I see that my original question was unclear. I used the words common lectionary because one of the lectionaries is formally called the Revised Common Lectionary. Wikipedia does a decent job of differentiating the Catholic lectionary and the others.
I was raised Catholic and through most of my...
I think the simplest way I could rephrase it is, how does the imam decide what the subject of the sermon will be on Friday?
The replies below answer the question pretty well.
Basically, I'm wondering how the subjects of the sermons are determined. In many Christian denominations, the pastor will use the readings of the week as prescribed in the common lectionary. ...
Thanks for the welcome and giving the site a look.
The main difference between Deily and a forum, such as this one, is that it's not really designed as a conversation with direct replies. It's also focused on the source material and explaining that material in context.
I'm not sure how we...
Thanks for the lead! I found this letter written by Pope Benedict XVI when he was Cardinal Ratzinger. It specifically addresses meditation for Catholics. It's interesting, but it would be nice if they would include the tl;dr version. My take is that meditation and other "eastern" practices are...
That's a cool site, thanks for sharing. I hadn't heard of meditation being practiced in Catholicism. Since it was a little clunky to use Google translate on every page, I found an English site with similar information: The World Community for Christian Meditation.
Thanks for checking! It will change. It can change faster if someone (you?) points us to good content in the public domain. Or you can add content directly if you know of something that will be useful to people.
Well, that was my impression after looking around a while. Some of you clearly have a deep understanding of many aspects of religion, much deeper than mine. I have a lot to learn. :)
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