
Lights-Off Liturgies: Why Don’t We Have More of Them?
The lack of artificial lighting during the Easter vigil can be a powerful aid to prayer, raising the question of why this practice isn’t done more regularly.
The lack of artificial lighting during the Easter vigil can be a powerful aid to prayer, raising the question of why this practice isn’t done more regularly.
Having a rule, even if it’s not closely defined, is a great gift.
A NOTE FROM OUR PUBLISHER: As Catholics, it is our constitutional right as religious believers to assemble for worship, not a privilege that can be withdrawn unilaterally by the state.
Bishop Yuri Kasabutsky, an auxiliary bishop of Minsk-Mogilev archdiocese, said that the sudden cessation of the broadcasts showed that the authorities were attempting to “put pressure” on the Catholic Church.
Catholic dioceses began cancelling public Masses in March, with the Archdiocese of Seattle the first to do so on March 11.
COMMENTARY: Bishops need to make themselves daily guests in the living rooms (or prayer spaces) of their flock.
Paul Posluszny of the Jacksonville Jaguars is his team’s and family’s good servant — but God’s first.
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