Liturgy and spirituality. Make room for the Word of God in your heart

Also this year, on 22 January, the “Sunday of the Word of God” is celebrated, established by the Pope on 30 September 2019 – liturgical memorial of Saint Jerome, translator of the Bible – with the motu proprio Aperuit illis. The objective of this initiative is, in the words with which Francis closed his document, … Read more

In Barranquilla the regional meeting of liturgy of the Caribbean Coast concludes | Episcopal Conference of Colombia

Fri 25 Nov 2022 IX National Reconciliation Congress concludes with missionary dispatch At the conclusion of the ninth version of the National Reconciliation Congress, Monsignor Luis José Rueda Aparicio, Archbishop of Bogotá and President of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia, told the more than 450 participants that this closure was a sign of missionary sending, … Read more

Altar servers: the mission that helps adolescents to appropriate the liturgy

The national pilgrimage for altar servers ended on Friday August 26 in Rome, after four days of meetings and highlights. This Church service, open since the Second Vatican Council to all the baptized, allows many adolescents to embark on a path of human and spiritual growth. It is part of a desire to deploy the … Read more

“The human sciences are essential for reflection on abuse, the liturgy or the place of women”

In these difficult times, the Catholic Church places great hope in the Synod on Synodality. Many of us expect strong proposals and decisions for the future. But the fruits will be commensurate with our ability to imagine new ways of exchanging our experiences with respect for others, to progress in the expression of our ideas … Read more

Liturgy: the (predictable) response of the Lefebvrians

The priestly fraternity of St. Pius X (Lefebvrians) is now also on the margins of the world of Catholic traditionalists. His brief response to the apostolic letter of Pope Francis, Desire you wishedand to the previous motu proprio Traditionis custodes, however, should be noted. And archived. Dated 5 July, the note only mentions three themes. … Read more

Liturgy: “The Pope is part of the continuity of John Paul II and Benedict XVI”

Dom Philippe Piron is currently prior of the Benedictine monastery of Sainte Thérèse, dedicated to welcoming fragile or disabled people to offer them an experience of contemplative life, near Rennes. He particularly measures the liturgical issues linked to the Motu proprio Traditionis Custodes as abbot emeritus of Kergonan, within the congregation of Solesmes in which … Read more

The Pope publishes “Desiderio desideravi”: “Enough of the controversy over the Liturgy, let us rediscover its beauty”

“ORA celebration that does not evangelize is not authentic”. This is the message that the Pope Francisco want to send with Apostolic Letter to the People of God “Desiderio Desideravi”. On the day in which the Solemnity of Peter and Paul is celebrated, the Holy See has published this letter with which The Holy Father … Read more