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Loading... The Spirit of the LiturgyI am in the Vatican reading The Spirit of the Liturgy by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI. Amazing that he introduces at the beginning the sense of play in liturgy, and then goes on to talk about "exitus" and "reditus". The Spirit of the Liturgy by Joseph CardinalRatzinger, the current Pope. The theme of liturgy as play has come through, the idea of "exitus" and "reditus", and the moral association.
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The Spirit of the Liturgy by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
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Space Trilogy by C.S. Lewis
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Agn ... I finished Under the Lilacs by Louisa May Alcott yesterday and The Spirit of the Liturgy by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger this morning. Now I'm onto The Merchant of Venice and an interesting book called The Demographic Crash by Michel Schooyans. On Thursday I hope to pick up The Scarlet Letter ... ... it.
For non-fiction, I'm going to try to get to the end of 50 Questions on Natural Law by Charles Rice. And start The Spirit of the Liturgy by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger. We'll see how much time I'll be able to devote to reading this next week. They are all good reads. ... by Fr. john Riccardo and St Anastasia Catholic Church in Troy Michigan. Part 1 is given on the now Pope Benedict XVI's book The Spirit of the Liturgy, published in 2000.
I am not Catholic but still find this podcast very helpful.
The url is: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/ ... ... liturgy. From this is derived its sublime mingling of profound earnestness and divine joyfulness." Romano Guardini The Spirit of the Liturgy. London, Sheed & Ward, 1937. I like this definition, and I see from the Touchstones notes that the current pope has a book with the same title, ...
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