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Worship as a Response to the Divine Mystery: Celebrating Faith and Wonder

This chapter explores the profound nature of worship as a response to the mysteries of existence and the divine. It delves into the act of reflection—both silent and musical—as a means of encountering the unknowable. Worship emerges as an expression of what matters most in life and serves as a celebration of God’s presence in our lives. Through rituals, prayer, and expressions of reverence, worship becomes a two-way communication with the divine, enabling us to celebrate and give thanks for the wonders that life offers.

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Worship as a Response to the Divine Mystery: Celebrating Faith and Wonder

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  1. Section E The Celebration of Faith Chapter Twenty-Three Worship as Response to Mystery

  2. Reflection • Reflectionmeansthinking deeply about something • Reflection can be silent • Or people can reflect while listening to music

  3. Encountering Mystery • Encountering mystery meansexperiencing a sense of something unknowable • Religious ritual is one way of responding to such an encounter

  4. Wonder • Wondermeans a sense of amazement at something • Natural phenomena may lead to a sense of wonder • Worship can be a way of responding to that feeling

  5. Worship as a Response to Mystery • Worship can be: • a way of showing what is really important in life • an expression of having a meaningful place in the universe • a response to something that seems unknowable or amazing

  6. Encounter with God • This means feeling an awareness or presence of God • It can occur in many different ways andcircumstances

  7. Celebration • A time to rejoice • Important times in life when something wonderful happens or happened can make a person want to worship God • Worship in this context becomes a way to celebrate and to give thanks

  8. Communication • A two-way process of imparting or exchanging information • When a person wants to communicate with God they may say a personal prayer

  9. Worship • An expression of reverence for God that can involve prayer, rituals, silence, singing or dancing • An act of worship is important because of what it means • Worship is a way of expressing belief • Sacred music is used to worship God in a way that words sometimes cannot

  10. Hindu Writing – The Bhagavad Gita ‘I am the same to all beings, and my love is ever the same; but those who worship me with devotion, they are in me and I am in them.’

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