Times they are a Changin'
The Byzantine Catholic church I frequent is going to be changing their liturgy. (By the way, I just learned Catholic author Carl Olsen also belongs to a Byzantine parish.) Liturgical changes always seem a bit of a grab-your-ankles moment; they are trying to make it as painless as possible by not telling us the changes. Let us imagine the worst, 'eh?
A phrase from the announcement letter that sends shivers is "[to assure the Liturgy is] welcoming to persons of 21st century America". "Welcoming" usually means "let's water this thing down so every tom, dick and harry can understand everything without even trying". Of course I'm grateful that the liturgy is no longer in church Slavonic so I shan't complain. They switched to English years ago and there was presumably howls.
But I hearken back to what Amy Welborn said about mystery and the liturgy, quoted lastly in this post.
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