Father Justin Kizewski provides a template for understanding the complex relationship between the Old Testament Temple and Mary as the Temple of the paschal Lamb who is Christ.
The Yule Log no longer burns, the Christmas Tree no longer glows, but another light presents itself as a gift for the nations—so says seventh-century Bishop of Jerusalem, St. Sophronius.
How much eternity can we fit into 3,600 seconds? Father Connor Danstrom can count on one hand a host of ways to make your next Holy Hour count during a visit before the Eucharist.
The powerful rituals that commemorate patriotic sacrifice at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, writes Norbertine Father Joseph Herman Johanneck, also provide vital insights into the sacrifice of the liturgy.
In this reprint, the late Helen Hull Hitchcock examines liturgical gestures as our authentic (and silent) grammar of assent—and ascent—to the eternal Word made flesh on the altar.
In reviewing The Hidden Power of Silence in the Mass, Father Donald Anstoetter shows how its author, Benedictine Father Boniface Hicks, develops a theology of liturgical silence.
