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A thought experiment: where to place baptisms at the Easter Vigil

I realized one day how many things I did as a priest because I liked them without having thought them through and without trying to understand the "why" behind my actions.

Liturgy doesn’t ‘mean’ anything: It is something

A very common question is some variation of "What does this or that ceremony or action mean?" It expresses a false assumption.

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