Tag: homiletics

I. Here is a story: In the Middle Ages, the clergy would not let the people read the Bible, let alone hear the Bible, since the Bible (and all of the liturgy) was in Latin, a language which only clergy knew. This gave the clergy a monopoly on Church teaching, the laity themselves having to…

I. The liturgy is not formless, but has a structure to it, a shape. From start to finish, there is a logic to its parts and its flow. While each of the “parts” of the liturgy can be meaningfully spoken of by their headings and traditional names (the “Sanctus,” the “Sursum Corda,” the “Benediction,” etc),…