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Radical Relocation of Transcendence - Changes in the Communion Rite 1977 - 2002 By Susan Benofy	Vol. VIII, No. 3 May 2002
A Rant Against Chant: New Age Desacralization of Music Made for the Immortal Soul by Tony Hendra	Vol. 2, 2 April 1996
Raves in London: Disco Music, Flashing Lights, but Tyme Has No Time for Reverence by James Gallagher	Vol. 3, 4 June 1997
Readers' Forum (Letters to the Editor) - Neo-Vulgate and Liturgiam authenticam; Pins and Needles; Speaking the truth in love; Unauthorized Memorial acclamations; Feminizing the Holy Spirit; Background music - again; Kneeling and clapping; Silence at Mass; Do rules have no authority; "Reconcilation rooms" required?; Words and tunes; English "Gloria" found wanting	Vol. VIII, 2 April 2002
Reader's Forum for May 2002 - Who is the Body of Christ? -- Gospel at Communion services -- More Gospel queries -- Children's Mass -- Bilingual Masses -- A note on lectors -- Immersion fonts -- Adoration chapel -- Communion in the hand -- Intinction protocol -- Missing Link -- No "blind obedience" from SSPX -- Tasty -- Altar girls	Vol. VIII, No. 3 May 2002
Readers' Forum for June 2002 -- Kneel before Sanctus? -- Background music -- Blessed Sacrament Chapel -- Location of tabernacle -- Cathedral renovation -- Norms for church architecture -- Love thinks not of efficiency -- The Eternal Language -- Vox Clara --Role of Deacons -- Kneel means worship -- Rules for the "general intercessions"? -- Strange twists -- Sidestepping the Sacred -- Mysterious omissions -- John XXIII and Latin -- Worshipping whom? -- Footwashing - Down Under -- Sprinkling rite	Vol.VIII, No.4 June 2002
Readers' Forum for July-August 2002 -- NRSV Study -- Mysterium (In)fidei? -- Scripture-based Hymns -- Divine Office Chants -- Pinpoints -- Non-Catholic Lectors -- Artificial Flowers? -- Altar girls? -- Adoration Protocol -- Consuming Extra Consecrated Hosts -- Why the "Stand" Demand? -- Piety Banned -- Devil at Work? -- EMs in the Sanctuary -- Elevating the - Collection Basket! -- Psalm swap -- Sanctus article kudos	Vol.VIII, No 5 July-August 2002
Readers' Forum for September 2002 -- "Personalizing" Communion -- Heartbroken over new "standing norm" -- Don't use names -- ICEL translators inept -- NAB translators inept -- New translation loses its soul -- Divine Mercy -- Tabernacle Placement -- No "Hail Mary" after Intercessions? -- Scandalized by FDLC -- Is Self-Communicating an abuse? -- "On a lesser note..."	Vol. VIII, 6 September 2002
Readers' Forum for October 2002 -- On Post-1965 Songs -- Taize and Labyrinths -- Books use wrong version of the Bible -- No kneeling? What are we to do? -- What about bells? -- Does the "Children's Mass" justify changing words? -- Does unity mean "togetherness"? -- Eucharist for the sick -- Kneeling, genuflecting at Adoration -- What kind of liturgical influences? -- Thin soup -- Where's the New IGMR? -- Placement of altar candles -- Omit the Kyrie? -- The Lord's Prayer Doxology -- Book of Gospels -- About Lectors	Vol. VIII, No. 7 October 2002
Readers' Forum for November 2002 -- Deviance irrelevant? -- In need of direction -- To sing or not to sing? -- Concern about Lectionary translation -- Able to make a dent -- Confusing document -- Letter of thanks -- GIRM workshop -- Prayer of Jabez -- Preaching how to vote -- Communion -- Reception of the Blessed Eucharist -- Liturgical translation research -- Applause at Mass -- Cardinal Arinze -- Seminarian preaching? -- Chummy Entrance rite -- On adding "tropes" to the Agnus Dei	Vol VIII, No 8 November 2002
Readers' Forum for December 2002 - January 2003 -- Bishop's choice -- Chart confusing? -- Tabernacle restored to center position -- Kneeling: Ecumenical aspect ignored -- Training for "Lay Presiding -- Dies Irae -- Prayer to Saint Michael -- Bread and wine? -- Here I kneel... -- Adoration and betrayal -- Tridentine Mass -- Dropping Feast Days -- Losing Tradition -- Holy Communion -- Lift up our Hearts -- Singing for the Supper or the Sacrifice? -- Moving the Sign of Peace -- According to the books -- Comparing Translations -- Standing Clarification -- Changes in our Church -- Fraction Rite -- Standing throughout Communion rite -- Which Daily Missal? -- Consecration of Hosts -- More on "Double Genuflection" -- Confusion on "Adaptations" -- Use of choir lofts -- Mass abuses -- Holding hands -- I have been receiving extra copies of the Adoremus Bulletin	Vol VIII, No 9 December 2002 - January 2003
Readers' Forum for February 2003 -- From Melbourne -- Reflections on "Reflections..." -- "Orans" position during Our Father -- Sacred Time -- Extraordinary Minister Clarification -- Reverence for Royalty -- Good News from Rockford -- Theology of Kneeling -- Care of Sacred Linen -- On frustration -- Tabernacle Placement -- Gesture & Posture - Reverence is the Point -- Fireworks -- Sanctuary Candles -- Missal Advice -- Candles for Exposition -- When will we get the IGMR in English? -- Kneeling an "immemorial custom" -- Applause at Mass -- Communion is a meal	Vol VIII, No 10 February 2003
Readers' Forum for March 2003 - Veiling Statues and Crosses during Lent -- Blessings during Communion -- Traditional Mass -- Group Confession -- Washing Feet on Holy Thursday -- Music Director Search -- ...On Our Knees -- Where's the IGMR? -- Society of Saint Pius X -- Memorial Acclamation -- Adoration -- The Nods and Knees -- Background music -- Dropping a Host? -- Anointing of the Sick -- Greeting of peace -- No Genuflecting? -- Responses -- Baptism invalid? -- "The building itself is a city set on a hill"	Vol. IX, No. 1 March 2003
Readers' Forum for April 2003 - Lollipop of Christ? -- Donation Date Reminder Helpful -- Sand in the Holy Water Font? -- What Are We for? -- Thankful for Our Parish -- "Worship Space" Woes -- Keep Hope Alive -- Survey Follow-Up -- Extraordinary Ministers Are Necessary -- Baptismal Fonts -- Reverence at Any Age -- Subscriptions for Seminarians -- Mass is the Perfect Prayer -- Saint Joseph -- Online Source of Mass Music -- Kneeling SITuation -- A-choired Taste -- Defining Catholic	Vol. IX, No. 2 April 2003
Reader's Forum for May 2003 -- Bishop of New Ulm Comments -- Power of Language -- Musicians Serve -- Selecting Music Online -- EZ Online Liturgy -- Where Can We Go? -- Not Judgmental -- Let's Follow the Pope -- Struggle to Stay Catholic -- Protestantized Pools -- Modernist Music -- Wiccan Influence on Catholic Ritual --Lucy Carroll's Churchmice	Vol. IX, No. 3 May 2003
Readers' Forum -- "Saint Louis Jesuits"? -- Baptismal Fonts Redux -- Reverence Is Not the Problem -- Reverence is the Problem -- Membership Renewal -- "Neo-Catholic"? -- "Sponsoring" Seminarians -- AB Helpful to Seminarians -- AB Helpful to Priests -- AB Helpful to Converts -- AB Tediously Written -- Too Much Stress on Ritual -- A Proposal for Reform... -- Disposable Purificators? -- Wedding Inspires --What about the Apocryhpha? -- Why Print Donors' Names? -- New Documents	Vol. IX, No. 4 June 2003
Readers' Forum -- What Happened to My Hymn? -- Encyclical on the Eucharist -- Liturgists' Training -- Frustrations with ICEL -- Invitation from All Saints Church -- Support for Bishop -- Kneeling "Laudably Retained" -- Background Music in "Mass of Creation" -- Don't Reject Modernism out of Hand -- Observations... --In Memoriam: AB Letter Writer -- Music vs. Communion -- Corpus Christi Is "A Big Deal" at Our Parish -- Bernstein Mass	Vol. IX, No.5 July-August 2003
Readers' Forum -- Altered Consecration -- Our Style -- Abolish the Lectors -- Why All the Fuss? -- Bible Translations -- Protestant Sacraments -- Reading the Word of God -- About the News -- On Banishing the Soloists -- Like Minds in Canada? -- Latin Rite Wedding - and Wedding Hymns -- Thee and Thou: The Last Word -- Sign of Peace -- Communion: Row-by-Row -- Encyclical in AB Prompts Adoration -- Grateful to AB  -- AB's Alarmist Techniques -- Thrilled with St. Agnes -- Come Visit -- The Lingering Impact of Abuses	Vol. IX, No 6 September 2003
Readers' Forum -- Compelling Case for Quality Music at Mass -- What's Next? -- Missals at Mass -- Purification of Vessels -- Mother Teresa -- What can we do?	Vol. IX, No. 7 October 2003
Readers' Forum -- November 2003 -- Omitting the Gloria -- Abolishing the Soloist -- Where Have The Organists Gone? -- Bishops Must Lead by Example -- Who Are We Receiving? -- How to Get the GIRM -- Woman Homilist? -- Can We Sing Marian Hymns at Mass? -- Observing the Rules? -- Roman Missal Translation -- Unauthorized Texts for Mass	Vol. IX, No. 8 November 2003
Readers' Forum -- December 2003 - January 2004 -- Sign of Peace -- Where is AB's Comment? -- Know a Good Bulletin Service? -- Praying -- AB Helps Seminarian -- Liturgy of the Hours -- No Celebration for Holy Father -- Restore the Altar Rails! -- Keep Missals in the Pews -- Prefer English -- What Unity? -- Should Precious Blood Be Given? -- GIRM Workshop -- GIRM Source and Other Queries -- Bernstein "Mass" -- On Marian Hymns at Mass -- Really the Last One on Thee & Thou -- Is a Church Just a Building? -- Approved Bible Versions? -- Concluding Doxology -- More on Cleveland Posture Directives	Vol IX, No 9 December 2003 - January 2004
Readers' Forum -- February 2004 --On Cardinal Arinze -- On FDLC Addresses -- Bring Chant Back -- Holy Days of Obligation -- Posture & Gesture -- Implementing GIRM -- Cleaning Altar Linens -- Noisy Masses -- Constant Changes -- Restoring Reverence -- Latin Inspires -- Adoremus Unrealistic about Music -- "Novus Ordo Religion" -- Altar Server Resources -- Bread for Mass -- Adoremus, Hierarchy Should Wake up	Vol. IX, No. 10 February 2004
Readers' Forum --March 2004 -- Ecclesia de Eucharistia -- Holy Eucharist Booklet Useful -- Adoration Unites Us with Jesus -- On AB Articles -- Courage! -- Bishops' Advisors -- How Friendly? -- Good Parishes? -- Liturgy Education Resources -- Christ's Presence in Both Species -- Proper Attire for Mass -- Liturgical Discrimination -- Priest Suffers Culture Shock -- Do Dissenters Long for God? -- Disturbed by Interruptions at Mass -- Children's Masses -- Altered Lyrics -- Spiritus et Sponsa -- Searching for Musician	Vol. X, No. 1 March 2004
Readers' Forum -- April - May 2004 -- Restoring Rails Revisited -- On Using Priest's Nicknames -- We Honor "Padrecito" -- Instrumentation -- Self-Communion -- AB Helpful for Dissertation -- New Roman Calendar -- It's Just as Bad Down Under -- Hoping for Beautiful Music -- Nix on "Inclusive Language" -- Prayer Cards for Troops -- Mass for the People -- Articles on Sacred Music -- Mystified -- Kneeling after Agnus Dei	Vol X No 2 & 3 April -May 2004
Readers' Forum -- June 2004 -- Cardinal George's Speech -- Queries: Offertory and Act of Contrition -- On Marian Hymns at Mass -- Hymns for HIM -- Last Words on "Father Mikey" -- Names Protocol -- Church Shopping? -- Accompanying the Eucharistic Prayer -- Will the Instruction Stop the Abuses? -- Holy Thursday --"Communion Services" -- Debts and Trespasses	Vol. X. No. 4 June 2004
Readers' Forum -- July -August 2004 -- A Heart Lifted High | The Old Mass | Seek Inspiring Examples | "Abba"? | On Architecture | Altar Rails and Ecumenism | Baffling Bishops | Reverent Funeral Mass | On Implementing the Instruction | Clarifying... | Anglican Use | Sign of the Cross | Charting Changes | Who May Purify the Chalice? | Night Club Music	Vol X. No 5 July-August 2004
Readers' Forum -- September 2004 -- Legal Marriage? | Musical Irony | "Theological egotism" | Helpful Articles | More on "Debts" and Trespasses" | Clarifying When to Stand | Spiritual Director or Confessor? | Genuflection Question | Laity Abuses | "Adoremus"? | Kneeling (East & West) | A New Wind ... | Gluten-Free Hosts | Extraordinary Ministers Giving Blessings | Liturgical Abuses | Theology - and Donations | Dürer Cover Sacrilegious? | EMs on the Altar	Vol X, No 6 September 2004
Readers' Forum -- October 2004 -- Why the Abuses? | Mechanical Instruments | New Instruction | Communal Penance Service | Don't Stop! | Grammatical Orthodoxy | Greetings before Mass | E Pluribus Unison? | "Word and Communion" | Extra Extraordinary Ministers | Papal Knight: "I am a pro-choice man" | Lineamenta Responses? | Challenge to Instruction on Liturgical Abuse	Vol X, No 7 October 2004
Readers' Forum - November 2004 -- Responsorial Psalm -- Why Communion at Weddings and Funerals? -- About Intercommunion -- Communion under Both Kinds -- Extraordinary Ministers in the Sanctuary -- East & West & Kneeling -- Pronunciation of Church Latin -- Memorial Acclamation -- Tabernacle Moved -- Organist/Music Director Needed	Vol X, No 8 November 2004
Readers' Forum - Episcopalians and the Real Presence -- Prayer for the Year of the Eucharist -- Concerts in Churches -- What Happened to Jubilate Deo? -- Gobbledygook -- Confusion in Communion lines -- "Adapted" Teaching -- Forgotten Reality -- Old Guard's Grip -- Bishops Disappoint	Vol X, No 9 December 2004 - January 2005
