The weekend of Nov. 27 begins the most dramatic changes seen in the Catholic Mass since those that came as a result of the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s. It should be clearly said what is ...

The greeting of the angel Gabriel opens this prayer. It is God himself who, through his angel, greets Mary. The grace with which Mary is filled is the presence of him who is the source of all grace.

In the Common Lectionary for last week, these were the somewhat tired sounding words of the psalmist, contained in psalm 123: “To you I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens! As ...