Last week Rome hosted a Liturgy Conference. The Catholic Church was broadly represented, that is, both the West (Latin or Roman Catholic that most readers of this blog...
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Mother Teresa & the doctor
I am in the midst of a lot of learning here at St. Mary of the Lake University. Sometimes the learning reaches me. And while a lot of the learning is in the classroom,...
wicked nostalgia
There was a term the pope used in his homily this morning that has stuck with me: "wicked nostalgia." He is speaking about the problem of moving beyond the captivating...
Jewish roots, & Classical architecture
The third and fourth part of Dr. Denis McNamara's Youtube clips on Catholic Church architecture are available at the links below. Well worth hearing, and only 5 minutes...
discerning your vocation
At lunch today a friend mentioned that he has been reading the reflections of Fr. Jacques Philippe of the Community of the Beatitudes. I remembered that Sr. Clare (of...
church architecture in Christchurch
Last week I began to upload some of the youtube clips of Dr. Denis McNamara speaking on aspects of church architecture. Â You can watch the first two of these clips here...
more already! (architecture II)
After my posting this morning someone has asked for more on architectural theology already. So here is the second part of Dr. Denis McNamara's series.If you missed the...
architectural theology
In a month's time the Catholic Diocese of Christchurch will welcome Denis McNamara from the Liturgical Institute of St. Mary of the Lake University, Mundelein, Chicago....
the day we flew kites
I first read this little story in the Readers Digest more than 30 years ago. It has stayed on my mind and when posting the Josef Pieper reflection this morning I...
take a break: leisure
Do you ever find that you long for a break from study or work, or from the busyness of life, then the weekend or vacation comes, then goes, and you are left feeling as...
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Bono & Eugene
When a young person dies from illness or accident it is hard for us to see past the tragedy. When an elderly person of faith dies we can be helped to understand that all death is an invitation to fuller life
freedom
The Monkey Trap: a clever trap of any sort that owes its success to the ineptitude or gullibility of the victim.
moonlight speech
It was a cold dark evening after a busy day and the pope noticed crowds outside his window…
praying with Christ
seeing, touching, tasting and smelling what Jesus saw and touched, tasted and smelt…
Job in the dung
The first readings of the liturgy this week give daily segments of the 42 chapters of the Old Testament Book of Job, well-chosen to convey the message of the entire book. Job is a good man who has everything then loses everything: wives, children, land, livestock and...