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March 2017

March 13, 2017

Is There a Way to Get Beyond Making the Best of a Bad Liturgy?

The following is an exchange I facilitated between Villanova theologian Kevin Hughes and Notre Dame liturgist...

September 2016

September 02, 2016

Humility Turns Away the Liturgy Police

Last week, I wrote a reflection on the role of discipline in the Christian life....

December 2015

December 29, 2015

Priest from Philippines Should’ve Been Suspended for Singing not Hoverboard

The Filipino priest's liturgical sin had more to do with harmony than locomotion. I...

October 2015

October 18, 2015

Cosmos: Weakened Edition, 3

Here's what's not weak this week! 1. Family Synod Conflict Is Not What You Think...

October 09, 2015

No Bible? Fine. No Liturgy? No Christianity.

For some of you the sentiments of the title for this piece might be as...

December 2014

December 25, 2014

Culture of Waste: Thesis → Antithesis → Santhasis

There's a reason for the season, and Santa it ain't. I can't help suspecting that...

March 2014

March 27, 2014

Liturgy, Fanny Howe, and the Horrors of Reality

I'd like to enlist the poet Fanny Howe in the service of defending Eagleton's characterization...

December 2013

December 31, 2013

Blurred Lines: (Theologically) Nothing is Sacred

Let's get back to the principles of Rabelaisian Catholicism. It all started with a post...

November 2013

November 08, 2013

Brot und Spiele: The Best Liturgical Abuses Yet!

I spent the better part of last evening with my buddy drinking German lager at...

June 2013

June 23, 2013

Sunday Spoiler: The Liturgy Is *Not* Sacred

If you're looking for a book which is a huge difference-maker in how you view...