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On The Table-Servers: Ministry In The Assembly, Gordon Lathrop
On The Table-Servers: Ministry In The Assembly, Gordon Lathrop
Institute of Liturgical Studies Occasional Papers
(excerpt) "Christianity came into existence at table. The earliest churches — that is, the earliest assemblies — seem to have continued the meal tradition of Jesus, the meal tradition with which the gospels are filled: 'Behold a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax-collectors and of sinners,' went one description of Jesus (Luke 7:34). Christian communities struggled to understand and maintain Jesus’ remarkable open commensality — his astonishing, God-signifying, religiously offensive and politically dangerous eating and drinking with the hoi polloi, his critique of the dining-room practice of the closed circle, his re-working of mealmeaning."
“We Are Satisfied!” - A Sermon For The Commemoration Of St Philip, Craig Satterlee
“We Are Satisfied!” - A Sermon For The Commemoration Of St Philip, Craig Satterlee
Institute of Liturgical Studies Occasional Papers
(excerpt) Each time that I gather around this table in preparation to leave this Liturgical Institute, I feel the way I imagine Philip felt at that other table, when Jesus prepared to leave the disciples to return to God. After these days of inspiring addresses, stimulating conversations, cherished comradery, and glorious worship, like Philip, I want to squeeze out just a little more before everything comes to an end. Give me just one more conversation with someone who understands what paschal mystery means. Just once more let me join my voice with people unafraid to sing a new hymn. Just …