Dr Antony Nariculam MUSIC IN LITURGY ILA MEETING, NBCLC Bangalore, 26-28 October 2007 1. Introduction The development of the Syro-Malabar liturgy and its musical tradition has a long history. It has had Syriac, Indian and Western influences. Its history is spread over five stages. 1.1 Stage One: The first stage […]
Dr Antony Nariculam Introduction The Syro-Malabar Church has been in a process of soul-searching from some years to find out ways and means of restoring and revising her liturgy in the light of Vatican II and the later documents. One of the stumbling blocks in this process has been the […]
Dr Antony Nariculam The universality of the Church makes it imperative that the Church and her liturgy are inculturated. God became man to save humankind. This saving mystery in Christ must be presented to the whole world in a manner that is understood by the people of a given place. There was […]
Dr Antony Nariculam Introduction Today there is no difference of opinion regarding pluralism in theology and theological methodology. But, pluralism that claims that all points of view are of equal value ends up in relativism. All opinions, as a matter of fact, have a common reference point. When […]
Dr Antony Nariculam Introduction My aim in this paper is to give a general picture of the Syro-Malabar Liturgy under its various aspects, such as its history, theology, celebratory dimension, the various liturgical texts published so far etc. As is well known, the Syro-Malabar liturgy has been a […]
Dr Antony Nariculam Introduction Lex orandi lex credendi is a widely accepted dictum in the liturgical tradition. This principle emphasizes the primacy of the liturgical action. “Liturgy is the anamnesis of the act of the Triune God, using symbolic means, to enact that Trinity in the lives of the enactors, […]
Dr Antony Nariculam The Syro-Malabar Bishops’ Synod, in its attempts to arrive at a consensus regarding the liturgical issues, has been studying their various aspects with the help of liturgists, historians, pastors and scholars in different fields. One of the areas of their study is “Liturgical Reform and […]
Dr Antony Nariculam Introduction The second part of Pope Benedict XVI’s Apostolic Exhortation “Sacramentum Caritatis” speaks about the celebratory dimension of the Eucharist. In 36 paragraphs (Nos. 34 – 69) the document deals with mainly five areas of Eucharistic celebration. They are the Art of Celebration, the Structure of the Eucharistic Celebration, […]
Fr. Antony Nariculam LRC Seminar 13 – 15 June 2006 Before we deal with “Blessings”, we need to have some understanding about what is meant by ‘blessing’. Are ‘sacramentals’ and ‘blessings’ the same? What are ‘para-liturgical’ services? Can we make a distinction between ‘major’ blessings and ‘minor’ blessings? […]
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