Readers' Forum - Reuniting East & West -- More on Extraordinary Ministers -- Eucharistic Prayer Not a Performance -- Orans (again) -- Interference? -- Liturgy of the Hours -- I Quit -- Is the "Novus Ordo" Mass Protestant? -- Whatever happened to the Real Presence? -- Communion-in- the-Hand Coming to Poland? -- The Liturgy	Vol. X, No 10 February 2005
Readers' Forum -- March 2005 - Communion in the Absence of a Priest -- Music Approval? -- Worship Worries -- On Inculturation -- Doubting the Real Presence -- Children's Liturgies -- Elevation at the Consecration -- Extraordinary Minister Training -- Intinction -- What Should the Altar Servers Wear?	Vol. XI, No. 1 March 2005
Readers' Forum - April 2005 -- Indult Expiry? | Silent Organ? | Been There, Done That, Now What? | New Rubrics? | The Humility of Kneeling | Glory Be... | When Can I Leave Mass? | Color of Wine | Female Priests - Again? | Non-Catholic Musicians?	Vol. XI, No. 2 April 2005
Readers' Forum - May 2005 Doxology after Responsory |Chapter and Verse on "Orans" | RCIA & Anointing | Church and Health Care | AB Should Be More Thoughtful | Altar Server Attire | Saint Joseph and the Liturgy	Vol. XI, No 3 May 2005
Readers Forum - June 2005 -- Did Consecration Happen? -- I or Y Days? -- Proper Disposal -- Stingy With Sacred Silence -- Our Priorities? -- Polka Mass -- Delayed Missal Translation -- Papal Coat of Arms -- Knees to Love Christ -- Ad Orientem -- Top 10 Hymns	Vol. XI, No 4 June 2005
Readers' Forum -- July - August 2005 -- Facing the East | Gathering around the Altar | Mistranslation?| Choosing a Bible | “Moor’s head” | Three Liturgical Movements? | For Many or For All? (Editor's note: Choosing a Bible has been published online because of the numberous request received)	Vol XI, No 5 July-August 2005
Readers’ Forum -- September 2005 -- May a Priest Celebrate Alone? | Reverence in Receiving Communion | Lineamenta Questions | Purifying Vessels | Adoremus Hymnal Query | Douay Bible? | Ritual Blessings | AB Is Patronizing | Adoremus Oversimplifies | More on pro multis | Alter “Christ Has Died...”? | Sikh and Catholic? | Politicians and Communion – page 9	Vol. XI, No. 6 September 2005
Reader's Forum -- October 2005 -- The Quest for Accuracy | Candles for Exposition | When Does Transubstantiation Occur? | Recorded Music at Mass | “Top 10” Hymns | Hope for Real Reform? | A Musical Offering	Vol. XI, No. 7 October 2005
Reader's Forum -- November 2005 -- Can We Omit the Confiteor? | Meaning of Reconciliation | Why Send AB to Bishops? | Excellent Research | Clear Creek Monastery | Laity “Planning a Eucharist” | Music Instruction Outdated? | Thanks | No Thanks	Vol. XI, No. 8 November 2005
Readers Forum -- December 2005 - January 2006 Processions at Weddings | Gender-confused | Feminism Taints New Texts? | Picking a Bishop | No Pyrex, Please | May Deacons Preach? |Errors in Missal Illustrations?	Vol. XI, No. 9 December 2005-January 2006
Readers Forum -- February 2006 -- Mangling the Gloria “an abomination” | Translation Matters | Good Vibes on Mass Translation | Why Do We Use Incense? | Why the RSV? | Dies Irae | Hail Mary at Mass | Changing Terms | Music during Communion | Adding “Acclamations”	Vol. XI, No. 10 February 2006
Readers Forum -- US Bishops Set the Tone | Bishops’ Liturgy Discussion | More on Bishops’ Discussion | About Et Cum Spiritu Tuo | RSV & KJV | Lectionary Choice? | Liturgy of the Hours at Mass | A Meditation Song? | Marian Hymns at Mass | Hand-holding and Orans Posture	Vol. XII, No. 1 March 2006
Readers' Forum -- April 2006 [Letters online this month] -- Foot Washing and Flowers | Comic Homilies | “Teaching” Masses? | “Bad Habits” | Thanks, Adoremus! | Singing at Church | Musical Meddling | More on Music | A Glimmer of Hope? | Dispensations | The Meaning of Ritual Washing | Way of the Cross | Preaching the Catechism	Vol. XII, No. 2 April 2006
Readers’ Forum -- May 2006 Tabernacle, Recorded Music | Hand-washing | Liturgical Dance | Corpus on Good Friday? | Words and Terms | Latin/English | About Saturday Wedding Masses | Audibility	Vol. XII, No. 3 May 2006
Readers Forum: June 2006 -- Dominus Jesus | Liturgical Practices | The 15th Station | Vigil Masses | Latin/English | A Magnificent Mystery — Triad and Trinity	Vol. XII, No. 4 June 2006
Readers Forum -- Question on New Compendium --AB Punctuation -- C.S. Lewis on Liturgy -- Tradition -- “Precious Chalice” or Cup? -- Life Teen? -- Help with Music--What Can Be Done about Bad Songs?	Vol. XII, No. 5 July-August 2006
