The word
"liturgical" refers to something related to a religious ceremony or worship service. It is often used to describe the rituals, prayers, and overall structure of these services.
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Besides, one can not forget that the earliest traditions of the Scriptures were born both in the Old and the New Testaments within the context
of liturgical worship in Israel and in the early Church.
Churches
in liturgical traditions that regularly use collects can begin by simply becoming aware of the particular wisdom they practice.
The previous performances of New Orleans jazz on the Sunday after Easter created «anti-structure» in juxtaposition to the «normal» structures of
liturgical life at Spring Glen.
However, if the goal of
liturgical reform is a deeper holding of the Catholic faith we would be wrong to assume, just because the new translation is being used, that its implementation is now complete.
Catholic scholars say the wedding ceremony was «imposed on» a reluctant church, and «nothing is more remarkable that the tardiness with which
liturgical forms for the marriage ceremony were evolved.»
The justifying ground of Christian belief is the trinitarian and incarnational logic of biblical narrative as expressed in Christian
liturgical practices.
To these three reasons I might now add that a fourth — that a reorientation of priest and people during of the Liturgy of the Eucharist would bring Latin - rite Catholic practice into harmony with the practice of the Eastern Catholic Churches and the Orthodox Churches — and a fifth: that this re-orientation would place the reformed liturgy of Vatican II in continuity with an ancient
liturgical tradition of the Church.
One such group has focused its attention on worship seeking the deepening of the church's life through
liturgical renewal.
These are intentional, multi-generational communities that thrive on
liturgical worship, educate their own children, and embody something of a parallel polis — that is, an alternative to the modern political community, living within and alongside it but not investing too much hope in it.
A choir of dancers, or soloists, trained and rehearsed in a language of
liturgical movement, gives form to symbols and expressions, and serves as a vehicle through which God's presence may be apprehended.
Lively debates are also taking place about whether dances might be used as
liturgical actions, modelled upon the traditional sacred dances existing in the culture.
If Lent is the only
liturgical season that you celebrate, it is likely to end in discouragement and defeat.
For the preaching occasion he prepares himself to address the congregation on a subject suggested by circumstance, or dictated by
liturgical calendar, or selected by him for one or more reasons.
The JB has an imprimatur for study purposes but not for
liturgical use.
His work was exhibited at The Salpeter Gallery in New York 1953, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Boston, and the Jewish Museum (New York), 1948, and was included in group exhibitions such
as Liturgical Art, Arts Club of Chicago and at the HCE Gallery, Provincetown MA, 1959 and 60; Six American Sculptors, Milwaukee Arts Center; Art in Judaism — Past and Present, Newark Museum, 1957; Six American Sculptors, Arts Club of Chicago, 1956.
The distinction must be clarified in order for us to properly engage
with liturgical music, which is a distinct phenomenon used to one end only: to serve God in the celebration of the Holy Eucharist.
There was a time not so long ago when professional liturgists would try to exclude Marian themes from
liturgical celebrations, and even devotions.
Because of the council, the sometimes great tensions introduced into the Catholic world
by liturgical reform were, over time, made livable within the Church.
Yet on major matters there seems to be remarkable agreement among those working for
liturgical change.
For years Gustafson, Max Stackhouse and others have charged that postliberal theology risks ghettoizing the church with its fixation
on liturgical practices and on the ecclesial context of Christian speech.
Many of my generation received their upbringing surrounded by bland, ugly, and often downright counter-mystical modern church architecture, hidden tabernacles, and banal modern
liturgical music more suitable to failed off - Broadway theater.
The central Christian
liturgical act, the celebration of the Lord's Supper, points insistently to the death.
As we strive to carry on the great tradition of
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In both Judaism and Christianity the reading and retelling of the stories in devotional and
liturgical contexts made them deeply familiar.
But as with the Old Testament Psalms and the New Testament Pauline letters, early church
liturgical texts are improvisations on established patterns which are full of theological and pastoral significance.
But if
liturgical dance is not prepared thoughtfully and offered prayerfully, it can foster a negative impression that lasts for years.
We had a long discussion about the topic, led by two professional artists, who are also art professors and both do church
liturgical art projects and installations.
In recent decades, both among Roman Catholics and Protestants, there has been much talk
about liturgical reform and a great amount of activity resulting from this talk.
This is certainly even more true for Buddhism, which, in essence, is practiced religion, practical meditation, symbolic representation, and cultic
liturgical expression.
The majority were less than receptive to the
new liturgical forms; they wanted less formal, more meaningful, realistic language.
Others are serving within the church by planning
liturgical drama, volunteering in the church office and teaching classes.
It surely can't be entirely coincidence that shortly after these lectures were published the Catholic
Liturgical Movement began to experience its first stirrings in the Benedictine monastery at Maria Laach in Germany.
But it is quite possible to teach
liturgical theology today, making use of sources from every tradition — Orthodox to Quaker.
Secondly, and with a significant leap, she thinks that from this we can understand the role of women within this sacrament, in order to find an official office for women that is recognised by all, with its own
liturgical rite and duties described in Canon Law.
There is usually a point in the Vineyard service where an epicletic prayer goes forth with the words «Come Holy Spirit,» which makes an important connection with the calling down of the Spirit upon the elements in the Catholic Mass or other
liturgical settings.
a) There is a prayer of individuals and groups which is
not liturgical prayer in the strict sense of the word.
Ross sees the low liturgies of many evangelical congregations as based on the idea that you can emphasize
liturgical order or the regeneration brought about by the Holy Spirit, but not both.
The annual Institute of
Liturgical Studies at Valparaiso University, Indiana, is almost as old and takes place just before Lent each year.
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