I was having a discussion recently with friends and relatives about my changing feelings and thoughts about the liturgy. I asked how we can deepen people\u2019s appreciation of the sacred, and in particular, the mass. My aunt commented that liturgy is very much a right-brained (meaning non-analytical, more emotional than intellectual) activity and that more often art is a better way to educate people about ritual and liturgy than talking analytically about it. So I\u2019m wondering if you could ask your readers about good movies that show the power of ritual, in particular the liturgy. I\u2019ve seen really beautiful movies of orthodox liturgies, but no specifically Catholic ones that I can remember.<\/p>\n
But it needn\u2019t be specifically liturgy. Any film that helps people understand the structures, role and power of ritual would be helpful. I\u2019m thinking even parts of something like \u201cTriumph of the Will\u201d would be good to illustrate how profoundly we are affected by rituals and why this is so. The idea is to help people get an appreciation of why the rules and structures around liturgy exist and what it is they are protecting or promoting.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll understand if you can\u2019t do this. But I know of no better place offhand that I can ask this question and count on getting good replies than your blog. Thank you very much. All the best and God bless.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Anybody? Anybody? Bueller?
Update: A reader writes that he can\u2019t get the following into my combox (too many links) and asks me to post:<\/p>\nDear Reader,<\/p>\n
There are several good PD resources available on Youtube, among which there is to be found an Easter TLM in the old DC cathedral with commentary from Fulton Sheen.<\/p>\n
There are also several great blogs dealing with things liturgical, including, but by no means limited to The The New Liturgical Movement<\/a>, Rorate Caeli<\/a>, The The hermeneutic of continuity<\/a>, and What What Does the Prayer Really Say<\/a>?<\/p>\n