By Bread Alone
by Mark BauerleinFigures in politics and media are incognizant of how much religion plays a part in people's well-being. Continue Reading »
Easter Without Mass?
by Douglas FarrowI have yet to learn how asking everyone to remain at home at Easter is an extraordinary measure proper to the Church. Continue Reading »
The Case For Drive-In Masses
by Gregory Pine, O.P.If online Mass becomes a regular practice over the course of months, it could subtly undermine the local, communal, and cultic dimensions of Catholic worship. Continue Reading »
Failed Leaders
by R. R. RenoSuicides among Americans aged ten to twenty-four increased by more than 50 percent between 2007 and 2017. The suicide rate for all ages rose by nearly 30 percent between 1999 and 2016. This is not an isolated trend. Life expectancy in the United States is falling, a shocking trend for a rich . . . . Continue Reading »
Christ-Haunted George Saunders
by Joshua HrenThough George Saunders may have formally left the Church, its forms didn’t leave him. Continue Reading »
Cheap Joy
by Kenneth ColstonThe Resurrection without Holy Week would be pie-in-the-sky and cheap joy. Continue Reading »
Pope Benedict's Red Thread
by Martin MosebachWhenever we have the good fortune to participate in a traditional Mass, we will have Pope Benedict XVI to thank. Continue Reading »
The Wild of the Mass
by Brian DoyleOnly say the word and I shall be healed. Isn’t that the most humble unadorned thing you can say about faith? Don’t you always say that with a shiver in your heart? The hair prickles on my head sometimes when I say that. Continue Reading »
Dear Father: Please Stop It
by George WeigelIn all the sixteen documents of the Second Vatican Council, is there any prescription more regularly violated than General Norm 22.3 of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy? Which, in case you’ve forgotten, teaches that “no . . . person, not even a priest, may add, remove, or change anything . . . . Continue Reading »
Rules for Being an Altar Boy at Saint John Vianney Parish for the Liturgical Year 1964
by Brian DoyleIf you have to sneeze on the altar do so quietly and turn Your head away from the Holy Sacrament. Please carry A handkerchief in the pocket of your trousers. No jeans. Wear good shoes. No sneakers. Arrive 30 minutes early Minimum: 5 minutes early is 25 minutes late. The bells, As a crucial part of . . . . Continue Reading »
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