The Narthex
Three Liturgical Calendar Reforms
Scrapping 'Ordinary Time' & restoring the Pentecost Octave and preparatory penitence in Advent
By John M. Grondelski | January 12th 2026 12:53 PMAlmost fifty years out from the 1969 Roman Calendar reform seems a fitting distance to assess what works and what hasn’t. By and large, I think the Calendar reform has been correct and pastorally successful, but I would offer three changes. First, I would jettison the periods of “Ordinary Time”…
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Improvisation belongs in the comedy club, not the Church
By John M. Grondelski | February 8th 2024 12:55 PMOn February 2, the Vatican's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) issued the Note Gestis verbisque, reiterating that sacramental ministers, when celebrating the sacraments, must adhere to their matter and form. From February 6-9, the Dicastery for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments (DDWDS) is conducting a…
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