Readers' Forum: September 2006 -- "Jazz Riffs" and "Mantras" | "Proclamation"? | Crucifix | The Bible in the Breviary? | What "Precious Chalice" Means | What the Bishops Said | Can the only tabernacle be in a chapel outside the church building?	Vol. XII, No. 6 September 2006
Readers’ Forum: October 2006 -- New English Texts for the Mass | Annoyed by New Translation | Useful Web Site | When “Inclusive” Isn’t | Holy Days | More Holy Days | Divine Office Revision? | Why a Crucifix on the Altar? | Piano Played During Passion	Vol. XII, No. 7 October 2006
Readers' Forum -- Friends or Disciples | What’s Wrong with a Little Sentimental Piety? | House of Prayer? | “Lord of the Dance” | Applause at Mass | Gregorian Chant at St. Mark’s | Responsorial Psalm Choices | Substituting Chants	Vol. XII, No. 8 November 2006
Readers' Forum -- May Laity Give Homilies? | Filling Chalices |Purifying Sacred Vessels |On “Brethren” | Too Much Venerating? | Rewording the Gloria | “Inclusivizing” | Proper Singing | Correction	Vol. XII, No. 9, December 2006 - January 2007
Readers' Forum -- Standing Command | “Liturgical Bible” | Follow-up on Veneration | Liturgical Questions | Hierarchy of Chants | Following Rules | About the Pueri Cantores - Young Singers	Vol. XII, No. 10 February 2007
Readers' Forum: March 2007 -- Cleaning Vessels | Seasonal Decorations | Dismissal of Catechumens | Candles for Exposition | Offertory — When to Stand? | On Polarizing | People Around the Altar | Norms for Altar Boys? | More on Altar Servers | Words Matter | “We wait in hope” | Book of Catholic Worship | Thanks	Vol. XIII, No. 1 March 2007
Readers' Forum -- Ad Orientem | Communion Distribution |Lay Communion Services | Alternate Canons | How to Avoid “Polka Masses” | “Mother-God”, Glass Vessels | Liturgy - “source and summit” | Translation of Lectionary	Vol. XIII, No. 2 April 2007
Readers' Forum -- About the “Core Repertoire” of Sacred Music | Look on the Bright Side | Mass and Liturgy of the Hours | Applause and Communal Penance | Candles and Adoration | Paschal Candle | Performing the Passion | Shaker Songs? | Rite of Sprinkling | Douay-Rheims	Vol. XIII, No. 3 May 2007
Readers' Forum -- Sacramentum Caritatis | What to Do with Religious Objects | Gloria — Changing words | Organ during the Consecration | More on Rite of Sprinkling | On “Uniates” | EMs and Communion for the Sick | Dress in Church | Devotion to Mary | He Rose Again?	Vol. XIII, No. 4 June 2007
Readers Forum -- July-August 2007 -- Posture During the “Our Father” | Evangelium Vitae Translation | More on Limbo | Vessels for Mass | Results! | Observance of Rubrics at Mass | Benediction | St. Michael Hymnal | Digital Organ? | Was the Deacon Concelebrating?	Vol. XIII, No. 5 July-August 2007
Readers' Forum -- The Gloria in excelsis | More on the Gloria | More on Bibles | Bible Translation | Revised Lectionary | Latin Language? | Chant for a Tridentine Mass | Decoration of Churches | Parish Mission Statements | Recycling Your Rosaries	Vol. XIII, No. 6 September 2007
Readers' Forum -- Observing Rules | Digital Organs | St. Joseph Foundation | EMs and the Tabernacle | Give Us this Day | Lead Us Not | Latin Clarification | Rosary Mysteries | Children’s Mass and Responsorial Psalms | Hope for Things to Come...	Vol. XIII, No. 7 October 2007
Readers' Forum -- “Celebrant” or “Presider” | About Chant... | Latin | Latin Leaflets | Silence before Mass | Choir in the Sanctuary | Adoration Question | Omitting the Bishop? | Mass Confusion | A Place for the Homily | Posture of Priest Confusing | Concelebration Question | Kneeling after Communion	Vol. XIII, No. 8 November 2007
Readers' Forum -- More on Digital Organs | Hosts from the Tabernacle | EMs — Again | Who Distributes Communion? | Chant in English | Translating Latin	Vol. XIII, No. 9 December 2007 - January 2008
Readers' Forum: Protestant "Our Father"? | Presider | Carrying the Monstrance | "For Many" | Singing the Mass | 1962 Mass Rubrics for the Congregation? | Vertical and Horizontal Hymns | Chapel for the Blessed Sacrament | Congregation's Posture during Communion | Tabernacle Placement | Agnus Dei in "Sing to the Lord" | Priestless Services | Words before Communion	Vol. XIII, No. 10 February 2008
Readers' Forum -- Candles for Adoration | Antiphonal Seating and Funeral Music | Liturgical Calendar | Baptisms during Lent | Rubrics | Oddities | Celebrant or "Presider" | Ashes to "Ashes" | Sacred Space or Entertainment Center? | Sunday Mass Intentions	Vol. XIV, No. 1 March 2008
