The appropriate response to me comes from
the ancient prayer of the church: «Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner.»
Not exact matches
«We follow the
ancient liturgy
of the
church (chanting the Kyrie, readings from scripture, chanting the Psalm, sermon,
prayers of the people, Eucharist, benediction, etc.) We also sing the old hymns
of the
church.
With the
ancient altars no longer standing, with the sacrificial cultus interpreted as a mere foreshadowing
of the access to God that Christians spiritually enjoyed, with the growing rituals
of the new
churches still plastic and unformed, personal
prayer became the typical method
of divine fellowship.
The discipline
of fixed - hour
prayer gave me the words I just couldn't conjure on my own, words that connected me to the
ancient, worldwide
church.
Social justice causes, candles in worship services, v - necks and big neck tattoos on worship leaders, screenings
of PT Anderson films at
church, heavy use
of Helvetica font in
church bulletins, bald pastors who always wear black clothes from Banana Republic, beer at
church barbecues, a renewed interest in corporately reading
ancient creeds or
prayers, Nooma videos, Sufjan Stevens and everything related to Sufjan Stevens.
In it, as an
ancient prayer from the age
of the
church fathers puts it, «the mystery
of Christ's dispensation is accomplished so far as in us lies.»
The series incorporates contemporary Bible study with the
church's most
ancient way
of reading Scripture, lectio divina, and moves the reader from study (lectio), to reflection (meditatio), to
prayer (oratio), to discernment (contemplatio), and action (operatio).
Vespers for the Feast
of the Transfiguration February 15 St. Peter's
Church is holding a participatory Vespers service combining
ancient Christian
prayer forms with contemporary popular and improvisatory music.
Rather, they contend, the Anglican way
of discerning truth is by means
of communion itself, through the unity
of a Scripture - immersed and sanctified people whose lives are shaped by the
Church's
ancient eucharistic worship and
prayer.