What many Priests no longer believe
Lex orandi, lex credendi, lex vivendi. Loosely translated: “The norm of prayer governs the norm of belief; the norm of belief governs the norm of living.” Many priests nowadays (including myself) are asking, “What if there’s deficient lex in the orandi? Won’t that...
FEAR NOT with Father James Altman, Part 2 of 2
ChantWorks presents Fear Not. Host Linda Hoffman speaks with Father James Altman. Transcript: Fear Not interview. Linda Hoffman speaks with Father James Altman. Father Altman is a Catholic priest who received attention in 2020 after appearing in a viral YouTube...
WARNING: The music at Mass may be harmful to your soul
Only the most myopic would deny that a kind of mushroom cloud has covered the Catholic Church for the past half-century. A small, but quite significant, part of that spiritual nuclear winter has been the profound collapse of Sacred Music. Votaries of the “spirit of...
FEAR NOT with Joseph Pearce
ChantWorks presents Fear Not. Host Linda Hoffman speaks with Joseph Pearce, author, editor, columnist, speaker, EWTN host, Director of Book Publishing at the Augustine Institute. Get Joseph Pearce’s books now. Transcript: Fear Not interview. Linda Hoffman...
FEAR NOT with Father James Altman, Part 1 of 2
ChantWorks presents Fear Not. Host Linda Hoffman speaks with Father James Altman. Transcript: Fear Not interview. Linda Hoffman with Father James Altman. Father Altman is a Catholic priest who received attention in 2020 after appearing in a viral YouTube video....
Parish Liturgy Committee meetings (almost) everywhere
CAST Pete, head of liturgy committeeRetired school principal Jeff, diocesan liturgy specialistAge 35 Father Bob, associate pastorAge 35 Deacon JohnAge 55 Deb, director of religious education (DRE)Age 45 Mark, music directorAge 65, part-time, agnostic protestant, also...
Dear Moses
Dear Moses, This is Sarah, down here in the desert. I want to tell you what is going on down here since you went up on the mountain. Some people are upset because we do not see you face to face and you seem to be worshipping God without us. It’s as though you...
The Chanted Word: Holy Trinity 2022
(bell) (chant) Blessed be God the Father and the only begotten Son of God and also the Holy Spirit for he has shown us his merciful love. (reading) The Trinity is a fundamental doctrine of Christianity. This sublime teaching arises from the concrete experience of the...