"Liturgy" means "the work of the people". And it refers, of course, to the work of the people in worshipping God, primarily as we meet together as the church. (Maybe even "exclusively" and not "primarily". I'm not sure, to be honest.)
"Liturgy", then, rightly brings to mind the official liturgies of Sundays and feast days that define our weeks and months and years.
But then there are the smaller habits of prayer that develop differently in each household. These aren't official liturgies, but they serve similar functions in most of our lives, and many of them are utterly commonplace and utterly good.
In our home, it's the "I love you" and "Jesus bless you" at school drop-off.
It's "The Lord bless you" "And keep you!" that my husband and I exchange as he leaves for work
It's the "Guide us waking, oh Lord, and guard us sleeping . . ." that we pray with the kids each night
I suppose, in the end, that I'm talking about habits, but particularly those habits that tie us to God and to each other at the same time.
I imagine each Christian household grows its own little liturgies as the years roll on. What are the little liturgies in your home?
Peace of Christ to you,
Jessica Snell
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