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”...
