As I have tried to share with you, my readers, it is critical that when we attend the Divine Liturgy that we so dispose ourselves to offer our lives, together with Jesus, back to God in true thanksgiving for the … Continue reading
Category Archives: Divine Liturgy
As I am sure all of my readers already know, Jesus, before He was crucified, created a ritual that became the new way of worshiping God. His act of saying that bread and wine can be His very Body and … Continue reading
It is critical, I believe, that when we worship we think of making our worship personal. Although we worship as a group, that which is offered up must also be individual. We must offer our own very lives back to … Continue reading
In this article I have started sharing my thoughts on worship and spiritual sacrifice so that, as we celebrate our Divine Liturgy, we might come to a truly deeper understanding of what we do. I shared that humans have, traditionally, … Continue reading
At this point I’m not going to finish my thoughts on the Divine Liturgy but, rather, diverge for a short time on a topic that has come to my attention through my discussions with our deacon-to-be, Leonard. I truly believe … Continue reading
Having just thought about the Hymn to the Mother of God which is included in the Anaphora of the Divine Liturgy that we use to worship God, we now turn to the commemorations of the deceased. I cannot exhort and … Continue reading
After we have prayed during the Anaphora that the Holy Trinity change the bread and wine into the True Body and Blood of Christ, we commemorate all those who have gone before us into the spiritual dimension, especially the Mother … Continue reading
After the sequence of prayers in the Anaphora that directly address the Holy Trinity to transform the gifts and us, we pray what is called the Anamnesis. Anamnesis (from the Attic Greek word ἀνάμνησις meaning reminiscence and/or memorial sacrifice), in Christianity is a liturgical statement … Continue reading
In the last issue of this article, I began to share thoughts about the Anaphora, the most solemn part of the Liturgy. It is important to note that the Eastern Church never poses the question: When and at what moment … Continue reading
During the past few issues of this article I digressed from my thoughts about our Divine Liturgy to share some thoughts about the Creed that we use and the issues connected with the Creed over the course of our history. … Continue reading