Author: Lizette Larson
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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.
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Counting post-pandemic time in ordinary time
How are we doing as worshipping communities emerging from a global pandemic? The answer is probably, ‘it depends’ – where are we in the world and who are we talking about? I can only ask the question from a particular corner of the world, and from the limited perspective of a few Roman Catholic and…
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The Coronation of King Charles III, 6 May 2023
On May 6th there will be a ritual, liturgical, cultural, political, beloved, controversial event that will be of great interest to many and of no interest to some: the coronation of an English King according to the rites of the Church of England. While the interest in the readership of PrayTellBlog may be limited to…
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Listening to the Triduum Liturgies again
Every year when I hear the same central readings of the Triduum I think I’ve heard it all – all the readings and all the angles of approaching those readings. But I haven’t; the words of the proclamations are the same, but as is the case with everyone, I’m different this year, others are…
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The Beginning of Lent: An Anglican Muddle
I know this post is looking a bit backwards in time because it is focused on Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent, but it seems by the First Sunday in Lent it’s time to move on to all the other questions circling around the season which seem more pertinent and urgent, and so it…
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The North American Academy of Liturgy, 2023
A joyful reunion to give papers, socialize, catch up with news personal and academic, and sit together as an academic community…
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‘A wandering we’ll go,’ ecumenical Advent lessons
Purple versus blue, Christmas songs everywhere by Halloween, Black Friday, the imposition of urgency in consuming…the usual rush around Advent – we all live immersed in some of it every year around the end of November. In the US, Thanksgiving (particularly the Thanksgiving triduum of Thursday, Black Friday, and football) overshadows the beginnings of…
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The messiness of November remembrances
The richness of the fall “Triduum” (All Hallows’ Eve, All Saints, All Souls) is just past us, but the confusion and the abundance continues this week.
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Make Disciples (not liturgical ministers?)
What does this have to do with liturgists and liturgical musicians? When I look back at a lot of parish ministry, I remember so little of my work as a music and liturgy director was about formation. It was mostly about recruiting people.