Session Description
One of the great gifts of the liturgical movement in the mid-twentieth century was the recovery of Evening Prayer as a public daily service meant for the whole church, and not just something to be celebrated in monasteries or as a private devotion. Prominent liturgical historians and musicians of the 1960s and 70s, many of whom taught at and/or were alumni of the liturgical studies program at the University of Notre Dame, were instrumental in recovering the ancient “cathedral-style” of Evening Prayer (Vespers). This style included the now famous Lucenarium rite as well as a robust sense of congregational participation throughout the liturgy witnessed to in early church documents such as the diary of the pilgrim Egeria. Such a cathedral style of Evening Prayer, though first recovered by Roman Catholics, has subsequently been adopted by many Protestant traditions for use in their own communities. (See, for example, page 1040 of Psalms for All Seasons). Tonight’s liturgy is based on Sunday Vespers particularly as it is celebrated in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on the campus of the University of Notre Dame during Ordinary Time, with additional content taken from the 2018 Book of Common Worship and other sources.
Conference Title
2020 Calvin Symposium on Worship
Event Date
1-31-2020
Event Type
Worship Service/Concert
Type (recording/text)
Recording
Service Type
Vesper/Prayer Service
Subject Area
Worship
Keywords:
evening prayer, vespers
Upload Date
31-1-2020 12:00 AM
Recommended Citation
Hehn, Jonathan OSL; Choral Scholars; and Williams, Kate, "Living in Light and Justice" (2020). Symposium on Worship Archive. 98.
https://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/uni-cicw-symposium/2020/allitems/98
Included in
Living in Light and Justice
One of the great gifts of the liturgical movement in the mid-twentieth century was the recovery of Evening Prayer as a public daily service meant for the whole church, and not just something to be celebrated in monasteries or as a private devotion. Prominent liturgical historians and musicians of the 1960s and 70s, many of whom taught at and/or were alumni of the liturgical studies program at the University of Notre Dame, were instrumental in recovering the ancient “cathedral-style” of Evening Prayer (Vespers). This style included the now famous Lucenarium rite as well as a robust sense of congregational participation throughout the liturgy witnessed to in early church documents such as the diary of the pilgrim Egeria. Such a cathedral style of Evening Prayer, though first recovered by Roman Catholics, has subsequently been adopted by many Protestant traditions for use in their own communities. (See, for example, page 1040 of Psalms for All Seasons). Tonight’s liturgy is based on Sunday Vespers particularly as it is celebrated in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on the campus of the University of Notre Dame during Ordinary Time, with additional content taken from the 2018 Book of Common Worship and other sources.