THE DANGERS OF LITURGICAL ACCESSIBILITY

'Accessibility is often prized above all else in the contemporary Church, but we might question whether even those who are unfamiliar with the Church but come to it for blessing, dedication and consolation really want it to proceed with language that aspires to the semantic and lexicographical smoothness of an episode of a soap opera.'

Andrew Davison, Blessing, p.181.

WHAT BLESSING MEANS

'Blessing concerns life and abundance of life, and the affirmation or even intensification of the proper goodness of a thing, situation or person.'

Andrew Davison, Blessing, p.50.

WE BLESS WHAT IS GOOD

'...blessing is intrinsically orientated to the recognition of goodness. We have a sense of what can not be blessed because blessing is about goodness.'

Andrew Davison, Blessing, p.20.