tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627678655315773932.post8827896065116357818..comments2024-01-20T00:43:03.851-07:00Comments on Beginning to Pray: Liturgy and the Discipline of the Christian LifeAnthony Lilleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12208767782574708168noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627678655315773932.post-601600367679616592012-01-23T08:16:56.955-07:002012-01-23T08:16:56.955-07:00Exactly. Yet many try to load the liturgy with ext...Exactly. Yet many try to load the liturgy with extraneous nonsense aimed at making it more "relevant", "engaging", and "accessible". Too often the liturgy's real, often silent power is overshadowed by charismatic (i.e.,protestant pentecostal) enthusiasm, "me and Jesus" praise and worship music, silly liturgical dance, or a smiling, game show host as presider. Anything, it seems, is prefered to simply waiting on the Lord in the liturgy.justcatholichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10687661829448068983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627678655315773932.post-49028898037850410752012-01-22T17:01:10.583-07:002012-01-22T17:01:10.583-07:00I would like to thank you for this insight. I saw ...I would like to thank you for this insight. I saw the film and I bought the DVD. I wish that I could shed so many of this life's cares and attend more prayerfully to the Liturgy.JARayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138004129894177863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627678655315773932.post-52137634600253687062012-01-22T11:06:47.066-07:002012-01-22T11:06:47.066-07:00Dr Lilles,
I wish I could write like you :) That...Dr Lilles,<br /> I wish I could write like you :) That is beautifully said. Some 30 years ago I was mediating in the Zen way because I thought my church wasn't spiritual enough. I realized that our church is the mystical body of Christ. I found the pearl and sold everything and purchased the pearl, with my faith. <br /><br />Radical disciple<br /><br />Bill WalkerBill Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11478519856444919259noreply@blogger.com