We had our wake on Friday (see earlier posts here and here for more background). It was attended by a small handful of folks, most of whom came later in the evening. We ended up hosting it in our living room once again, as the other available spaces seemed too big, and having [...]
Tagged burial icon, good friday, good friday wake, holyweek, meditationI don’t mean liturgy for repenting and being forgiven. There’s lots of that. I mean liturgy for practicing forgiveness.
Why does collective repentance figure so strongly in liturgical tradition, but collective forgiveness does not?
That is, the liturgy regularly calls us to reflect on, and repent of, our sins. But when are we called liturgically [...]
For several decades, the etymological translation of liturgy most widely used was “the work of the people.” In fact, this translation is still in use in my home church in North Carolina. I’m sure it is no simple coincidence that this translation has accompanied a movement of liturgical renewal that began to gain [...]
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