POPE FRANCIS (during plane Q&A with journalists) on the LITURGY OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH: "They have conserved that pristine liturgy, no? So beautiful. WE [i.e., the Latin Christians] have LOST A BIT THE SENSE OF ADORATION, they conserve it, they praise God, they adore God, they sing, time does not count. The center is God and that is A RICHNESS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE ON THIS OCCASION as you ask me this question."
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Nothing too beautiful, too rich, for God
"Our earthly liturgies, entirely ordered to the celebration of this unique act within history, will never fully express its infinite meaning. Certainly, the beauty of our celebrations can never be sufficiently cultivated, fostered and refined, for nothing can be too beautiful for God, who is himself infinite Beauty. Yet our earthly liturgies will never be more than a pale reflection of the liturgy celebrated in the Jerusalem on high, the goal of our pilgrimage on earth. May our own celebrations nonetheless resemble that liturgy as closely as possible and grant us a foretaste of it!"
--Benedict XVI, Homily, Celebration of Vespers, Notre Dame Cathedral Paris, 12 September 2008
PREACHING AND LITURGY
Preaching then must start from the reality of the liturgy and lead back to it, since Christocentrism is rooted in the liturgy. ...
Christian preaching therefore can never be purely doctrinal; it must be rooted in the liturgy, otherwise it would die.
--Joseph Ratzinger, Dogma e predicazione
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