Fr. Jean Corbon's book: The Wellspring of Worship (Ignatius Press)
  • scholistascholista
    Posts: 109
    Just getting started on a very promising read about Liturgy. It is by a French Dominican priest of the Greek-Catholic eparchy of Beirut (1924-2001). He also composed the 4th section of the Catechism of the Catholic Church on prayer.

    Anyone read this and have comments or insights?
  • SamuelDorlaque
    Posts: 318
    My pastor gave me this book for Christmas my first year at Saint Edward. It is a book to savor and return to often.
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  • Paul F. Ford
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    This is one of the most important books I have ever read.
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  • vogelkwvogelkw
    Posts: 55
    We read it as part of the Institute for Priestly Formation (IPF), a summer spiritual formation program for seminarians. I looked back and found a reflection based on the book that I wrote when I was in IPF:
    IPF 504: The Mystery of the Liturgy: Receiving in Celebration and in Life
    Name one or two learnings from this course that contributed to your ability to experience God's love in Christ. Where were you invited and/or challenged to grow in Christ in experiencing the relationship between personal and liturgical prayer?

    I have now begun to experience how the liturgy, a synthesis of human energy (including myself) and that of the Spirit, encompasses my life as celebrated and lived. I knew intellectually that the celebration of liturgy and life outside the celebration were meant to be integrated, but often there was no felt experience of them flowing together. I have begun to see how it is the one saving mystery of Christ that makes the moments of celebration one with the time of lived liturgy. The epiclesis of private prayer is the mystery of Holy Saturday, while the celebration of the liturgy is living the heavenly liturgy after the Ascension. Never before had I really understood what it meant that I am no longer to live but Christ is to live in me. Because I am the beloved son, the I am to live in my life the life of the Beloved Son.

    Upon entering seminary I learned to give myself, including all that I undergo in everyday life, as an offering at Mass, asking the Father to send the Holy Spirit to make the offering holy with Christ's perfect self-offering. Now I see that I am being challenged to extend this epiclesis to the liturgy of life, offering myself from the altar of my heart in all my everyday circumstances.

    I think my experience of the flowing in and out of the liturgy celebrated and the liturgy lived is much more profound now as a priest. Definitely in these past several weeks as I have done many anointings and several funerals. An excellent book - I really need to read it again. ... Now off to Mass! Blessed All Souls!
    Thanked by 2scholista Paul F. Ford
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