Friday Frivolity: Saint Worship
Tag: Worship
Worship Mary?
I saw in a Facebook discussion group a little while ago a Protestant post the above picture as definitive proof that Catholics worship Mary. The problem is that “worship” here doesn’t mean the kind of worship you give to God. Even today in the Church of England wedding vows, husband and wife will say “…with my body, I thee worship…”.
Speaking personally, I don’t like this elaborate poetic language in Marian devotion for just this reason – it’s too easy for non-Catholics to misunderstand what we believe.
Friday Frivolity: Evolution of Worship Music
Restless Heart: 1 – “Worshipping with St. Justin”
We won’t normally be posting more than one episode a week, but here is the first full episode of the Restless Heart podcast. In today’s show we talk about an important figure in the Early Church known as St. Justin Martyr and look at what he had to say about Mass in 2nd Century Rome.
Episode 1: Worshipping with St. Justin (Download)
— Notes —
* If this subject interests you, you might be interested in watching a longer presentation I have given on the subject of worship in the Early Church.
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Worship In The Early Church (Video)
Earlier this week, I gave a talk entitled “Worship In The Early Church”. In case you weren’t able to make it, the event organizer recorded my presentation and put it up on Vimeo:
It is also available here on YouTube:
TEA: Worship In The Early Church (Drinks with Dominicans)
Last week I gave a talk on “Worship In The Early Church” at a local Seattle Young Adult event. I’ll be converting this talk into a series of posts later, but in case you wanted to have a listen, I recorded the first half of my talk on my phone:
Worship In The Early Church (Download)
In the latter portion of the talk we were going through some of the texts of the Early Church and the recording was a little too faint. I’ll put together a better recording at some point over the next few months.
Reasons for Fasting
Have you ever wondered: why do we fast?
