Table of Contents
Introduction: What Is Pastoral Liturgies? 1
Chapter 1 Liturgy-A Practical Science 3
1 Why do we worship? 3
2 What is liturgy? 5
3 What does it mean to do liturgy "decently and in order"? 6
4 How do we discern meaning in liturgy? 10
5 How is the people's work the work of God? 13
Chapter 2 History and Culture 17
1 What are the main periods of liturgical history? 17
2 What characterizes liturgy in each of these periods? 24
3 How does liturgy relate to culture in each of these periods? 31
4 What are the strategies of relating liturgy to culture? 38
5 How does inculturation work? 40
Chapter 3 The Principal Order of Service 43
1 What are the names of the principal order of service? 43
2 How did this order develop throughout history? 44
3 What is the lectionary and how does it work? 64
4 What are the parts of a eucharistic prayer? 67
5 What is the difference between a "High Mass" and a "Low Mass"? 71
Chapter 4 The Liturgy of Time 75
1 What does it mean to sanctify time? 75
2 Where did the liturgy of the hours come from? 76
3 What's the difference between cathedral and monastic prayer offices? 78
4 How did the liturgy of the hours develop throughout history? 81
5 How might daily prayer offices become daily once again? 94
Chapter 5 The Church-Year Calendar 97
1 What is the fixed day of Christian worship? 97
2 What are the principal festivals and seasons? 99
3 What are the lesser festivals, days of devotion, and commemorations? 102
4 What do we do the rest of the time? 104
5 What is the difference between a feast and a fast? 104
Chapter 6 The Church Year: Advent through Lent 107
1 Advent: Why do we begin at the end? 107
2 Christmas: What are the options for celebration? 113
3 The Epiphany: What are the riches of the observance? 119
4 Time after the Epiphany: Is there an Epiphany season? 122
5 Ash Wednesday and Lent: How do we practice penitence and catechesis? 123
Chapter 7 The Church Year: Holy Week 127
1 How did the rites of Holy Week develop? 127
2 Palm/Passion Sunday: What is the relationship between palms and the passion? 130
3 Maundy Thursday: What is the relationship between foot washing and the Lord's Supper? 131
4 Good Friday: What is the difference between liturgy and paraliturgical devotions? 133
5 Holy Saturday: How might the Great Vigil be structured? 136
Chapter 8 The Church Year: Easter and Beyond 141
1 Easter: How can a fifty-day celebration be maintained? 141
2 Pentecost: What happens on "the last and great day" of the feast? 144
3 Time after Pentecost: Should lesser festivals replace Sundays? 145
4 The Sanctoral Cycle: How do we commemorate the faithful departed? 148
5 Christ the King: How does the church year end? 154
Chapter 9 Life Passages 157
1 How does the church make new Christians? 157
2 How do Christians affirm and live out their baptism? 164
3 How does the church make ministers? 167
4 How does the church solemnize marriages? 169
5 How does the church militant transfer members to the church triumphant? 172
Chapter 10 The Liturgical Arts 177
1 What are "psalms and hymns and spiritual songs"? 177
2 How are hymns and other music selected for worship? 182
3 What is the role of bells? 183
4 How is the liturgical space arranged? 184
5 What do ministers wear for the liturgy? 186
Chapter 11 Participation in Worship 189
1 How is the body used in worship? 189
2 What are some standard ceremonies in the Western liturgical tradition? 195
3 How do processions facilitate popular participation? 200
4 What should the people have to support their participation? 204
5 How are children formed into the liturgy? 206
Afterword: In Lieu of a Bibliography of Current Denominational Worship Books 211
Chronology of Events and Documents 213
Glossary of Liturgical Terms 223
Notes 231
Index 241
