Royal Nuptials
For those that are interested in what liturgical details are available for tomorrow’s Royal Wedding of HRH Prince William of Wales to Miss Catherine Middleton, some (alas not all!) various bits of...
View ArticleSlowly but surely: new liturgical books on the way
Now that the new English translation of the Roman Missal is in place, five newly translated liturgical texts are moving through the process of revision and approval. I had the pleasure of interviewing...
View ArticleFaithfully Listening to the Assembly of the Faithful
It’s been one of those “be careful what you pray for” weeks for me. Last March, just before the opening of the most recent papal conclave, I shared a few thoughts about what a “Lutheran-Elector” might...
View ArticleMandatum at a Wedding
Last Saturday at St. Francis de Sales parish in Holland, Michigan, those gathered for the wedding of a young couple, Ben Gerhardt and Cassandra Howe, witnessed and participated in an interesting...
View ArticleJudging custom
The comments on my previous post (trying to give some theoretical structure to the notion of how new customs arise in liturgical practice) mostly focused on canon law and its implications. This...
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Wedding and the Liturgy of the Hours
A few months ago I had the opportunity to plan a liturgist‘s wedding liturgy. He and his bride preferred to celebrate the wedding without Mass for several reasons: Some of the attendees would be...
View ArticleA New Inclusive Marriage Service
A little over two years ago the Presbyterian Church (USA) made it possible for gay and lesbian people to be married in the church. The denomination was well into the process of revising its service...
View ArticleMarried Priests?
Pope Francis made unsurprising headlines as a result of a recent airborne press conference, this time on January 27, on his way back from World Youth Day (see the full text here at Zenit). This...
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