Readers' Forum -- Mass Changes Due Soon? | Agnus Dei -- Or "words to that effect" | Chatty Homilies | Rubrics for Adoration | Looking Out for John & Mary | Pipe or Digital Orgns -- More |Sunday Mass Intentions -- Correction! | Easter Sequence	Vol. XIV, No. 2 April 2008
Readers' Forum -- Changing Creed and Confiteor | So There | Memorial Acclamation | Blue Vestments | Feast of Chair of Saint Peter | Communion Singing | The Power of Music | Oddities? | Restoration of Mass? | Acolyte or Server? | Extraordinary Ministers are Ordinary | Why Buy? | Old Missals | Redeeming Feature	Vol. XIV, No. 3 May 2008
Recent International Survey on Scripture: Reading the Bible, Who, When, Where, How, Why -- by Sandro Magister	Vol. XIV, No. 3 May 2008
The Real Presence: Center of Faith and Witness Pro-life leader explains why we must never "hide" the tabernacle by John C. Willke, MD	Vol. 5, 10 February 2000
The Reality of the Real Presence by Donald J. Keefe, SJ and an excerpt from Mysterium Fidei (Paul VI), The Physical Reality of Christ's Body and Blood in the Eucharist	Vol. VIII, 1 March 2002
Recovery of the Sacred, Liturgy and the Loss of History by James Hitchcock -- James Hitchcock’s analysis of the liturgical reform following the Second Vatican Council, Recovery of the Sacred, originally published in 1974 (Seabury Press), and reprinted in 1995 (Ignatius Press) remains both pertinent and timely.	Vol. XII, No. 4 June 2006
Redemptionis Sacramentum, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, On certain matters to be observed or to be avoided regarding the Most Holy Eucharist, March 25, 2004.	Vol X, No 5 July-August 2004
The Rediscovery of the Liturgy of the Hours: The Mundelein Psalter -- A New Resource for the Church's Ancient Prayer	Vol. XIII, No. 1 March 2007
The Rediscovery of Musical Treasure -- Saint Cecilia Schola Cantorum Holds Gregorian Chant Workshop -- by Arlene Oost-Zinner	Vol. XII, No. 2, April 2006
Re-Enchanting the Mass -- How beauty affects belief, by Alvin F. Kimel, Jr.	Vol. XI, No. 9 December 2005-January 2006
As the "Liturgy Wars" fade....Reflections on Polarization -- by Susan Benofy	Vol. XII, No. 10 February 2007
Regina Cæli -- Throughout the Easter Season -- until Pentecost-- the Regina Cæli (Queen of Heaven) is said as the mealtime Angelus prayer. The "Hail Holy Queen" (Salve Regina) often said at the end of the Rosary may be added	Vol. IX, No. 3 May 2003
Rejecting Adoration weakens faith, says Cardinal George  by David A. Murray	Vol. 6, 4 June/July 2000
Renovated, Restored, RENEWED! St. Aloysius in New Canaan, CT restores sense of sacred to post-Vatican II "meeting house" by Anne Carey	Vol. 4, 4 July / August 1998
Re-pitching the Wrecking Ball - Feverish haste to remodel churches reflects radical renovation of theology by Matthew Grantham	Vol. VIII, 1 March 2002
Responses to Liturgiam authenticam	Vol. 7, 4 June 2001
Restoring Sacred Time -- How the Liturgical Year deepens Catholic faith. - In his new book, Ceremonies of the Liturgical Year According to the Modern Roman Rite, Monsignor Peter Elliott presents a "manual for clergy and all involved in liturgical ministries" as a guide to the most important moments of the Church year from its beginning at Advent, through Christmas, Holy Week, and Corpus Christi to the solemnity of Christ the King.	Vol. VIII, No. 7 October 2002
Rethinking the Responsorial Gloria by Andrew Brownell	Vol. VI, No. 10 February 2001
Retrieving "A Treasure of Inestimable Value" -- The Bishops' Subcommittee on Music and the Directory of Music for Use in the Liturgy -- by Susan Benofy	Vol. XII, No. 1 March 2006
[Re]Turn to the East? A young priest asks if it is time to consider a change in practice by Father Thomas Kocik	Vol. 5, 8 November 1999
Reverence at St. Charles Borromeo by Father Lawrence Violette	Vol. 5, 6 September 1999
Reverence for the Eucharistic Liturgy: The External Forms and Internal Realities of the Liturgy by the Most Rev. John Keating	Vol. 1, 2 December 1995
