Called to Participate is the late Mark Searle\'s last testament on liturgical reform.
Koester is associate director of the Georgetown Center for Liturgy in Washington, D.
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Barbara Searle, PhD, is a psychologist at the Madison Center and Hospital in South Bend, Indiana.
It is a help to liturgical leaders to grasp the nature and function of liturgy and to inspire faith-filled planning, preaching, and catechesis.
It leads worshipers to find entry points into the mystery of God\'s work in the world.
Called to Participate bids us to form a contemporary spirituality that is firmly rooted in the liturgy.
He also comments on the Social character of the liturgy, which is to move beyond the assembly to participate in God\'s work in an outward or public ministry.
Selected aspects of the liturgy are considered, such as the proclamation of the Word.
He describes the nature of liturgy as Ritual activity, where the people of God are invited to participate in liturgy as sharing in the life of God.
Searle offers a historical perspective of the roots of liturgical reform during the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries.
Where do we go from here? Seale asks in response to the liturgical reform of the Second Vatican Council.
It draws on the teachings, writings, and international lectures of this noted liturgist and professor.
Called to Participate is the late Mark Searle\'s last testament on liturgical reform
