Interrupting the Silence

Tag: Liturgy

  • Holy Week, Love Week

    Sr. Dorcee has a really thoughtful post, On Entering Holy Week, that reminds us this is a week of love. Love is what makes the week holy. Yes, there is a lot going on this week and yet each day and each liturgy reminds us that we are loved. Each liturgy expresses that in a Read more

  • Worship and Liturgical Symbolism

    The following is excerpted from a letter Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith wrote concerning the liturgical reform happening in the Roman Church. His words are insightful and instructive. As you know, it is worship that enhances faith and its heroic realization in life. It is the means with which human beings are lifted up to the Read more

  • A Litany for the 10th Anniversary of 9/11

    O God the Father, Creator of heaven and earth,       Have mercy upon us.O God the Son, Redeemer of the world,Have mercy upon us.O God the Holy Spirit, Sanctifier of the faithful,Have mercy upon us.O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, one God,Have mercy upon us. Hear our prayers, O Christ, our God.Hear us, Read more

  • Do I Understand Holy Week?

    As I reflect on this past Holy Week and our Easter celebration I keep returning to the question, “Do I understand Holy Week?” The short answer, and perhaps the most honest, is no, not really. I know the story. I even preach the story. I can describe the events of Holy Week but there is Read more