A Treasure To Be Shared

Drawing inspiration from other Catholic rites and liturgies can enhance reverence and beauty in the common diocesan Ordinary Form Mass. It has been said here and many other places that meaningful and lasting changes could include attention to authentic liturgical practices, music education to develop the ability to present sacred music as desired by the Church, and greater focus on the aesthetics of the liturgical environment, all of which serve to provide occasions whereby the worshipper better disposes himself to God Who draws the worshipper into a more fervent communion. Exempla sequenda Our Eastern Catholic brethren remind us that the Sacred Liturgy opens into the contemplation of the Divine. The Eastern Churches excel in preserving continuity with the Church Fathers and upholding orthodox doctrine for genuine spiritual formation. As Pope Leo XIV has said (OSV News): (T)he Eastern Churches are to be “cherished and esteemed for the unique spiritual and sapiential traditions that the...

TNIE | Burning Cardinals in Effigy [ Read time: 6 minutes ] Not pretending to understand all the intricacies of a major dispute in an ancient Easter Rite Catholic Church, i.e., the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, what does seem clear to this blogger is that there is much to be learned from a controversy in terms of how change for the sake of change can create tremendous upheaval and how well-intentioned "solutions" are then crushed beneath an entrenched ignorance. The Syro-Malabar Church, a suri iuris Church in the Catholic communion, is experiencing liturgical upheaval. suri iuris : a juridically distinct community of the faithful with its own hierarchy; suri iurus churches retain their patrimonial autonomous nature within the Catholic Church By contrast, the Malankara communion seems to be enjoying liturgical peace. The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church celebrates Mass, the Holy Qurbana, ad orientem . The Syro-Malankara Church "employs the West Syriac Rite Divine Liturgy...

- from the Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church http://news.ugcc.ua/en/articles/appeal_of_his_beatitude_sviatoslav_on_outbreak_of_war_95772.html Beloved in God people of Ukraine! Our country is in danger again! The treacherous enemy, despite his own commitments and assurances, breaking the basic norms of international law, as an unjust aggressor, stepped on Ukrainian soil, bringing with him death and destruction. Our Ukraine, which the world fairly called "lands of blood", which has been so many times sprinkled with the blood of martyrs and fighters for the freedom and independence of its people, calls us today to stand up for it - to defend its dignity before God and humanity, its rights for existence and the right to choose one's future. It is our natural right and sacred duty to defend our land and our people, our state and all that is dearest to us: family, language and culture, history and the spiritual world! We are a peaceful nation that loves ch...

NW Eparchy Photo From the Catholic Herald : The Vatican announced on Wednesday that Pope Francis named Bishop Kenneth Nowakowski of the Canadian Eparchy of New Westminster, British Columbia, to be the new bishop of the Eparchy of the Holy Family of London in the UK . Bishop Nowakowski, 61, had led the Canadian diocese since 2007. Story at the BC Catholic: https://bccatholic.ca/news/catholic-van/new-westminster-eparch-appointed-bishop-in-london