A church A-Z: Antiphon, Benediction, Chasuble, Deaconess
A is for Antiphon. We begin nearly every Mass with the “Entry Antiphon”, but what’s that? “Antiphon” means “answering voice”. It is a refrain, or ‘chorus line’, at the beginning and end of a psalm or after each group of verses. Usually it comments in concentrated form on the theme of the text. So in [...]