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By Amy Welborn, Catholic World Report, Dec. 13, 2024

Amy Welborn is the author of over twenty books on Catholic spirituality and practice, and writes extensively at her blog, Charlotte was Both.

*From Flannery O’Connor’s short story “Revelation”.

(Editor’s note: This essay was posted originally on Charlotte Was Both and is reposted here, in slightly different form, with kind permission of the author.)

The anti-kneeling stance confuses some, but the position expressed recently by Cardinal Cupich reflects the liturgical orthodoxy that became standard in the US by the 1980s.

Those interested in liturgical matters are sometimes accused of being inappropriately interested in externals when they should be out doing some works of mercy.

Well, probably, since we all fall short on that score.

(And guess what? I’m annoyed at myself for deciding to write about this kind of thing—again…)

The accusation implies that “conservatives” are most guilty on that score, while anyone involved in liturgy for more than five minutes suspects that liturgical “progressives” are just as guilty. And if you’ve been involved for more than two decades, you know it as a fact….

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Up … Off Your Knees! by Amy Welborn

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Daily Scripture Readings and Meditation: Elijah Must First Come

By Amy Welborn, Catholic World Report, Dec. 13, 2024

The anti-kneeling stance confuses some, but the position expressed recently by Cardinal Cupich reflects the liturgical orthodoxy that became standard in the US by the 1980s.

Those interested in liturgical matters are sometimes accused of being inappropriately interested in externals when they should be out doing some works of mercy.

Well, probably, since we all fall short on that score.

(And guess what? I’m annoyed at myself for deciding to write about this kind of thing—again…)

The accusation implies that “conservatives” are most guilty on that score, while anyone involved in liturgy for more than five minutes suspects that liturgical “progressives” are just as guilty. And if you’ve been involved for more than two decades, you know it as a fact….

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