West Suburban Catholic Culture Series on “The Liturgy”
Ruth Lake Country Club 6200 South Madison Street, HinsdaleREGISTER HERE FOR THE JUNE 9 PRACTICUM In 1918, the German priest Romano Guardini lamented that “the lack of fruitful and lofty culture causes spiritual life to grow numbed and narrow.” The remedy was that “prayer must be simple, wholesome, and powerful,” while also being “rich in ideas and powerful images, and speak a developed but restrained language.” Guardini concluded that this “is precisely the way in which the prayer of the liturgy has been formed.” The events of recent months have made us acutely aware of what we lose when the Church’s rites, ceremonies, and corporate worship (the liturgy) are...
