Lively Oracles of God

Gordon Jeanes has recently retired as a parish priest in London. Previously he taught liturgy in the Universities of Durham and Cardiff. He is the author of The Day Has Come! Easter and Baptism in Zeno of Verona (1995) and Signs of God’s Promise: Thomas Cranmer’s Sacramental Theology and the Book of Common Prayer (2008).Bridget Nichols lectures in liturgy and Anglicanism at the Church of Ireland Theological Institute in Dublin. She is the author of Liturgical Hermeneutics (1996) and editor of The Collect in the Churches of the Reformation (2010). She is a past president of Societas Liturgica.

• ContentsForeword ixPaul F. BradshawPreface xiList of Contributors xvChapter 1“Today This Scripture Has Been Fulfilled in Your Hearing” 1Cally HammondChapter 2“How Are They to Hear Without Someone to Proclaim Him?” 15John Baldovin, SJChapter 3The Bible in the Context of the Eucharist 33Thomas O’LoughlinChapter 4Living Lent and Engaging Easter: Scripture’s Potential and Liturgy’s Limits 55Anne McGowanChapter 5Light in the Darkness: Advent to Candlemas 75David Kennedy Chapter 6Sunday, the Week, and Ordinary Time: A Return ad Fontes 96Normand Bonneau, OMIChapter 7The Role of the Bible in Anglican Marriage Rites 115Catherine ReidChapter 8Scripture Shaping Funerals or Cultural Funerals Shaping Scripture? 132Lizette Larson-MillerChapter 9Bible, Liturgy, and Doxology 150Bridget NicholsChapter 10Limping with the Living God: Reimagining Centre and Margins in the Liturgy 170Armand Léon van OmmenChapter 11A World Made New in Christ 186Christopher IrvineChapter 12Children Are Church 206Ann LoadesChapter 13Liturgy, Gender, and Identity 227Stephen Burns ConclusionReading the Bible through the Liturgy 251Gordon JeanesIndex of Biblical References 263

"The Word of God has always provided rich fare for worshipers. Many Christian denominations consider it the central feature of assembling. In a sense, we Roman Catholics were late for dinner, reforming our liturgy after coming to a renewed awakening into the value of the scriptures that have always guided our prayer. In this lively volume, all believers may celebrate together at the various ways that the Bible has fed our faith, anchored our worship, and opened our vision."Father Paul Turner, Pastor, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception