The liturgy which developed at Rome during the early centuries of the Christian era was
to establish the pattern for religious observance in the Latin West from the sixth century to the twentieth. Yet, for a variety of reasons, the ...
The Catholic Revival in English Literature, 1845-1961 presents a thorough discussion of the six principal
writers of the Catholic revival in English literatureNewman, Hopkins, Belloc, Chesterton, Greene, and Waugh. Beginning with Newman’s conversion in 1845 and ending with Waugh’s completion ...
Would many believers consider a wake or funeral an act of worship? What does it
mean to say that in anointing the sick or administering Viaticum to the dying humans are healed? Such questions plumb the biblical and traditional depths ...
The Vatican-approved guide to opening up new connections to God. Today, more and more Catholics
are looking to explore their spirituality in new ways: by trying meditation or contemplation, seeking to adapt monastic traditions to modern life, or seeking a ...
Feminist liturgy began in the midst of a broad human quest for justice in the
late twentieth century. The Civil Rights Movement and the Anti-Vietnam War movement added momentum for women's struggle for justice. Within this ferment, women addressed the ...
How great the differences between the Last Supper celebrated by Jesus and a pontifical High
Mass at St. Peter's in Rome! And also, between the early baptisms by immersion described in the Acts of the Apostles and the baptisms of ...
Included here are the texts, translations, musical transcriptions, and facsimiles of the Swedish music-dramas for
Holy Week and Easter: Depositio, Elevatio, and Visitatio Sepulchri.
How do text and melody relate in western liturgical chant? Is the music simply an
abstract vehicle for the text, or does it articulate textual structure and meaning? These questions are addressed here through a case study of the second-mode ...