orthopraxis

Three figures in religious attire, one holding a chalice and another giving communion to a young girl. Black and white line drawing with red text: "PASTORAL WELFARE NEEDED APPLY WITHIN!" Catholic communion scene."

Continued Abuse of Extraordinary Ministers Proves Cardinal Sarah’s Ad Orientem would be No Different Even Had the Pope Signed off

Subtitle for the Liturgically impaired:  Ad Orientem means “towards the east” or in ICEL dynamic equivalence “facing the east”. I love listening to the radio, and many programs I like are available on podcast. Sometimes I listen to a podcast again, even though I heard the live show, because I pick up things I didn’t hear…

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A man in military uniform with medals salutes while drinking from a cup, standing next to a car. The text "ПРЯМОЙ ЭФИР" is visible in the bottom left corner."

What this Russian Defense Minister did Shames American Catholics

I was tickled yesterday when someone sent me a link to this article and highlighted that us Catholics used to do this. In Russia, however, it seems that Catholic practices are proudly public again (unlike here). Reports Russian media:  Before beginning the Victory Day Parade in Moscow’s Red Square, Minister of Defense, Sergei Shoygu crossed himself. The journalists…

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Cover of "The Wanderer Forum" Volume 1, Number 2 discussing the translation of liturgy. Features a cross and altar with red cloth. Text includes "Englishing the Liturgy" and Latin phrase "Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth."

BAM! Paprocki Drops a Knee on the Head Bob crowd

Thank God! Do you hear the sound? (bam!) That’s the sound of a knee being dropped. In a pastoral letter, Ars celebrandi et adorandi, given to his diocese on June 22, Bishop Paprocki says it:  “the proper reverence to the Blessed Sacrament is ‘to bend the knee,’ to genuflect.”  THANK GOD! On Bending the Knee Wait! Do you hear the…

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A collage featuring religious and pop culture symbols: a cross with text "IC XC NIKA," Pope Benedict XVI making the sign of the cross, a Batman logo, and a Star Trek phaser. Text reads: "The sign of the cross really is: BATSIGNAL PHASER COMMUNICATOR." The background is primarily dark with red and white text."

Suffering the Ignorant Orthopraxis of Our Day

One of the things I really like about how God ordered this world is precisely how unassuming some of the greatest things He has worked really are to the passer by.  If you didn’t look, you wouldn’t notice.  It’s so easy to take them for granted until you look with the eyes of faith that…

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