The Gospel of Jesus Christ, Son of God, can never be exhausted—by no generation, culture, or time. It is too rich, too varied, too profound. On the other hand, the men and women who hear the good news proclaimed are too dissimilar in mentality, culture, and sensibility to understand it in the same way. This statement, perhaps too summary, is also true of the liturgy of the patristic age. The very fact that different liturgical traditions began to take shape quite soon