www.byzcath.org Forums Mysteries: The Life of Worship Vespers, Matins & the Divine Liturgy The Revised Divine Liturgy New Liturgy is Promulgated!

Sure, but can you worship God through it without a previous bias?

Alexandr,
I wouldn't drive that car far. I heard some of the kids got into Anhelyna's choccie stash and made your brakes into smores.

Batushka,
I'll give it a whirl. How are you implementing the new liturgy in your parish?

Oh, the other good thing about Professor Thompson's visit was that he heard our Divine Liturgy (a little under 1.15 min.)and later was able to tell us how were doing in terms of the goal or restroing sections ,and correct our mistakes.These were mistakes that were contextual and not in comparison to the new DL.

Peace,
Indigo

It will be interesting to see what happens in the many parishes that don't have cantors. At those parishes, the priests won't get any break, as they will be doing all of the singing (laity responses) in addition to the regular priestly parts. I predict there will be recited liturgies in many parishes.

Ungcsertezs

Not to mention a parish such as mine that has a choir that sings the Sunday mass. All our music has just been made null and void since the words (and in some cases the music as well) will no long be the same as in the new books.

No one has still answered me: WHO IS PAYING FOR ALL THESE NEW BOOKS?

John,

I believe in an earlier thread last fall, there was a mandatory order form for each parish, so in essence you are paying for them.

In IC XC,
Father Anthony+

Since the new translation are viewed as a "work in progress" in restoring the Ruthenian Recension, maybe it would have been more cost effective if the pew books were soft covered and not hard bound. Then, when in the not to distant future a common English translation agreed upon by all "Ruthenian Recension" jurisdictions (including the ACROD), a proper pew book could then be issused in hard cover.

Ungcsertezs

Thank you Father. I must have missed that somehow, I honestly don't ever remember seeing that.

It should be interesting in some parishes. What to pay first?Gas? Oil? Electric? Insurance? Diocesan assessment? PEW BOOKS!!!

Dear Ungcsertezs,

I hear what you're saying - but apparently the new hardbound book ended up costing less per copy than the wire-bound Vespers books that the MCI had printed, and which were less than half as many pages.

By the way... "pew book"?

Yours in Christ,
Jeff Mierzejewski

Yes, I believe this was the thread.

Pew Book Thread

In IC XC,
Father Anthony+

Father Anthony, your blessing!

I was obviously too terse! I meant to question the term "pew book" - a term which assumes that we will always have pews, and a term I have not heard seen in anything that has come from the liturgy or music commission. (In fact, when I referred to the "old and new pew books" once, Professor Thompson corrected me, saying that there was nothing in the new book that assumes a church has pews.) We used to use this term for the 1978 Lekvulic Divine Liturgy book, and that led to one memorable exchange in my parish: "Father, why do you want to remove pews, when we have a pew book?"

Yours in Christ,
Jeff Mierzejewski

Jeff,

No problem!

In IC XC,
Father Anthony+

It also must assume that there's a church to have the book in. ;-)

I think "pew" is probably the ugliest word in the English language. Just say it a few times, and you will feel yourself getting claustrophobic, as well as spiritually stunted.

Pew pew pew pew pew pew pew. . . Ick. I think I need to go stand for a while.

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