When I was twenty-four, I spent several weeks sleeping on the floor of the Brussels Salvation Army, waiting to start a French course. I was on my way to mission work in Burundi. I shared a room with a half dozen other men from various backgrounds. One, named Gershom, was a Romanian Jew, who had . . . . Continue Reading »
Dana Gioia joins R. R. Reno to talk about his article in the August/September issue, “Christianity and Poetry.” Continue Reading »
Setting debates about the virtues and vices of the TLM aside, Cardinal Gregory’s decision will have serious, real-world consequences for parochial life in D.C. Continue Reading »
In the Missa Solemnis, Beethoven’s titanic subjectivity seems chastened by suffering and transformed by his engagement with the graced objectivity of liturgical text and tradition. Continue Reading »
Liturgy isn't a magical rite, but an act of worship. Continue Reading »
Our worship ought to be a genuine enfleshment of the Beauty of God. Continue Reading »
Prince Philip’s funeral allowed the liturgy to speak powerfully. Continue Reading »
The O Antiphons re-orient us to Christ as the center of salvation history. Continue Reading »
The Christian faith does not terminate in propositions about God. This conviction comes through loud and clear in James K. A. Smith’s recently completed three-volume work, Cultural Liturgies. Smith’s trilogy may be read as a friendly yet firm word of caution to his Reformed . . . . Continue Reading »
Fifty years ago, the Catholic Church marked the First Sunday of Advent with the universal implementation of the revised Roman Rite of the Mass. The liturgy wars have not abated since. Continue Reading »
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