My thesis is that language used in the context of corporate worship functions differently than language used in other contexts by leveraging particular illocutionary force(s) in liturgical speech. These liturgical speech acts are multiple, simultaneous, irreducible illocutionary acts. Liturgical speech ...
a Wild West “saloon” with its out-of-tune piano and swinging doors, where everyone has a gun and something to say. Nevertheless, we try to point our discussions back to what it is to be Catholic in this increasingly difficult age, to love God, and how to get to heaven.”– Fr. ...
Remember, in any case, that knowing how to say the Rosary opens up a wonderful world of structured meditation to help you with your prayer life. To make this easier, try different approaches to the Rosary. You can: • Read a meditation at the start of each mystery to give you “food...
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The Liturgical Year is the division of the calendar by which the Roman Catholic Church identifies and celebrates the events surrounding the life and death of Jesus Christ. A pie chart is a type of chart that is divided into segments, like a pie or pizza. Each segment represents one week of...
Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, the inauguration of the 40-day liturgical season of Lent, observed with the marking of ashes to the forehead. This ritual and other practices for congregational worship like readings, confessions and creeds are part of what is known as Christian liturgy. Though practice...
to whom I was exposed, and both a reflection of changing liturgical norms as well as the small numbers of UU ministers who could not support a common printed volume. When I asked minister-friends if they still have a “book” some say they’ve moved it over to a tablet, which makes ...
1 :one who assists a member of the clergy in a liturgical service by performing minor duties. 2 : one who attends or assists a leader : follower The mayor dined with a few of his acolytes. What is piquant or zingy? 1 : enjoyably exciting azingymusical. 2 : strikingly attractive or...
The Lenten season is a liturgical practice for the 40 days leading up to Easter. The practice itself is not found in Scripture, but it is a tradition that began in the Catholic church. Some denominations have their own rules about the season, but as believers, we must examine what this ...
will conduct the service. Find out if the church follows a liturgical order of worship -- a service that has a formal prayer of repentance, reading of Holy Scriptures, delivery of a homily and sharing of Holy Communion. Check to see whether the church prefers hymns or contemporary praise ...