A Lukan Book of Feasts and Holy Days: Basic Forms of the Daily Office

This book contains offices for celebrating liturgical feasts, recognizing that they are communal events that re-member the past as we are nourished by stories into which the community enters (anamnesis), embodying the deep mysteries and rich symbols of the Tradition. These feasts also celebrate the present, generating, celebrating, and embodying the community’s identity. These feasts express, sustain, and empower the community’s way of being in the world, manifesting a “large table” which is inclusive and expansive, rather than a private and exclusive one. In addition, they shape the future. In feasts, we envision a future hope that transforms how we act in the present (prolepsis). They enable us to see beyond the immediate situation and call us to act in preparation for that future. They celebrate not only who we are, but who we are becoming.