Recently I got a copy of ‘The Liturgical Year’ by Joan Chittister from Thomas Nelson. I had a couple of other books in ‘The Ancient Practices Series’ so I wanted to give this a read. While I liked this book it read more like a instruction book as to a book that you want to just pick up and read. I had a harder time getting through this book, but in pushing through there were great take-aways from this book.
Joan Chittister who is a nun, a member of the Benedictine sisters of Erie, Pennsylvania. She is also a lecturer and has authored many award winning books.
I main take-away I had from this book came early in the book in chapter 3.
Now we recognize that if Jesus’ life is to have eternal impact in the Christian community and beyond, it will depend on our being part of the mystery ourselves. We must pray our way into it. We must think our way into it. We must live our way into it.”
For me reading the book was worth it for this on takeaway, but if you are into the history and traditions of the church then this is a must read, if you are not then you could pass on this book. I would recommend it though to anyone wanting to go deeper than they find sitting in church on a Sunday morning.
