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The Seventeen Most Common
Errors in the Liturgy
By Thomas G. Morrow
The Eucharistic liturgy is a beautiful offering to God, a treasure of the Church, yet it is not always celebrated according to the rubrics. The rubrics are spelled out in the General Instruction of the Roman Missal, but not all celebrants have found or taken the time to read them carefully. In fact, my experience is that most priests follow the rubrics for Mass quite well. Yet, there is a handful of errors, many minor, which seem to be rather common.
This small article is not an attempt to point out the more egregious errors such as changing the Eucharistic Prayer or having non-ordained persons read the Gospel and preach. It is rather an attempt to identify the small errors that good, sincere priests make, so as to make it easier for busy priests and deacons to correct them...
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New Life in Christ
By Dominic Savio D'Silva, SSP
"Dear brothers and sisters, as in the (Church’s beginning), today, too Christ needs apostles ready to sacrifice themselves. He needs witnesses and martyrs like St. Paul," urged Pope Benedict XVI launching a special year dedicated to St. Paul—Pauline Year June 29, 2008 to June 29, 2009.
Pauline Year is a tribute to Paul’s total commitment to Christ and to the Gentile Mission, to the sacrifice of his life to God, to his witness of the truth of the Savior in the world and the celebration of New Life in Christ.
Paul has inspired and guided Christians of all times because he was convinced of Jesus’ resurrection and the new life that Christ offered.... |
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Contraception: a Challenge to
Catholic Preaching
By Fr. James Buckley, F.S.S.P.
Father," the lady said, "last Friday when I went to pick up Maureen from Holy Angels, a couple
of the mothers were openly discussing what birth control methods to use. These were Catholic women who attend Sunday Mass and send their children to Catholic schools. It happens all the time." Perhaps it does happen all the time. According to the Gallup Poll, the majority of Catholics disregard the Church’s traditional teaching against contraception. On September 11, 1968, less than six weeks after Pope Paul VI had issued his Encyclical Humanae Vitae1, the poll asked "those who heard or read about Pope Paul’s statement," "Do you favor or oppose his position on this matter?" Fifty-four percent of the Catholics surveyed said they opposed the pope’s position. Moreover, 65 percent of the Catholics who were asked "Do you think it is possible to practice artificial methods of birth control and still be a good Catholic" said Yes. In another poll taken on August 11, 1993, 82 percent of Catholics said one can use artificial birth control "and still be a good Catholic." The statement that these dissenters opposed is this: "The Church, nevertheless, in urging men to the observance of the natural law... |
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Society Misses Religious
Orders’ Witness
By Glen Argan
One of the great crises of the church in the West is the fading away of the religious orders that
have been a central part of church life since the time of St. Benedict.
Much of the attention around the "vocation crisis" has been over the declining number of priests, especially diocesan clergy, because of the need to have priests to celebrate Sunday Eucharist and maintain parish life. This is certainly an important concern.
Many dioceses in North America are now experiencing at least a modest increase in seminarians and ordinations. But the decline in religious life continues unabated, even if a few orders are drawing more candidates... |
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‘Oh my God, I Guess I Don’t really
Want to Talk to You’
By Tanya Watterud |
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