I received SO MANY excellent questions from folks during the Roman Missal Webinars I hosted last week. Here is the 3rd installment!
Catechetical Issues & Topics
The New Roman Missal Translation in Under 10 Minutes
Thanks to my friend and colleague Santiago Cortés-Sjöberg for sharing this video link with me. It is a very helpful short video to help teens and middle school youth to understand the changes in the Roman Missal. Word for Word [Teens] from Life Teen on Vimeo. Print Friendly
Joe's Comings and Goings
Catechist-at-Large
Hopefully, if I watch my weight, I won’t become a large catechist, however, this year, I’m going to serve as a type of “catechist-at-large.” Due to a number of commitments, I’m unable to have my own class this year, however, I am going to be doing the following at Most Holy Redeemer in Evergreen Park, IL: Teaching the Roman Missal changes (within the context of teaching about the Mass) to grades 1-8 in two separate presentations in […]
Liturgy and Sacraments
Blessings for the Revised Roman Missal
In just a few short weeks, we will begin using the Third Edition of the Roman Missal. I do hope that you’ve taken advantage of the number of resources I’ve made available over these past few months! Here are a few more resources: A 4-page blessing/prayer service outside Mass done by LTP based on the Book of Blessings: Blessing of Missal. A blessing from the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. It is for use on the First […]
I have only discovered this treasure trove that you call a blog today, but have been engrossed in reading it. Thank you for what you are offering to those of that are called to protect and defend our beautiful faith. I just finished watching your webinar on New Translation of the Roman Missal, and am wondering where I can find the pdf file you spoke of? Thanks, again, for all you do and share!
Thanks so much Jennifer. Here’s the link to the post with the pdf you asked about.
https://catechistsjourney.loyolapress.com/2011/02/14/roman-missal-changes-updated-resource-list/
Hey Joe,
I’m doing a Lent project and I have some questions. Like…. Why do we have a season of Lent?
Hi Aspen, good question. Lent began in the early church as the final intense preparation period for catechumens before baptism at the Easter Vigil. It made sense for the rest of the Christian community to walk this journey with the catechumens and renew their baptism at Easter as well. Thus, Lent has come down to us as a period during which we focus on what it takes to follow Christ and to practice the 3 disciplines that help us to live out our baptism: prayer, fasting, and giving alms. Suffice to say, Lent has no meaning apart from baptism!