What is liturgy? Liturgy is something that "the whole Christ", Head and Body, celebrates — Christ, the one High Priest, together with his Body, the Church in heaven and on earth. While Mass is what we usually think of when we hear the word “liturgy”, any public communal prayer of the Church is liturgical. We “do” liturgy together, with one another, and Christ present in and among us, as one body….
In February, our Community Meal on Thursday evenings served: 361 guests (average 90/week) 612 meals (average 153/week) Generous donations from Shari’s Berries enabled us to serve fresh strawberries twice. THANK YOU for your generous support of this ministry! We are blessed to have many volunteers, however, we can use more!
What’s up with standing, sitting, and kneeling. My Fitbit didn’t tell me it was time to move…” STANDING: The prayer posture of standing is by far one of the oldest and most traditional prayer postures. Standing is a posture used to show reverence and respect to Jesus and His word and one another. Just as we stand when a guest enters the room and we rise in respect, we stand when we pray together. When we begin our Mass, we rise and greet one another. When the priest says, “Let us pray”, that is generally also a cue to stand together in prayer, and in unity. SITTING: The prayer posture of sitting is one of learning, listening and meditation. This is why we sit during the first and second readings (but not for the Gospel because the Gospel has the words of Jesus, so we stand to respect the Word). We also sit during the homily so that we can listen and learn from the priest as he expounds upon the readings and the Gospel.