Category Archives: liturgy

Stage makeup at Mass

Posted on May 14, 2013 by margaretfelice

If I were better at marketing myself, or at least at branding my blog, I would just do one thing, and write about that. Do the people who visit the blog because they want to read about singing and performing … Continue reading →

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Seven Reasons I Love Being Catholic

Posted on March 1, 2013 by margaretfelice

Would that I were a papal scholar and could write a brilliant post on the sede vacante. Instead, I’ll stick with the Catholic theme and tell you a few of the reasons I love being Catholic 1. My family I … Continue reading →

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Moving the cantor

Posted on February 6, 2013 by margaretfelice

Church has always mattered to me. I don’t know what it was about it that attracted me as a kid: the people there, the activities after, the light through the stained glass, the booming of the organ. Even when I … Continue reading →

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Staying open to grace, even when we don’t approve

Posted on January 30, 2013 by margaretfelice

There’s a priest who I often hear who has a liturgical style that, shall we say, does not suit me. When he randomly shouts out “The Lord be with You!” because he’s forgotten where we are in the mass, I … Continue reading →

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When it’s an obligation

Posted on December 11, 2012 by margaretfelice

In the wonderful world of the Catholic liturgical calendar, this past weekend was a big one: Immaculate Conception on Saturday, with observance of the Second Sunday of Advent beginning at sundown. Since Immaculate Conception is a day of obligation, Catholics … Continue reading →

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Seven Quick Takes, volume 15

Posted on October 26, 2012 by margaretfelice

— 1 — Yesterday I wrote “Four Alternatives to Killing Your Pipe Organ” in response to a Boston Globe opinion piece that really irked me. Diana linked to it over at the PrayTell Blog as well, which flatters me to … Continue reading →

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Four alternatives to killing your pipe organ

Posted on October 25, 2012 by margaretfelice

This morning in the Boston Globe was an opinion piece that got my blood boiling before I had even left the house. Jennifer Graham writes To revitalize the Church, let’s kill all the organs! While I appreciate her observation that … Continue reading →

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Why Vatican II is the best thing ever

Posted on October 11, 2012 by margaretfelice

Fifty years ago today, Blessed John XXIII opened the Second Vatican Council, stating: In calling this vast assembly of bishops, the latest and humble successor to the Prince of the Apostles who is addressing you intended to assert once again … Continue reading →

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Making Music

Posted on September 17, 2012 by margaretfelice

So I did something pretty neat this past weekend: I knew even as mass was going on (all two hours of it) that it would be too much, too many emotions for me to blog about. So I’m not going … Continue reading →

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1 quick take

Posted on September 14, 2012 by margaretfelice

I try to write my seven quick takes so I can post them over at Conversion Diary every Friday, but this Friday got away from me, and the idea of trying to format a post on my mobile device is … Continue reading →

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