The Narthex
God's View & New Year's
Now is the time to adopt God’s perspective, in a variety of ways
By John M. Grondelski | January 3rd 2025 12:22 PMDid you realize the liturgy on New Year’s Day does not officially countenance the civil new year? New Year is traditionally a day when people reckon with the passage of time. That’s particularly true when it also marks the closure of a quarter century. (Yes, I know, some folks want…
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Tampering with Ascension Thursday warps both Scripture and our preparation in God's time
By John M. Grondelski | May 9th 2024 1:01 PMOnce more, Ascension Thursday is upon us and once again we see the liturgical and theological incoherence the Catholic bishops of the United States caused, in the name of being “pastoral” while exercising canonical fiat, in the liturgical calendar. I have three major criticisms of what they have done --…
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