Contents Preface 7 Part one THE ESSENCE OG THE LITURGY 1. Liturgy and Life: The Place of the liturgy in Reality 13 2. Liturgy - Cosmos - History 24 3. From Old Trstament to New: The Funfamental from of the Christian Liturgy - Its Determination by Biblical Faith 35 Part two TIME AND SPACE IN THE LITURGY 1. The relationship of the liturgy to time and space: Some Preliminary questions 53 2. Sacred places - the significance of the church building 62 3. The Altar and the direction of liturgical prayer 74 4. The reservation of the Blessed Sacrament 85 5. Sacred time 92 Part three ART AND LITURGY 1. The question of Images 115 2. Music and liturgy 136 Part four LITURGY FORM 1. Rite 159 2. The body and the liturgy 171 1. “Active Participation” 171 2. The Sign of the Cross 177 3. Posture 184 Kneeling (prostratio) 184 Standing and sitting - Liturgy and culture 194 4. Gestures 203 5. The human voice 207 6. Vestments 216 7. Matter 220 Bibliography 225