Reflections from St. Peter’s Square
Fr. Jonathan Gaspar, Priest Secretary to His Eminence Seán Cardinal O’Malley, shares his heartfelt reflections from St. Peter’s Square on the historic day of March 13, 2013.
Articles
A Papal Blessing
In Two Acts
Communion in the Hand
The permission to receive Holy Communion in the hand is a dangerous aberration that must be rescinded if the Church is to achieve spiritual health again.
Yet Another Example Added I Just Had To Share
Like many of you, I read voraciously about sacred music, liturgy, and music in general . . .
How Do I Get Them to Sing? Part 2 of 2
Part 2 of the congregational singing series.
News About The Papal Election
We live in an age where false information can be “dressed up” and disseminated via the internet with the click of a button.
Catholic Line Art, Black and White • Installment #09
I will be releasing hundreds of these B/W religious line art drawings for free and instant download. These beautiful Catholic “woodcuts” were done with magnificent skill. “Download Free Traditional Catholic Clipart”
The Real Reason Pope Benedict Resigned . . .
A little humor, anyone?
Getting Rid Of “Gree-vee-uhss” (Mispronunciation)
This blog entry starts out “negative” but ends “positive.” Sadly, most people will not read the entire thing, so they’ll miss the positive section. Will you?
Be Reconciled to God
Return of the Prodigal
Young Father Ratzinger Offers Mass In Bavaria
Is it allowed to use an American Flag as an Altar Cloth at Mass? That is, an Altar Cloth decorated with the stars from the American flag?
Vatican II and the Reform of the Mass
For the Year of Faith in which we recall the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council, it behooves us to reflect on what the Council actually asked for, and why a return to Tradition will prove, in the long run, more faithful to the Council’s original inspiration and intentions.
Msgr. Wadsworth Praises Corpus Christi Watershed
The executive director of ICEL notes that “Corpus Christi Watershed has a wide variety of resources that could be immediately helpful in a parish context.”
How Do I Get Them to Sing? Part 1 of 2
The perennial problem of congregational singing.
Useless To Sing “Our Hearts Are On Fire” When They Are Not?
“. . . in many instances one feels that the rhyme has shaped the thought rather than the other way around.”—Rev. Francis J. Guentner, S.J.