Praying from the Free-Throw Line-For Now Book

Figuring that a little brush-up on matters liturgical can't be all bad, even for retired clergy, I took our rector's recommendation on this one. It didn't take long to suspect that Patrick Malloy (aside from the Irish name) was a "Roman retread" like me! One obvious tip-off was his reference on p. 36 to the late Presiding Bishop Browning...whose first name was Edmund, not "Edward".

Nevertheless, I found this to be a very solid, fair, and rather complete appraisal of what the Book of Common Prayer sees as a Eucharist service which is "decent & in order". He really gets to the heart of the theology behind Eucharistic liturgy...not, as he says, just "expressing", but also "impressing" the meaning. This will be a very useful vademecum for seminarians preparing for ordination either as deacons or priests. It wouldn't even be a bad idea to have a copy of Malloy's book in the sacristy for members of the Altar Guild.