Author: Lizette Larson
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The Order of Christian Funerals
LIZETTE LARSON-MILLER — Should funeral visitations take place in the church building? The Diocese of Youngstown, OH says no.
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The Brave New World of Parish Funerals
LIZETTE LARSON — Part of the reality in the United States (and elsewhere) is an in ability to talk about death.
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The Feast of the Holy Innocents: martyrs as victims or victors?
LIZETTE LARSON — Are martyrs victors – bearing their palms and wearing their crowns through their deaths in Christ, or are they victims in and of themselves – within a popular piety sense that they represent themselves, dying, rather than joined to Christ?
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Growing tensions around bilingual and multicultural liturgies
LIZETTE LARSON-MILLER — Bilingual liturgies or trilingual liturgies may endure because there are not enough priests, not enough hours in the day, or out of strongly held convictions that the body of Christ is multicultural and multilingual and liturgies should reflect and embrace that.
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Simply being together “at the same time”
LIZETTE LARSON — I learned much from a humble, simple worshiping community that sincerity and depth of prayer, welcome to the visitor and comfort in communal continuity, and the recognition of God in our midst are sufficient for the moment.
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Pentecost as a birthday party???
LIZETTE LARSON — In recent weeks I’ve seen quite a few diocesan newsletters, Christian formation suggestions, and popular ‘liturgy tips’ advocating for a festive parish celebration of Pentecost.
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The Feast of Creation and the Mystery of Creation
LIZETTE LARSON — Like many ecumenical gatherings which truly listen to one another, there was a delight in simply being gathered together and in being pleasantly surprised by the insights of each represented ecclesial community.
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2024 North American Academy of Liturgy Meeting
From January 2nd through the 5th, approximately 190 liturgical scholars, teachers, practitioners, students, and guests gathered at the Westin in Seattle to remember with deep affection and sorrow nine members who died over the past year, to engage in wonderful conversations within seminar groups, to rethink and celebrate what shape future gatherings will take, to…
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Ordering Hospitality: Christian celebrations “on the same page”
The desire to break loose from the ordo often resulted in a ritual being about the presider alone.