Our call to holiness
All Saints / All Souls With All Saints on Sunday this year, it’s the perfect opportunity to highlight today and tomorrow’s Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed with even more solemnity than usual.... Read More
Preparing for the feast
Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time God’s guest list to the heavenly banquet includes those you expect as well as some surprising characters. Every guest, however, should come prepared with the proper intentions, attitudes,... Read More
Bulletin Shorts for the Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time – 04 October 2020 Isaiah 5:1-7. Psalm 80:9, 12, 13-14, 15-16, 19-20. Philippians 4:6-9. Matthew 21:33-43. Belonging in the Kingdom of God. Although the parable today is about who... Read More
Blessing of Animals
Parishes often use the Memorial of Saint Francis of Assisi (October 4) as a day to bless animals. The Church says that “according to the providence of the Creator, many animals have a... Read More
How the liturgy teaches us what is most needed today
In a previous post, we began discussing what the new Directory for Catechesis says about our ministry as liturgical minsters. The directory tells us that we have to be witnesses to the mystery... Read More
More than just singing the right notes
Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time The United States bishops wrote: “Charity, justice, and evangelization are thus the normal consequences of liturgical celebration.” They also said that the assembly’s singing shapes how they live... Read More
Bulletin Shorts for the Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time – 27 September 2020 Ezekiel 18:25-28. Psalm 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9. Philippians 2:1-11. Matthew 21:28-32. I Don’t Want To! Sometimes we bristle at being told what to do. We... Read More
From word to action
Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time As music ministers and presiders, one of the main ways we express our faith in prayer is through words. Today’s Gospel, however, reminds us that words alone are... Read More