If you think that's “mindless repetitious phrases,” I wonder how you will enjoy Heaven, where the blessed saints join the angels ceaselessly repeating their "Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts," in eternal light and bliss?
Liturgy is a privileged place where earth and heaven meet. I can hardly believe there exists anyone utterly unable to see the good in something which nurtured and still nurtures countless God-loving souls, something profoundly significant and so, so beautiful.
“Diffrent strokes” and all, but that's sad.
Don't make the assumption that he'll get there. Remember, he admittedly and knowingly turned his back on the Bride of Christ.
I must be a Bad Christian, but I find it difficult to take this idea literally. What would be blissful about eternally chanting the same thing?
For that matter, why would God arrange to have a choir eternally chant his praise? Doesn't that sound just a bit like the Cult of Personality dictator over-compensating for his inferiority complex? Is God really just one of the Kims writ large?
Why would God create spirit and human creatures with free will to serve him for eternity as living audio loops? Couldn't he find Best Buy?
I'm afraid I view this idea of chanting eternal praise as symbolic. God will have real work for us to do, but that work and our lives will at the same time be praise of Him.
My apologies if these thoughts offend anyone.
A hearty Protestant bump for your well-expressed thought. Unfortunately, there are far too many churches out there -- mine included -- which have clear-cut their liturgies simply because they're old.
That would be a matter of opinion, not of fact...
“Diffrent strokes” and all, but that's sad.
I don't beleive it's sad at all...