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Jan 6, 2025 | 
adoremus.org | Christopher Carstens
2025 marks the 25th anniversary of the English translation of Joseph Ratzinger’s landmark book, The Spirit of the Liturgy. To celebrate this significant work and its impact on the life of the Church, the Society for Catholic Liturgy will dedicate its 2025 annual conference to this topic and the liturgical legacy of Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI. In preparation for the conference, we are hosting a year long series of talks based on the 12 chapters of the book.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
adoremus.org | Thomas Kocik |Jeremy J. Priest |Christopher Carstens |Joseph O'Brien
For a long time after gaining independence from the Dutch in 1830, Belgium was one of the world’s most ardently Catholic countries, producing such luminaries as St. Damien of Molokai (1840-89), the missionary priest who died ministering to lepers, and Father Georges Lemaître (1894-1966), the priest and physicist who proposed the Big Bang theory.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
adoremus.org | Christopher Carstens |Joseph O'Brien |Daria Spezzano
The first time I met Helen Hull Hitchcock was when we appeared together on EWTN’s Theology Roundtable program in 2011. Along with host Colin Donovan and my friend Father Douglas Martis, we discussed the potential of the newly promulgated Roman Missal. Helen had worked intensely for years on making the Roman Missal translation a reality.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
adoremus.org | Christopher Carstens |Donald DeMarco |Daria Spezzano
In July 2023, the former guest master of our Archabbey Church, Benedictine Father Sean Hoppe, asked me to cover his duties for all of August because he was going to Tanzania. Part of the church guest master’s job at St. Meinrad Archabbey is to welcome guests, distribute worship aids, and, when necessary, remind guests to recite and sing softly when praying, so as not to disrupt the monastic community’s pace.
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Sep 7, 2024 | 
adoremus.org | James T. Pauley |Donald DeMarco |Christopher Carstens
In the last installment, we considered the evangelistic power of the liturgy and its importance to our sanctification. We also highlighted the current crisis of liturgical boredom experienced by many Catholics today, in particular the young. While many faithful from past generations may also have been uninterested in the Mass at times, by and large Catholics before 1960 remained practicing Catholics, so strong were the cultural supports in those years.
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Sep 7, 2024 | 
adoremus.org | Christopher Carstens |Joseph O'Brien |James T. Pauley
“All Politics is Local.” While the expression has shades of meaning, at its core the maxim conveys a political truth that a candidate’s local voters, concerns, and constituents spell success at the polls. As November elections approach, both politicians and voters will bear this truth in mind (to greater or lesser extent).
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Aug 26, 2024 | 
adoremus.org | Jean Corbon |Christopher Carstens
2. The Holy Mother of God in Christian LifeThe preceding reflections have at times made reference to what I would have to assume is in our lives, the role of the Théotokos in the sacramental Economy. By way of conclusion, it will be enough for us to remember the essential thread that unites the celebration and life, then bring out two of its most important implications. The sacramental liturgy is the privileged and indispensable place of our participation in the Economy of the mystery of Christ.
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Jun 24, 2024 | 
adoremus.org | Christopher Carstens |Thomas Kocik |Jean Corbon
St. Peter and St. Paul were the master builders who executed the plans of the divine architect, Christ. Yet, the two could not have been more different. St. Peter was a hardscrabble fisherman with his brother, Andrew. Despite his human limitations and failures, he became the rock that supports the Church, shedding his blood by crucifixion in Rome. On the other hand, St. Paul came from Tarsus in modern-day Turkey, where his family were tent-makers.
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May 25, 2024 | 
adoremus.org | Donald DeMarco |Matthew Tsakanikas |Christopher Carstens |Jean Corbon
Marshall McLuhan, dubbed “The Oracle of the Electronic Age,” built a dazzling career around the aphorism “The Medium is the Message.” It is a phrase that won over students, fascinated the public, captivated politicians, and irritated his critics. As a master of wordplay, McLuhan found a variety of ways to spin his famous aphorism. He titled his 1967 book, The Medium is the Massage, playing on the mesmerizing effect that the media has on the public.
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May 11, 2024 | 
adoremus.org | Aaron Sanders |Jeremy J. Priest |Sean Pilcher |Christopher Carstens
Music lovers may remember how the Council of Trent almost banned polyphony until one of its greatest composers, Palestrina, demonstrated just how clear and intelligible it could be. With musical history brought to such a dramatic inflection point, the only part of the episode requiring improvement is its likelihood: historians now hold Palestrina had no discernible influence on the conciliar decrees.
