Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2003
Abstract
(Excerpt)
"Let us pray with confidence in the words our Savior gave us," calls out the presider to the assembly. Or, perhaps, another introduction is used: "As our Savior Christ has taught us, we are bold to say," for example. Or, perhaps, the presider simply begins-enacting the confidence that the introductory texts call for-the assembly easily catching on that this is a communal act and joining in: "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name ... " In any case, here is an archetypal act of presiding: the leader proposing an important, beloved and known-by-heart act of prayer and drawing the entire assembly into its practice in a known-by-heart place.
Recommended Citation
Lathrop, Gordon W., ""Let us pray with confidence": Leaders of the Assembly Prepare" (2003). Institute of Liturgical Studies Occasional Papers. 106.
https://scholar.valpo.edu/ils_papers/106
