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[D+C]

What an edifying post. Thank you. If I can briefly mangle a metaphor, there is a church up on the cliff side above the hotel in Santorini in which I am staying. I can see it from the balcony and I was desperate to climb up there. Yesterday my wife and I did so, and although we had been warned the church was only opened once a year and was actually quite dangerous to get to, the path was even more treacherous than we had anticipated! But we persevered and we made it to the church, and it was lovely and peaceful. This feels like a pleasing metaphor for what I am going through. I can see the church on the side of the cliff!

I will read all of the links you posted and keep you updated (probably on a different thread!) about what happens next. Thank you again.

 

[Kristos]

The thing that struck me was the view of liturgy as a barrier. I can understand how one could feel this way - it feels a bit foreign sometimes and at others a bit rote. The joy is that it is not actually a barrier, but a gateway to heaven itself- it's a participation in heavenly worship. When you read Ezekiel or Revelation the liturgical images of heavenly worship are quite striking.

 

[Gxg (G²)]

The thing that struck me was the view of liturgy as a barrier. I can understand how one could feel this way - it feels a bit foreign sometimes and at others a bit rote. The joy is that it is not actually a barrier, but a gateway to heaven itself- it's a participation in heavenly worship. When you read Ezekiel or Revelation the liturgical images of heavenly worship are quite striking.

Ezekiel and Revelations are excellent examples on the matter of how Liturgy is truly a gateway into Heaven. And sad to see how many times it is treated as if it is foreign to how the Lord did things when it is actually interconnected with it..

 

[Gxg (G²)]

What an edifying post. Thank you.

Blessings..

If I can briefly mangle a metaphor, there is a church up on the cliff side above the hotel in Santorini in which I am staying. I can see it from the balcony and I was desperate to climb up there. Yesterday my wife and I did so, and although we had been warned the church was only opened once a year and was actually quite dangerous to get to, the path was even more treacherous than we had anticipated! But we persevered and we made it to the church, and it was lovely and peaceful. This feels like a pleasing metaphor for what I am going through. I can see the church on the side of the cliff!.

Amazing metaphor and very timely, IMHO.

I will read all of the links you posted and keep you updated (probably on a different thread!) about what happens next. Thank you again

Looking forward to hearing