issues rules for funerals to stop ‘dumbing down’ of Mass.” I suspect there are few priests who sit around...
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