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Aug 05, 2006 12:57

I've been playing with an idea that sleepingwolf gave me: Visual Liturgy.

It's a program (with several sister programs) developed by the Anglican Communion for liturgical work. Basically, you start with the basic Order of Services, and then you kinda pick your sermons, bible readings, prayers, hymns. . . everythingI imagine that extensive use of such a ( Read more... )

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zylch August 5 2006, 22:54:12 UTC

So far as I know, Anglican priests don't spend a whole lot of time writing liturgy anyway. Part of the point of the Anglican Cycle is a community of form and words; I can (and have) walked into a service in Italy that was essentially the same as a service in Kansas (except for being bilingual ( ... )

heimskringla August 6 2006, 03:10:59 UTC

The whole point to liturgy, from the Christian perspective, is that there's no need to constantly tinker. The liturgy of the Church has a set form with some accepted variations. The readings change every week, the sermon and the hymns too, but not much else. The liturgy evolved as an expression of the community, a product of a whole and not a part of a whole, so for there to be a lot of creativity on the priest's part runs counter to the communal purpose and nature of the liturgy.

The priest acts in locus Christi during the liturgy, not as himself. A priest is free to get creative with the homily and the music, but most everything else is fairly fixed ( ... )

perlgirlju August 6 2006, 04:53:41 UTC

Thank you very much for a good 'bad' vampire movie and most importantly for the cookies and conversation. I had a great time! :)

chronarchy August 6 2006, 13:59:47 UTC

Hehe. It was fun. :)

And those cookies, well, they were just calling your name.

"Judi!" they called. "Take us home to Judi!"

So, really, I was just following the voices.

perlgirlju August 6 2006, 16:02:27 UTC

I think, in this case, I have to heartily endorse those voices.

ariansdreams August 6 2006, 19:29:48 UTC

Going to Mass was probably my favorite thing about being Catholic. I also cantored (sang and people responded to what I sang) for a long time as well, so I think I knew the liturgy pretty well (and in Latin, as that happened every Easter and sometimes Xmas Eve ( ... )