Lohfink offers thoughtful analysis of what the prayer of petition does to us, how it widens our perception of the needs of others as well as ourselves, how it makes us aware of how helpless we often are.
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Tag: Prayer
Brief Book Review: The Canterbury Book of New Parish Prayers
“Here is a highly-visible liturgist and author offering the Church a collection of excellent new prayers.”
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Brief Book Review: Liturgical Dogmatics
Timothy Brunk reviews Liturgical Dogmatics.
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Writing Prayers Together: Mercy Embraced and Grace Discovered
. . . out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. Matthew 12:34b God spoke life and beauty into being in the beginning.
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“Words Are Turtles”: Some thoughts for a new season of teaching worship
A new semester has begun! As a teacher this semester, I am excited about reading the written work of my students. I know from past
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Rock Us into Joy
Virtual worship. What an unusual and intriguing phrase, one that has made its way into my everyday vocabulary. Covid-19 has not been able to stop
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Catching the Light
. . . and the stars will be falling from heaven. MARK 13:25 Apocalyptic stars make a grand appearance in the lectionary texts for
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A Prayer-Poem for Not-So-Ordinary Days
I will heal their waywardness; I will love them freely. . . I will be like the dew to Israel; she shall blossom like the
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Windows in Walls
When we beautify our gaze, the grace of hidden beauty becomes our joy and our sanctuary. John O’Donohue I have been reflecting quite a bit
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Wild Winter Liturgies
The cedar waxwings arrived yesterday. Waxwings are wonderful, mysterious birds. Here in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, their visits are brief. They come to our backyard for
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