tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post3885665843055353595..comments2024-03-30T00:33:32.285+13:00Comments on Anglican Down Under: Cleaning up the liturgical messPeter Carrellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09535218286799156659noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-37108415129408895012012-05-25T09:33:22.661+12:002012-05-25T09:33:22.661+12:00I do agree with Bosco's concern at the plethor...I do agree with Bosco's concern at the plethora of resources for the Celebration of the Eucharist in our N.Z. Prayer Book.<br /><br />My own option has been to choose just one of the forms of service that the congregation can get to learn by heart - this is where true liturgy begins to take root. This is possibly why those who prefer the 1662 H.C. - or it's modern corollary - to 'hunting through' the various selections offered.<br /><br />Seasonal variations to the 'Propers' is something different, adding sufficient variety to the celebration of Saints days and the Seasons of the Church's Year.<br /><br />True liturgy needs consistency, and to hop from one to another option, on a weekly basis, is not the best way of celebrating our commonality in the Presence of Christ in the Sacrament of Holy Common-Union. <br /><br />Granted, each congregation may have their favourite(s), but commonality is all when we come together to rejoice in our membership of the 'One Bread, One Body, which is Christ himself.Father Ron Smithhttp://kiwianglo.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-77827675450806590772012-05-25T07:31:04.048+12:002012-05-25T07:31:04.048+12:00I continue to encourage this discussion, Peter. An...I continue to encourage this discussion, Peter. And add a couple of points.<br /><br />In speaking to significant leadership within our church I discovered there is an understanding that “NZPB/HKMA” refers not to the “handy sized book” as I had presumed, but to “all the authorised material”. The “handy sized book” is merely what has been selected by the Provincial Secretary to bind together out of “all the authorised material”. It is “all the authorised material” which technically is the formularies referred to as A New Zealand Prayer Book He Karakia Mihinare o Aotearoa. As one long interested in liturgy this was totally news to me.<br /><br />A second point: we need to intentionally train and form our clergy, worship leaders, congregations to much greater depth in liturgy. Because of the layout of the options in our liturgical resources a common way of worshipping is to recite one’s way through all the alternatives read just one after another. That is appalling! It is no wonder that “liturgical” worship is abandoned and denigrated! With such improved formation we can have greater confidence to allow the freedom you encourage.<br /><br />Christ is risen!<br /><br />Boscoliturgyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11822769747947139669noreply@blogger.com