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Christopher Carstens and George A. Harne, Ph.D., Discuss Liturgy, Beauty, and the Renewal of the Church on Christendom Conversations
Sep 19, 2026 · original
Christendom College President George A. Harne, Ph.D., has released a new episode of the Christendom Conversations podcast, featuring a thoughtful discussion with professor and liturgical expert Christopher Carstens. Together, they explore the profound significance of the liturgy, how the laity can best participate as the Church teaches, and the path to authentic engagement with tradition. During the conversation, Carstens also talks about the historical context of liturgical reform, the importance of beauty in worship, the ongoing Liturgical Renewal, and how Christendom College’s Institute for Liturgical Formation plays a crucial role in training those who are a large part of the renewal. Christendom launched its Institute for Liturgical Formation last summer, which is designed to soundly educate and train those responsible for liturgical preparation and execution so that they can more e
New Book Seeks to School Teachers in Prayer
Sep 19, 2026 · original
With the arrival of the new academic year, Liturgical Press offers what it calls a “comprehensive prayer book for busy professors, educators, administrators, and students.” Glimpses of Grace: Prayers for Holidays, Holy Days, and Ordinary Days of the Academic Year by Michael Lovette-Colyer is not necessarily a prayer book for those folks as much as one to be used by them, typically in communal school settings. Its author is chief mission officer of the University of San Diego and an adjunct in its Department of Theology and Religious Studies. The book provides prayers for various occasions. It is divided into four parts: “Holidays, Holy Days, and Ordinary Days,” “Seasons and Occasions,” “Blessings and Prayers for Occasions,” and a brief presentation with prayers on “Catholic Social Teaching.” “Holidays, Holy Days, and Ordinary Days” is by far the longest part, about three-fifths of the bo
New App Offers Online Liturgical Treasure Chest
Sep 19, 2026 · original
The information age opened previously unimagined access to sources of theology and spirituality, facilitating discovery of prayers and practices Catholics may not otherwise have encountered. Yet learning about this or that spiritual practice does not incorporate them into the life of faith. Many things are good to pray, but only so many can be practiced at a given time. How might one explore daily prayers and determine which are most sustainable and fruitful within one’s own circumstances? The Introibo app, “a prayer companion for the traditional Catholic life,” seeks to assist those attached to the traditional Roman Rite in finding and maintaining a daily rhythm that works for them. The Shape of Prayer Advertising itself as “the shape of a day of prayer in the traditional rite,” Introibo takes its name from the Prayers at the Foot of the Altar in the 1962 Roman Missal, and that Mass (al
Future Perspectives from Parsch and the People’s Liturgy (Part 6 of 6)
Sep 19, 2026 · original
We can never know for sure what Pius Parsch would have thought about the Novus Ordo of the Roman Rite or, for that matter, the lived experience of this liturgy. His successor and fellow Canon, Petrus Tschickel, warns us not to assume that he would have approved. Whatever the case may be, one thing is certain: conflict over the liturgy signifies its enduring importance. Nor can we expect this conflict to stop. The liturgy may also be a locus of conflict because it brings us in contact with a mystery that arose out of envy, rivalry, and sacrifice, namely, the crucifixion. The story, however, does not end there. The Resurrection of Jesus inaugurates and anticipates the New Creation. The Risen Lord, moreover, hands over his task of reconciliation to the Church, empowering it with the Holy Spirit. In this light, we consider the ongoing relevance of Parsch and the People’s Liturgy. Biblical an
The Journey of Faith: Liturgy is Eschatological
Sep 19, 2026 · original
Liturgy is deeply eschatological—it is always focused on the Kingdom of God and the fulfillment of all things in Christ. But with our Catholic incarnational focus we can easily overlook this or at least underappreciate it. Turning to Eastern Orthodoxy, we can find a helpful complementary emphasis, particularly in the works of the liturgical theologian Alexander Schmemann. According to Schmemann, eschatology is “a dimension, a coefficient of the entire theological enterprise, shaping and permeating the whole Christian faith as its dynamic inspiration and motivation.” 1 This overarching dimension is not a theological construct. It is at the heart of the liturgy: “liturgical theology has as its proper domain or ‘object’ eschatology itself, which is revealed in its fullness through the liturgy.” 2 But what is the object of eschatology? In short, eschatology concerns the Kingdom of God, and J
