Worship

Catholic Revival in the Bronx

Watch Cardinal Dolan and Fr. Vincent Druding discuss the “Jesus in Zion” Revival at Holy Cross Church in the Bronx, inspired by the Asbury Revival. Continue Reading »

15 Mar 2023

Most Christians misunderstand the relationship of poetry to their faith. They consider it an admirable but minor aspect of religious practice—elegant verbal decoration in honor of the divine. They recognize poetry’s place in worship. Congregations need hymns, and the Psalms should be . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 2022

Incarnate Worship

by Samira Kawash

In the first, surreal weeks of the lockdowns of 2020, we all marveled at how COVID had hit at just the right time. Thanks to our Silicon Valley saviors, we had the perfect technologies to shift all “nonessential” activities and gatherings into virtual space. Zoom, which few of us had heard of in . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 2022

A Struggle for Public Worship in Canada

by Douglas Farrow

Canada's federal and provincial governments continue to operate under emergency powers that are said to trump the citizen's constitutionally guaranteed rights and freedoms. Continue Reading »

28 May 2021

Embarrassed By the Gospel

by Carl R. Trueman

A recent document regarding worship in Church of England schools tries to marry Christian worship to the spirit of this present age. Continue Reading »

27 May 2021

Unsolitary Grandeur

by Ephraim Radner

“The mountains are my church.” So said an old parishioner of mine who tended cattle in the Wet Mountains of Colorado. He meant this hackneyed comment (you can still see it on bumper stickers) to explain his infrequent Sunday visits. I recalled it as I embarked with my family on a long December . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2021

A Responsible Bishop

by R. R. Reno

Peter Baldacchino, bishop of Las Cruces, New Mexico, became the first American bishop to lift a ban on public attendance at Mass. Continue Reading »

17 Apr 2020

Epidemic Danger and Catholic Sacraments

by Thomas Joseph White

That the Church should suspend public masses temporarily is defensible as the most reasonable course of action given the unpredictable nature of the coronavirus. Continue Reading »

9 Apr 2020