Territorial Bloggings

A very nice posting over at Beggars All, dealing with a perpetual pet peeve of mine — the desire on the part of so many folks to be inveterate tinkerers with the Divine Service.

Such innovation is not a good & beneficial thing, as it shifts the focus from what God does for us over to what we do for God. We don’t need temptations like that. We bring nothing to the party — God has already done it all, and some really smart & blessed folks have developed a pretty meet, right, & salutary way of conducting the Divine Service (e.g., the liturgy!) over the years. It would behoove us to honor it & not toss it aside like so much refuse.

-ghp