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## [Confessions of a Post-'Rad Trad' Millennial: The Perfect Sacrifice](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/2016/08/12/confessions-of-a-post-rad-trad-millennial-the-perfect-sacrifice)
Published by [Joseph Wagner](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/author/joseph-wagner)
I grew up in a parish that was very much steeped in the “Spirit of Vatican II”: our priests used glass chalices, wore their stoles over their chasubles, and there wasn’t a Sunday in Ordinary Time when we didn’t sway to the beat of a rousing song. For the most part, I had good liturgical formation growing up. While many abuses perdured, my pastor had a keen penchant for “good liturgy.” When I start...
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[August 12, 2016](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/2016/08/12/confessions-of-a-post-rad-trad-millennial-the-perfect-sacrifice)
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## [Improving Catholic Homilies, Part 3: Explain the Liturgy](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/2016/07/25/improving-catholic-homilies-part-3-explain-the-liturgy)
Published by [Christian Smith](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/author/christian-smith)
I have in parts [one](http://churchlife.nd.edu/2016/07/11/improving-catholic-homilies-part-1/) and [two](http://churchlife.nd.edu/2016/07/18/improving-catholic-homilies-part-2/) of this series dedicated to improving Catholic homilies suggested two major pieces of advice. First, avoid homilies that are unfocused and difficult to absorb by driving home only one important point per homily. Second, avoid sentimental moralism by grounding every homily message in the *Good News* of what God has done for us as the foundation of anything we might need to...
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[July 25, 2016](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/2016/07/25/improving-catholic-homilies-part-3-explain-the-liturgy)
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## [A Theology of Liturgical Evangelization: Part 5](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/2016/06/13/a-theology-of-liturgical-evangelization-part-5)
Published by [Colleen Reiss Vermeulen](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/author/colleen-reiss-vermeulen)
*Previously in this series:* [*A Theology of Liturgical Evangelization: Part 1*](http://churchlife.nd.edu/2016/02/24/a-theology-of-liturgical-evangelization-part-1/)*,* [*Part 2*](http://churchlife.nd.edu/2016/03/21/a-theology-of-liturgical-evangelization-part-2/)*,* [*Part 3*](http://churchlife.nd.edu/2016/04/18/a-theology-of-liturgical-evangelization-part-3/), and *[Part 4](http://churchlife.nd.edu/2016/05/16/a-theology-of-liturgical-evangelization-part-4/)*
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[June 13, 2016](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/2016/06/13/a-theology-of-liturgical-evangelization-part-5)
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## [Review: "Preaching as Worship" by Michael Quicke](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/2016/05/23/review-preaching-as-worship)
Published by [Colleen Reiss Vermeulen](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/author/colleen-reiss-vermeulen)
How might Catholic parishes better form worshippers in, through, and for liturgy?
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[May 23, 2016](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/2016/05/23/review-preaching-as-worship)
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## [Scapegoating Liturgical Reform](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/2016/03/15/scapegoating)
Published by [Timothy O'Malley](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/author/timothy-omalley)
Over the last several months, there have been a series of blogs, all seeking to establish that the treatment of liturgy following the Second Vatican Council is responsible for the decline in both religious vocations and Catholic practice in late modern society. Some have taken the approach that liturgy after the Council has been "feminized," often leading to a [reduction of men entering the priesth...](https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/the-catholic-churchs-priest-shortage-crisis-a-self-inflicted-wound)
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[March 15, 2016](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/2016/03/15/scapegoating)
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