Anaphora
The sun already risen, still we wait towards the east,
In retrograde, our memory anticipates the feast. Continue reading Anaphora
Tag: Eucharist
Eucharistic Sacrifice or Semi-Pelagianism: Your Choice
A post by guest contributor, Dr. Eugene R. Schlesinger, Santa Clara University It’s hard to find something that raises the hackles of Evangelical Christians quicker than the suggestion that the Eucharist is a sacrifice offered to God, unless it’s the suggestion that in addition to being a sacrifice, it is the sacrifice of Christ offered … Continue reading Eucharistic Sacrifice or Semi-Pelagianism: Your Choice
We Are Not Worthy: A Response to Kelly Pigott
This post was originally published on my former blog, The Liturgical Theologian. You can find and read it here. A troubling (to me) blog post has been going around over the last few weeks regarding the Reformation and the Eucharist. Dr. Kelly Pigott, a blogger on the Patheos Progressive Christian channel, has argued that the … Continue reading We Are Not Worthy: A Response to Kelly Pigott
The Eucharistic Life
The Eucharistic life is not for the faint of heart. We go back to the Altar weekly to partake of Christ’s self-oblation that we might receive spiritual nourishment and encouragement for the pilgrimage. Continue reading The Eucharistic Life
Celebrating the Feast of the First Book of Common Prayer, 1549
This was first published on my former blog, “The Liturgical Theologian.” The original can be read here. Almighty and everliving God, whose servant Thomas Cranmer, with others, restored the language of the people in the prayers of your Church: Make us always thankful for this heritage; and help us so to pray in the Spirit … Continue reading Celebrating the Feast of the First Book of Common Prayer, 1549
The Eucharist and the Communion of the Saints
It is through the words and actions of our heartfelt praise and gratitude that we are connected to believers across all generations in a real and tangible sense. We have the hope that when the kingdom is fulfilled we will sit around the table in that heavenly country with brothers and sisters whom we have never met. Continue reading The Eucharist and the Communion of the Saints
Learning to Tell Time Liturgically
Liturgical time is thick. It is different. It is new. And it is utterly real. Our experience with and encounter of the living God through the sacrament of sacraments is the pinnacle of the Church’s worship. Continue reading Learning to Tell Time Liturgically
The Plurality of Christ’s Presence in the Eucharist
A robust understanding of a dually climactic liturgy, of both Word and Sacrament, will lead to a deeper acknowledgment of Christ’s pluralistic presence in the Eucharistic ordo. Our Lord is present in, among, by, with, and for his creation and we should expect nothing less from the summit of our praise and worship. Continue reading The Plurality of Christ’s Presence in the Eucharist
A Few Thoughts on Eucharistic Orientation
This was originally posted on my Patheos Blog, “The Liturgical Theologian” in April 2016. You can read the original post here. You can easily begin a deep theological and liturgical debate across ecumenical lines with one simple question: how should the Celebrant be oriented in the Eucharist? Maybe it’s based on the fact that I … Continue reading A Few Thoughts on Eucharistic Orientation
The Need for Creed
This was originally posted on my Patheos Blog, “The Liturgical Theologian” in April 2016. You can read the original post here. A friend recently shared that a young woman in his parish explained that she hates the Creed. He subsequently requested that something be written about the importance of teaching the Creed(s) to young people. … Continue reading The Need for Creed
Porter C. Taylor 