Liturgical Mysticism
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Emmaus Academic
Published:30th Dec '19
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Some think that liturgy is formal, public, and for ordinary people, while mysticism is uncontrollable, private, and for extraordinary saints. Is there a connection between the two? In this volume, David Fagerberg proposes that mysticism is the normal crowning of the Christian life, and the Christian life is liturgical.
We intuitively sense that liturgy and theology and mysticism have an affinity. Liturgical theology should reveal liturgy's mystical heart. Liturgical theology asks "What happens in liturgy?" and liturgical mysticism asks "What happens to us in liturgy?", and perfects our interior liturgy.
In Liturgical Mysticism, Fagerberg directs the reader to look fixedly at Christ, who is the Mystery present in liturgy, and who bestows his resurrection power upon his adopted children.
In a time where both too wild and too mild spiritualities abound, it is audacious to put forward a book on liturgical mysticism. [This book] continues to enrich liturgical theology by amplifying its horizon and solidifying the foundation on which it rests." - Joris Geldhof Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
"David Fagerberg is establishing a unique voice. The language and the vivid images he develops are his response to being deeply stunned by the liturgy and all that happens in its celebration." - Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, O.S.B. Mount Angel Abbey
"[Fagerberg's] words move the whole person to desire worship and the life that is given therein, holiness. His prose elicits prayer and wonder and thus silence and contemplation." - Deacon James Keating Institute for Priestly Formation Creighton University
"In Liturgical Mysticism, Fagerberg continues his articulation of how the Mystery is embodied and lived by those who partake in the Church's sacramental worship, which is itself a participation in the eternal 'liturgy' of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit." - Msgr. Michael Heintz Mount St Mary's Seminary
ISBN: 9781949013672
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 465g
200 pages