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The good people at U.S. News and World Report have noticed a trend, and they’ve splashed it across their cover this week, just in time for Christmas. In a nutshell: the practice of traditional ritual is becoming more common among many religions: But this shift extends beyond the Roman Catholic Church. In Richardson, Texas, the…

When I was a lowly undergraduate at the University of Maryland (class of ’81 — barely), I’d sometimes attend mass at the beautiful campus chapel. Frankly, I wasn’t a big mass-goer in those days, and tended to spend my Sunday mornings in less sacred pursuits, like sleeping. But when I wandered into the chapel for…

We’ve been hearing a lot of talk lately about the “reform of the reform” — and now a leading liturgist at the Vatican has said, “Be careful about that”: In a new book, a Vatican archbishop has chronicled the birth pangs of the liturgical reform generated by the Second Vatican Council and warned of a…

Let us pray,[on this feast of Mary,who experienced the perfection of God’s saving power.]Father,the image of the Virgin is found in the Church.Mary had a faith that your Spirit preparedand a love that never knew sin,for you kept her sinlessfrom the moment of her conception.Trace in our actions the lines of her love,in our hearts…
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