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Archive for category Liturgical Spirituality
What we pray for (and against) reveals some of our deepest desires and commitments – at least that is what I have been pondering lately.
December 23 suddenly seems more important in and of itself, something akin to a liturgical hinge day, when things begin to turn.
We hereby direct that the text of the Roman Missal be used exactly as it is written… None of us has the authority to change the text for any reason. This includes altering or changing any of the language contained in the liturgical books of the Church, not only the Roman Missal, but the Lectionary and other ritual books – the responses and prayers of the priest, and also those of the people.
Most of us on this blog know the name of Yves Congar but few of us know his debt to Willem Cornelis van Unnik in Congar’s analysis of the work of the Holy Spirit in the liturgy.
“And with your spirit”?
Nov 16
British Jesuit Jack Mahoney explores the meaning behind a controversial response in the revised translation of the Missal.
George Weigel harps on bad liturgical habits.
Liturgy and personal prayer
Oct 17
I know many means of prayer. Still, more often than not, my mind keeps nattering on, and I can’t tell the voice of God from all the other voices in there. I know I’m not alone in this; the apostles themselves begged Jesus to teach them how to pray, and the fixed result was such a relief that Christians everywhere still use it daily!
“The basic drama always is: how on earth do people gather before the Divine Presence? If it is going to be an encounter with the living God, then liturgy should break something open within us and take us to a challenging place, even an uncomfortable place. Liturgy is there to bring us back to the ‘dangerous’ presence of God.”