Sunday Spotlight: Liturgy

The Catechism of the Catholic Church states that “Liturgy is an ‘action’ of the whole Christ (Christus totus). Those who even now celebrate it without signs are already in the heavenly liturgy, where celebration is wholly communion and feast.” From the archive, Avery Cardinal Dulles, Jake Meador, and Benedict XVI weigh in on topics liturgical.

FROM THE MARCH 1998 ISSUE

The Ways We Worship

AVERY CARDINAL DULLES

If faith could be communicated by merely conceptual indoctrination, living tradition would hardly be necessary.

FROM NOVEMBER 2014

Evangelical Liturgy, High and Low

JAKE MEADOR

The low liturgies of many evangelical congregations are based on the idea that you can emphasize liturgical order or the regeneration brought about by the Holy Spirit, but not both.