The Beatitudes respond to the natural desire for happiness. This desire is of divine origin: God has placed it in the human heart in order to draw us to the one who alone can fulfill it." ...
I am one of the throng of people so deeply impressed and moved by the sermon the Right Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde preached at the National Cathedral after the inauguration of Donald. J. Trump.
The Eucharist is not simply a cultural legacy. It is more than a moving performance or a beautiful ritual symbolizing transcendence. And liturgy is more than aesthetics.