“Organist Robert Ridgell plays a tribute to Michael Jackson in the postlude for the service from June 28th at Trinity Wall Street Church, Broadway, New York. Beat It and ABC come together seamlessly in this performance. Majestic.”
Category: liturgy
catholicism, holiday, lent, liturgy, ministry, music, pOddcast, prayer, reflection, retreat, shrine, travel
pOddcast – Gather at the Cross
On Oddwalk’s recent trip to Bermuda to lead retreats, both days of retreats we ended with a closing prayer where we invited the students to gather around a large wooden cross we had found backstage in their theater. We invited the teens to pray, and reflect that while the cross of Christ is heavy, and…
catholicism, liturgy, poll, prayer
New OddPoll – Triduum Liturgies
Yeah, we’re more-or-less geeks when it comes to this most sacred time of year – we like to pray with the Church, pray often, and pray well. These unique liturgies are all beautiful, and devotions like the Stations of the Cross add to the solemnity and spirituality of the time. We probably each have our…
catholicism, liturgy, Mary, website
Comments Fixed (In Honor of Mary)
In honor of the Feast of the Annunciation, we fixed the problems (we just learned about) that some Oddblog viewers were having with the comments if they were using IE on windows. (Why anyone would willingly do that to themselves – use IE and/or windows – we’re not sure, but hey, it’s not our place…
catholicism, christmas, family, friends, liturgy, pope, travel
And now, a few pictures from Rome
Orin and Erin took a trip to Rome over new years, as a vacation and to witness their friend David take his perpetual vows as an Oblate of Mary Immaculate. Here are a few pictures, with more to come down the road…
AI, catholicism, liturgy, odd
Not Exactly a Renewal of Vows
As part of studies at Aquinas Institute, those preparing for the priesthood have practice sessions for sacramental presiding, including weddings. Today, Orin and Erin helped a couple of their friends by role-playing brides and grooms. In both instances, Erin was a good Catholic girl, but Orin was once an unbaptized-but-not-antagonistic-toward-Catholicism groom, and the other time…
liturgy, technology
Remembering Is Like Reliving
Warning – nerdy liturgical theology post ahead: This news article (NY Times) reports: “Scientists have for the first time recorded individual brain cells in the act of summoning a spontaneous memory, revealing not only where a remembered experience is registered but also, in part, how the brain is able to recreate it. “The recordings, taken from the…
liturgy
Emphasis
For those of you coming here to find a strange joke or a curious bit of news, I (Orin) apologize, but I couldn’t think of where else to share these liturgical thoughts and questions. You may know the Vatican recently gave its approval to a revised English translation of the mass, though we likely won’t be…