[triumphant values]

The Anglican (and Catholic?) tradition of standing (or kneeling) during prayer, while sitting during (longer) scripture readings (excepting the Gospels, where all stand) seems to make more sense, and, as shown here....is in accord with the earliest practices.

Pews in Catholic Church are mostly a post-Reformation addition. The Orthodox still stand for the entire Divine Liturgy.

If these reformers wanted an authentic early Christian liturgy, they could have just adopted the oldest of them all still in use today in the Orthodox Church from the 1st Century - the Liturgy of St. James.

[God-fear-republican]

I love the Divine Liturgy of St. James. I often pray most of it before the daily (Roman) Liturgy as time permits.

The Sacrifice of the Cross is unique, sole, final, perfect, there is no other. But the offering of the Sacrifice is perpetual. One cannot comprehend the meaning if one is not a “true” catholic. Still, it is easy to understand the Mass in human terms, it is not easy to love the Mass as a human subject. To love the Mass, one has to adore the Sacrifice of the Cross, and to adore the Sacrifice of the Cross, one has to have a contrite heart.

What an awesome privilege to be able to offer the Sacrifice togher with our High Priest at the Holy Mass. It is not an obligation, it is an act of love.

That is why the early Christians were willing to die instead of revealing the Secret!

How many Catholics today understand and love the Mass?!

[Cronos]

"The Orthodox still stand for the entire Divine Liturgy." --> I know, and WOW, I've seen some really old folks stand and kneel for the entire 2 hours. That's impressive. Plus, the Orthodox tradition of fasting before Christmas (starting Nov 15 until Wigilia) with no meat, eggs, fish or alcohol. And in a cold country THAT is hard.

Admirable -- and it shows that we should not try to make things "easy" -- the beauty of Christianity is that it sets an impossibly high standard (Christ) and that was what it's appeal was (imho) to the Romaoi.