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Sacramental Discipline

By Sam Keyes When the news came that Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone had barred Speaker Nancy Pelosi from Holy Communion, I wondered how quickly Episcopal bishops...

We Must Restore the Chalice: Here’s How to Do It Health-Consciously

By Hannah Bowman As we approach two years since the first lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic, pressing questions remain for how changes in worship practices...

The Eucharist and Revulsion

By Jeff Boldt The pandemic changed all our Sunday habits. If you don't have four little kids, streaming a service could be a viable...

Augustine, Bonaventure, & Climate-pocalypse

Is it just me, or are we currently living through a chapter of human history which is unprecedentedly spooky? Unrelenting forest fires in California...

Facing Liturgical East

By Bryan Owen When I was newly ordained, my bishop appointed me to serve in a parish with an altar against the wall. I was...

Benediction and the Hybrid Church

Churches across the United States are returning to in-person worship following more than a year of gathering primarily online. Physical distancing created a particular...

Sursum corda

This is the last of three reflections on hierarchy. Part one, Part two. By Christopher Wells Human beings are made for worship of God: at once,...

Drawing Near at a Distance

By Mac Stewart I live as a guest in a Catholic religious community. Every Sunday evening, the community adores Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. At the...

The Trials of Returning to Worship

By Shirley O’Shea It had been more than five months since I had entered a sanctuary when I returned to church. Before the coronavirus pandemic...

The Sacrifice of the Mass on Sundays During Coronatide

By Will Brown The inability of Christians to gather for corporate worship, and the restrictions under which corporate worship must take place where it is...

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