Reviews - Book Reviews: My Catholic Prayer Book Edited by The Rev. Victor Hoagland, CP: Regina Press, 2001, (Paper. Illustrated in color. 220 pp. $8.95) The Little Catechism on Confession and The Little Catechism on the Holy Eucharist. Compiled and published by Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska: 1996. (Small booklet format, paper. Illustrated. 72 / 70 pp. $1 each.) Adoration: Eucharistic Texts and Prayers Throughout Church History. Compiled by Daniel P. Guernsey. Ignatius Press: 1999 (Paper. 250 pp. $14.95) I the Lord Am With You Always: Prayers and Meditations for Eucharistic Adoration, Compiled by Christine McCarthy: McPhersons Printing Group, 1999. (Paper. Illustrated. 268 pp.) Reflections on the Mysteries of the Rosary, by Msgr. Adrian I. Dwyer. Dorrance, 2000. (Paper. 64 pp. $8.)	Vol.VIII, No 5 July-August 2002
Revised Adaptations to the Institutio Generalis Missalis Romani for the Church in the United States - Effective April 25, 2002 -- An amended translation will be introduced at the November 2002 meeting of the USCCB for the bishops' vote.	Vol. VIII, No. 7 October 2002
The Revision of the Roman Liturgy: A Review        by Michael Dummett	Vol. 3, 1 March 1997
Revisiting "Liturgical Dance" -- Looking again at the thirty-year-old commentary of the Congregation for Divine Worship on "Religious Dance".	Vol. X, No. 10 February 2005
Revitalizing Liturgical Music -- Recovering the Sacred: Church Music Association of America Colloquium 2007: "Six Days of Musical Heaven"	Vol. XIII, No. 1 March 2007
Rite of Pius V Cannot Be Considered Defunct, Cardinal says -- Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos, President of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, celebrated Mass according to the Rite of Saint Pius V.	Vol. IX, No. 4 June 2003
Ritus Narcissus: Why Do We Sing Ourselves and Celebrate Ourselves? by Father Paul Scalia	Vol. 5, 1 March 1999
The Role of Liturgical Norms in the Eucharistic Celebration -- by Cardinal Francis Arinze	Vol. XIV, No. 3 May 2008
The Roman Canon: The Homestead of the Family of God by Father Jerry Pokorsky	Vol. 2, 4 July/August1996
Rome, Feminism and Rebellion An E-mail Exchange	Vol. 3, 1 March 1997
The Roots of Modernist Church Architecture by Duncan Stroik	Vol. 3,7 October 1997
Rosarium Virginis Mariae - On October 16, 2002, the 24th anniversary of his papacy, Pope John Paul II issued an apostolic letter on the Rosary, Rosarium Virginis Mariae, that included guidance for praying the Rosary and added five new Mysteries from the Life of Christ, called the "Mysteries of Light" (or luminous mysteries). [Only excerpts were printed in the Bulletin]	Vol VIII, No 8 November 2002
The Rosary and Eucharistic Adoration  by Susan Benofy	Vol. 5, 3 May 1999
The Rosary of Our Lady - The author's preface to The Rosary of Our Lady, part I, "The Form and Meaning of the Rosary" originally published in German in 1955. by Father Romano Guardini	Vol.VIII, No 5 July-August 2002
The Rosary of Our Lady -- excerpt from the book, The Rosary of Our Lady by Fr. Romano Guardini	Vol. IX, No. 3 May 2003
The Rosary - A Prayer of and for Families	Vol. XI, No. 7 October 2005
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Sacrament of Salt by Sean Kinsella	Vol. 7, 6 September 2001
Sacramentum Caritatis -- Sacrament of Love, Pope Benedict XVI, Apostolic Exhortation following the Synod on the Eucharist. February 22, 2007 - Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter.	Vol. XIII, No. 2 April 2007
Sacred Music in the Rockies: Chant Workshop in Colorado Springs Inspires Singers -- by Larry Rutherford	Vol. XIV, No. 1 March 2008
Sacred Music -- Time to Reconnect with Worship? by Richard Perrignon	Vol. XIII, No. 10 February 2008
Sacred Signs and Active Participation at Mass by Father Cassian Folsom, OSB	Vol. 4, 3 May / June 1998
Sacred Signs and Religious Formation: An Application of the Teachings of Monsignor Romano Guardini -- by Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB	Vol. XIV, No. 1 March 2008
Sacred Space: Rediscovering the Tradition book review by Denis McNamara	Vol. 6, 5 August 2000
Sacrosanctum Concilium: The Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy Excerpts from Vatican II	Vol. 3, 6 September 1997 August 2000
Saint John Fisher - Fidelity unto Death, English bishop and martyr offers example of heroic virtue.	Vol.VIII, No.4 June 2002
Saint Louis Bishop Dolan to head Milwaukee Archdiocese -- Bishop Timothy Dolan, who has been auxiliary bishop of Saint Louis for a year, was appointed archbishop of Milwaukee on June 25.	Vol.VIII, No 5 July-August 2002
Saint Louis Eucharistic Congress draws 32,000 By Matthew Grantham	Vol. 7, 5-6 July / August 2001
