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Article: The sacrament of our sexuality: the Mass is an offering, and they offer themselves to God to increase the love in the world, and even to create life.(A Life in Liturgy: Rediscovering the Mass)(Book review)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- June 12, 2009
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A LIFE IN LITURGY: REDISCOVERING THE MASS
By Joseph T. Nolan
Published by the author, $15
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Yes, it is a sacrament and we should teach this early before the whole concept is lost. Nothing reflects more our secular society than the increasing practice of passing up any kind of church ceremony to locate the whole thing wherever the reception will take place.
Or for invited guests to skip "the religious stuff" and go straight to the party. We are not quite in a losing game, but every minister of religion will tell you that weddings are difficult, a challenge to give a sacred dimension to a social event.
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