The Anglican Catholic tradition seeks appropriate balance between teaching, prayer, emotional expression, and the sacramental aspects.
This tradition is not a matter of pat answers; it is a matter of drawing upon the riches and resources of centuries of human encounter with God.
Sacramental worship is important in the Anglican Catholic tradition because it allows a direct encounter with God in the context of a believing community.
Worship is both public and private.
Liturgy is the public worship of the church. Public worship requires a shared way of communicating our faith, expressing our experience with it, focusing our concentration.
The Eucharist is the way Christians have done this for 2,000 years.
It is called by various names: the Mass, Holy Communion, the Divine Liturgy, etc. Each of these names stresses some aspect of the traditional public worship service of the church. The remaining topics in this section of our site lead you through the components of the Sunday Liturgy, allowing you to hear the associated music and explaining the purpose of each.