An Episcopal, Leonel Mitchell, wrote...
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An Episcopal, Leonel Mitchell, wrote a book titled Liturgical Change: How Much Do We Need?, in which he raised pertinent questions about the changes in language, society, and the world's attitude toward Christianity. In the midst of changes around us it is difficult for us to give up those forms of piety that we feel should be unchangeable like versions of the Lord's Prayer, the Creed, or favorite hymns.
Yet there are forms of liturgical practice we appear to have given up without a whimper. The strict observance of penitential seasons have faded from the life of the church. The periods in which we recall why our Lord had to come to this earth and die for us sinners the church had adopted the penitential color of violet, silenced the Gloria in Excelsis and Alleluia, placed no flowers on the altar, scheduled no weddings, and frowned on any festive celebrations. The time for a period of quiet meditations on how and why our Lord comes to us may no longer be observed outwardly, but is necessary for us nonetheless.
--Huxhold
Yet there are forms of liturgical practice we appear to have given up without a whimper. The strict observance of penitential seasons have faded from the life of the church. The periods in which we recall why our Lord had to come to this earth and die for us sinners the church had adopted the penitential color of violet, silenced the Gloria in Excelsis and Alleluia, placed no flowers on the altar, scheduled no weddings, and frowned on any festive celebrations. The time for a period of quiet meditations on how and why our Lord comes to us may no longer be observed outwardly, but is necessary for us nonetheless.
--Huxhold
