by Matt Spotts, SJ | Jan 23, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 1min
While spending some time with my parents over the holidays, I had the opportunity to attend Mass with at the parish in which I grew up. My family has been members since I was fairly young, and my siblings and I all went to the parish school there. In fact, we all...
by Tim O'Brien, SJ | Jan 22, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1 min
Confession: the hit British costume drama Downton Abbey was my guiltiest pleasure of 2011, a distinction poised to continue in 2012 as well. The show has been all over the news in the last few weeks, in the runup to and aftermath of its season two premier on PBS....
by Eric Sundrup, SJ | Jan 22, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1 min
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. This cookie recipe based on the new mass translation is no exception. I shared the YouTube video with several relatives over the Christmas break, but it seems Commonweal doesn’t like parodies of their parody. Isn’t...
by Jeff Johnson, SJ | Jan 22, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 7 mins
Poetic Diction and the New Translation of the Roman Missal I, too, dislike it. Reading it, however, with a perfect contempt for it, one discovers in it, after all, a place for the genuine. – Marianne Moore, “Poetry” Poets do not like words. Oh, sure, once the words...
by Tony Lusvardi, SJ | Jan 22, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 5 mins
If you listened carefully to the new edition of the Roman Missal rolled out this Advent, you might remember hearing mention of a strange menagerie of heavenly creatures. The Advent Prefaces to the Eucharistic Prayer—the part that begins “It is truly right and just”...
