Column, Diana Silva, Read
This column is in response to the article written by Fr. Robert McTeigue, titled “What Many Priests No Longer Believe”, published March 29, 2023 on Homiletic & Pastoral Review (hprweb.com) and reposted here on ChantWorks.com. I offer a heartfelt...
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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...
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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...
Column, Diana Silva, Read
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...
Column, Diana Silva, Read
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...
Column, Diana Silva, Read
I saw a funny meme online the other day: “If you get something you don’t like for Christmas, just say, ‘Oh, I’ll treasure this forever,’ and then be like a pirate and bury it somewhere.” I then recalled how the Church, in the documents of Vatican II, called its...
