Liturgy’s Imagined Futures: Beyond Vatican II’s Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy
摘要
This chapter considers the possible futures of Catholic liturgy beyond SCSC’s vision. It probes ways in which twenty-first centuryTwenty-first century liturgical life will—and will have to be—different from what both the Council and the post-conciliar liturgical reforms were able to imagine. Particular attention is given to the shift of the center of ecclesial gravity to the majority world, the broadening of authoritative ecclesial voices, changes in cultural context, especially the rise of digitalityDigitality, and the necessity for new ways of thinking about liturgy, noble simplicityNoble simplicity, and inculturationInculturation. Most importantly, the chapter argues that, given the ecological emergencyEcological emergency of our time, liturgy in the futureFuture must not continue Vatican II’s assumption of worship as a dialogue basically between human beings and God. Instead, worship will need to be conceived as something offered by all creationCreation. Concluding thoughts focus on horizons of hope when imagining futures of liturgy.