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Active Participation in the Liturgy: Misunderstood, and Full of Love

Here is my paper that I wrote for Moral Theology on how the Roman Canon (Euchristic Prayer I) leads us to love how Christ loves. I also discuss how Active Participation (though somewhat misinterpreted after the council) in the Liturgy is most closely related to the Eucharistic Prayer. (A Benedict XVI/Cardinal Ratzinger idea) I REALLY enjoyedContinue reading “Active Participation in the Liturgy: Misunderstood, and Full of Love”

For the Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas

Pange Lingua is part of the great gift of St. Thomas Aquinas to the Church. The following is from a paper that I did on the feast of Corpus Christi. It references the background to this hymn and the Mass of Corpus Christi that St. Thomas Aquinas wrote after Pope Urban IV asked him to:Continue reading “For the Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas”