Liturgy

Since the Second Vatican Council, Catholics have been more aware of the need to enter fully, consciously, and actively into the Church’s liturgy. Sacrosanctum concilium calls this “the aim to be considered before all else” (SC, #14). At the center of our Catholic faith is the celebration of the Eucharist, the other sacraments, and the Liturgy of the Hours. The liturgy constitution describes these liturgical rituals as the source and summit of the Church’s activity (SC, #10). And yet, with

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Throughout the ages, the Church has remained faithful to “pray always,” as Jesus instructed in Luke 18:1 and Paul told the Thessalonians (1 Thessalonians 5:17). Part of the Church’s tradition in carrying out this teaching has been the celebration of the Liturgy of the Hours. Since the time of the Second Vatican Council, much has been written concerning the celebration of the Liturgy of the Hours in cathedral, parish, and domestic church settings. Yet many theologians and liturgists have called

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