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Bad Habits: Can we correct liturgical abuse in religious communities?
FATHER VINCENT CAPUANO, S.J.
I have a dilemma and some questions I wish someone would help me with. This article does not attempt to answer questions so much as to pose them. Nonetheless, I will, toward the end of the article, suggest some tentative solutions. Let me explain the situation that I am in and why I set myself to the task of writing this essay.

The Liturgical Formation of Children: A Pastor’s Letter to His Parish
FATHER CHRISTOPHER SMITH
Catholic schools are in a privileged position to help parents in [their] vocation, by providing opportunities to form themselves as families in that true Christian spirit which is nurtured by the sacred liturgy.

The Grammar of Heaven
FATHER GEORGE W. RUTLER
Liturgical readings in the Easter season often couple the Book of the Acts of the Apostles with the Book of Revelation.

Pruning Hope
FATHER PAUL SCALIA
Today we begin the liturgical season defined by hope.

Eastern Orthodoxy
FATHER JOHN A. HARDON, S.J
In modern parlance, the Orthodox are those Christians who separated from Rome in the eleventh century through the great Eastern Schism, and whose distinctive liturgical feature is the Byzantine rite and doctrinal basis the acceptance of the first seven ecumenical councils, up to the second Council of Nicea in 787.

The Resolution of Anger
DAVID WARREN
My task for the liturgical year just gone was "anger management," for about the thirteenth time.

The dynamic absence of God
FATHER GEORGE W. RUTLER
The liturgical calendar is filled with events in the earthly life of Christ.

Gerard Manley Hopkin's 'The Windhover'
MITCHELL KALPAKGIAN
As liturgical time draws to an end, the Catholic Church celebrates the Feast of Christ the King.

What do the Ashes Mean?
FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERS
The liturgical use of ashes originates in the Old Testament times. Ashes symbolized mourning, mortality and penance.

The Easter Triduum: Entering into the Paschal Mystery
CARL E. OLSON
The liturgical year is a great and ongoing proclamation by the Church of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and a celebration of the Mystery of the Word.

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