Saint Mark’s — A Liturgy Without Hymns Is the liturgy at this great Venetian basilica what the Council had in mind? by Joseph Swain	Vol. XII, No. 7 October 2006
Saint Nowhere's by James Hitchcock	Vol. 3, 6 September 1997
Saints Peter and Paul -- Homily of Pope Benedict XVI -- Saint Peter's Basilica - June 29, 2006	Vol. XIII, No. 4 June 2007
Sanctus Bells --Their History and Use in the Catholic Church -- "Most Catholic Christians are familiar with Sanctus bells. Though the bells are still heard in many parishes, many wonder about them. Some long to hear their joyful sounds; and some erroneously believe their use during the Mass is now prohibited. " by Matthew Herrera	Vol. XI, No. 1 March 2005
Sanctus Sanctus Sanctus by Hugh Ballantyne	Vol.VIII, No.4 June 2002
The Scandal of the Liturgy Review of Cardinal Ratzinger's Spirit of the Liturgy by Father Paul Scalia	Vol. VI, No. 9 December 2000 - January 2001
St. Louis Archbishop Appointed to Worship Congregation Staff	Vol. 5, 5 July / August 1999
St. Louis Archbishop Promotes Eucharistic Adoration Staff	Vol. 3, 9 December 1997 / January 1998
Scripture as the Place of God's Hope -- Instilling Power -- Pope Benedict XVI	Vol. XII, No. 1 March 2006
Scripture as the Place of God’s Hope-instilling Power From A New Song for the Lord -- by Pope Benedict XVI	Vol. XII, No. 3 May 2006
Selected Quotes on Sacred Song 1963-2003	Vol. XII, No. 1 March 2006
Selling Bibles to Generation Y by David A. Murray	Vol. 5, 9 December 1999 - January 2000
Shades of the Seventies: "Wonder Bread" Masses, "Real Food" vs "Real Presence"?; Illicit or Invalid?; Ecumenism, multiculturalism and theology. by Helen Hull Hitchcock	Vol. VIII, 1 March 2002
Signs and Wonders by Anthony Corvaia, Jr.	Vol. XI, No. 1 March 2005
Silence and the Sacred - Can we recover a sense of awe, of mystery at Mass? Regaining intimacy-with-Our-Lord, a minute of silence by Father Ralph Wright, OSB	Vol. VII, 9-10 December 2001- January 2002
Singing for the Supper or the Sacrifice? Liturgical Music and the Real Presence. By Lucy E. Carroll	Vol VIII, No 8 November 2002
Singing the Four Seasonal Marian Anthems -- by Lucy Carroll	Vol. XIII, No. 6 July-August 2007
Singing the Mass - We cannot say that one Song is as Good as Another -- by Susan Benofy	Vol. XIII, No. 8 November 2007
So, You're On the Parish Building Committee? Architectural Resources by Denis McNamara	Vol. 4, 9 February 1999
Solemnity of the Lord's Epiphany	Vol VIII, No 9 December 2002 - January 2003
Some Reflections on the Art of "Lectoring" - To read Sacred Scripture to the members of the Christian community is to cultivate -- and by cultivating to carry on -- a tradition many thousands of years old. By Allen Brings	Vol VIII, No 8 November 2002
The Sound of a Catholic Communion: CMAA's New Release: Communio: Communion Antiphon with Psalms -- interview with Jeffrey Tucker	Vol. XIII, No. 5 July-August 2007
Encyclical Letter, SPE SALVI of the Supreme Pontiff, Benedict XVI to the Bishops, Priests and Deacons, Men and Women Religious and all the Lay Faithful, ON CHRISTIAN HOPE, November 30, 2007	Vol. XIII, No. 9 December 2007 - January 2008 and Vol. XIII, No. 10 February 2008
Special Report -- USCCB November 2001 Meeting- Part I US Bishops discuss Instruction; affirm Holy See's liturgy critiques; send ICEL text back for repairs by Helen Hull Hitchcock	Vol. VII, 9 December 2001- January 2002
Special report on USCCB November 2001 meeting - Part II Bishops revise American Adaptations for Institutio transcribed by Susan Benofy and edited by Helen Hull Hitchcock	Vol. VII, 10 February 2002
The Spirit of the Liturgical Movement Through the Liturgy Man May Become What He Longs to Be ­ A Child of God by Stratford Caldecott	Vol. 2, 8 December 1996
Standing or Kneeling During the Consecration? Some Parish Bulletins Go Astray by Father Joseph Fessio, S.J.	Vol. 1, 4 February 1996
The State of Art and Architecture Reform Vatican II Did Not Intend the Destruction of Churches by Monsignor Richard Schuler	Vol. 3, 2 April 1997
Synod 2001 -- World's Bishops address papal primacy, role of bishops, "inculturation" (followed by quotes from Synod General Congregations) Highlights from Synod 2001 by James Hitchcock	Vol. VII, 8 November 2001
Synod on the Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church -- by Helen Hull Hitchcock	Vol. XIV, No. 3 May 2008