Holy Week begins. The Roman Station is at Rome’s cathedral St. John Lateran.
Fr. Parsch, wisely, makes a point I’ve been making for years: our liturgical rites are not mere memories of past events. They make us present to the mysteries past … and future.
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on We’re saved! At LAST we will learn how to do “walking together” together: “Many years ago, on a diocesan youth retreat, a very creepy group discussion facitator (yes, it was that sort of…”
on Daily Rome Shot 1527: “As a further twist on your problem above, Fr. Z, I would put this question: Assuming castling was NOT an…”
on We’re saved! At LAST we will learn how to do “walking together” together: “Wait, I’ve had another think… the question is not clear, but the answer is definitely women bishops. If we can’t…”
on We’re saved! At LAST we will learn how to do “walking together” together: “Too new age-y for me (Typical program to make everyone feel relevant to a process that is garbage)”
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on We’re saved! At LAST we will learn how to do “walking together” together: “I think the sharing will be so subjective that it will be just as likely to be influenced by whatever…”
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on “Let us run with this thought experiment for a moment.”: “The only part of the belief of the laity that would change would be the belief in the need to…”
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since Sat., 25 Nov. 2006:
re: Parsh: Would it be correct to say that the sacred mysteries allow us to participate in the original event?
Fr. Z, love your blog. I can’t find the answer to this question. Why is the Passion of our Lord read during Palm Sunday? Is it an old tradition? It seems strange that we celebrate the entry into Jerusalem and also read the Passion during the same Mass. Pax, Ken