Re: Ritual and focus

[barbara wolf <lupa@biddeford.com>]

At 02:42 PM 2/17/96 -0500, Judith Guttman wrote:
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>Yet there is another mystery. That is that the liturgy works *on* us, even
>when we are grumpy, unfocused, minds wandering all over everywhere. It seems
>to seep through our skins, worm into our hearts, open our eyes -- ready or
>not. That is the great gift, IMHO -- that sometimes all we have to do is have
>our rear ends, or knees, or feet, or hands in the right place!

Agreed!  It beats me how I can be in the most scattered of moods when I walk
into the church and be filled with peace and laughter when I leave.  (And
the change has nothing necessarily to do with the homily!)
Barbara Wolf

        "But we've got to be careful not to reduce people by cramming
        them in the limits of our understanding, haven't we?"

                                                Reginald Hill