To See with Clear Vision: Divinization As a Model for Active Participation in the Liturgy
Sep 5, 2026 · original
“ Master, I want to see. “ These are the words of Bartimaeus, the blind man whom the Lord encounters during a seemingly brief sojourn in the city of Jericho (see Mark 10:46-52). The Lord asks him, “What do you want me to do for you?” Of all possible requests, Bartimaeus simply wants his sight restored: “Master, I want to see.” His words are honest and, given the context of the account, an expression of a profound yearning for clear vision. These words of Bartimaeus may serve as an analogy contributing to an appreciation of the Second Vatican Council’s theme of participatio actuosa . Whereas some proposals regarding participation in the liturgy can be overly focused on—or at least tend strongly toward—an anthropocentric approach, placing man at the center of the liturgical action, the words of Bartimaeus may instead help us discover a theocentric approach, one that rightly focuses on God
Ars Celebrandi: Some Contemporary Challenges
Sep 5, 2026 · original
The typical parish Mass is celebrated using the revised Roman Missal, in the vernacular, out loud, and facing the people. This can create some contemporary challenges for ars celebrandi. Indeed, the struggle with ars celebrandi in the typical parish Mass has led some to suggest alternatives, such as abandoning the revised Roman Missal, returning to Latin, a silent Eucharistic Prayer, and celebrations ad orientem . It is not my intention in this brief essay to argue for or against those suggestions. Instead, I propose something more basic and modest, which is simply to identify some of the difficulties with ars celebrandi at a typical parish Mass and offer a few points for reflection. “Father, I Can’t Hear!” Being able to hear the celebrant, the deacon, and the readers is a major concern of the average parishioner attending a typical parish Mass. This expectation has led many priests to f
A Sympathetic Understanding: Liturgical Renewal, Adaptation, and the Legacy of Worship
Sep 5, 2026 · original
On the first Sunday of Advent in 1926, the monks of St. John’s Abbey, Collegeville, MN, began an apostolate that intended to awaken “a sympathetic understanding on the part of the general faithful.” This sympathetic understanding formed Catholics (mostly laity, but also clergy and religious) to participate more fully in the Church’s liturgical life, an understanding that “seizes upon the entire person, touching not only intellect but also will, heart as well as mind.” 20 As part of this project, they launched a journal and the editorial board named its publication Orate Fratres , Latin for “Pray, brethren,” taken from the Offertory (Preparation of the Gifts) of the Mass. The journal’s title communicated the editors’ purpose: “We hope that the interest aroused in the liturgy will be primarily spiritual; that the liturgy may be recognized more universally as being what Pius X so happily ca
Rite Questions: What is the Seal of Confession?
Sep 5, 2026 · original
Q. What is the seal of confession? A. The sacramental seal absolutely forbids a confessor from betraying in any way a penitent regarding what has been disclosed in sacramental confession (see Code of Canon Law [CIC] can. 983 §1). According to a 2021 interview with Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, former Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary, everything said in confession—from the moment the act of worship begins with the sign of the cross until it ends, whether with absolution or with absolution denied—is protected by an absolutely inviolable seal. “All information referred to in confession is ‘sealed’ because it is given to God alone, so it is not usable by the priest confessor” (all otherwise unattributed quotations from Cardinal Piacenza are from “What Is the Seal of Confession? A Q&A,” interview by ACI Stampa, EWTN News, October 15, 2021; cf. CIC can. 983–984). Q. Why does the Chu
New Book of Verse Shows Depth, Breath, and Light of Poet’s Liturgical Vision
Sep 5, 2026 · original
What is the relationship between poetry and religion? Or for that matter, what is the relationship between poetry and the liturgy? In the July 2026 issue of Adoremus Bulletin , James Matthew Wilson offered us a glimpse into this connection—by noting that art (of which poetry is naturally a part) inspires us to contemplate form and thereby attain to a meditation on God and all attendant divine realities. German novelist Martin Mosebach attempts to answer the same question in his work The Heresy of Formlessness , by noting the flawed understanding of modern artists: “Artists, surely, are creators of something new; they are the ones who are constantly innovating with regard to form. Is not originality of form the hallmark of the artist? This, indeed, is how we think of things—we who live in a period of almost unimaginable collapse. Artists in the great productive periods never concerned the

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