Vesting Prayers • Part 4 of 9
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“Is it not true that prohibiting or suspecting the extraordinary form can only be inspired by the demon who desires our suffocation and spiritual death?” —The Vatican’s chief liturgist from 2014-2021; interview with Edw. Pentin (23-Sep-2019)
Ordained in 2011, Father Friel served as Parochial Vicar at Saint Anselm Church in Northeast Philly before earning a doctorate in liturgical theology at The Catholic University of America. He presently serves as Vocation Director for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.—(Read full biography).
Over the coming weeks, I will present a series of reflections on the vesting prayers.
Lucy was a friend and mentor to me, and I would like to share with you a little bit of her story.
When reading certain publications, one gets the sense that every Catholic in the world is up-in-arms about the present translation.
Exciting New Collection of Simple English Propers!
“To refer to the priest as ‘presider’ surely does damage to his priestly identity.” — Rev. Richard Cipolla
Fourteen (14) practical ideas for how a priest might transform his celebration of the Ordinary Form
“Sacrosanctum Concilium” must not be read in isolation. It should, rather, be read in the light of the liturgical movement that preceded it and the liturgical documents that followed it.
Cardinal Sarah reveals the instructions he received from Pope Francis upon his appointment as Prefect of the CDW.
At the height of their usage, there were proper sequences for nearly every Sunday and feast day.
A statement of fidelity to the Church’s long-held doctrine concerning human sexuality & marriage.
Baptism & Confirmation “go together like Easter and Pentecost.”
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