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Christopher Hall invites us to accompany the fathers as they enter the sanctuary for worship and the chapel for prayer. He also takes us to the wilderness, where we learn from the early monastics as they draw close to God in their solitary discipline. The focus of this book is not liturgy but more broadly worship in its corporate and individual dimensions. We enter into the patristic...

consecration and transformation that marks this sad, poignant meal. Jesus and the disciples are celebrating the Passover, God’s great redemptive act in saving Israel from bondage in Egypt. Bread and wine have been provided for the meal, as at any Passover celebration. When Jesus blesses the bread and wine “with heavenly words,” Ambrose believes a transformation occurs. “Before the blessing with heavenly words occurs [the bread] is a different thing that is referred to, but after the consecration
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